Dobby the Capybara Grows Up
I watched Dobby grow from bunny size to mastiff over ten years. Those of you who visited here (90 visitors in 2018 alone!) understand how enormous these animals are. None […]
Capybaras Don’t Like Snow
The temperatures dipped below 12f degrees (-11c) for two nights and then 15f. Tonight is a balmy 28f, but the snow is supposed to start again tomorrow, before the big […]
Tribute to Dobby
It won’t surprise you to learn that my home is full of capybara memorabilia. Capybara artifacts are difficult to find, even in South America, where the animals are common, like […]
Dobby Hobby
Why is breakfast served so early? And what’s up with milk that I need a nap afterward? Sometimes milk jumps out of the bowl onto the rug. I need to […]
Where is My Book?
Here it is! Remember to pick a charity! October 23, 2017 update Where, indeed? It’s coming, but so is Halloween! When it’s available, there will be a link here that […]
A Tricky Guy
The Farm Manager recently heard someone say about capybaras “. . . but you can’t really teach them tricks like a dog.” The gauntlet has been thrown down! Dobby has […]
Prince Dobalob Builds a Zeppelin (Part One)
Spoiler Alert! Right now, this story has no ending. I am writing that now and have enough confidence to post the beginning, though the end is driving continuity changes throughout. […]
How is a capybara like a sheep?
There are so many inherent problems with finding a replacement for Dobby the capybara, that for months after his death I was bewildered. I knew that it would be unfair […]
How Not to Care for a Pet Capybara
Here we have yet another misleading article about pet capybaras. There is much to learn about keeping massive rodents as pets because only a handful have tried it and few […]
The tender story of a capybara raised between dogs
The original article is in Spanish, but the story, photos, and videos are so cute I had to pass it along. I used Google Translate to make sense out of […]
Capybara where. Capybaras – large capybaras | marichi-moda
Just when I think I’ve seen everything, a wacky post like this comes up. This website is Russian, I think, and translated fairly well from that language (It’s not like […]
Do Capybaras Like Snow? | ROUS Foundation
This post should sound familiar. I wrote an article about winter conditions here, and then expanded the theme for a ROUS Foundation article. Dobby didn’t like snow, and while the […]
Social Distortion: Media Doesn’t Always Reflect Reality of Life With Exotic Pets
Not much is written about the suitability of capybaras as pets, and most of what is out there is a bunch of baloney. Linda Lombardi knows what she’s talking about. […]
Big Teeth, Bigger Dental Bills
If you are reading this blog post, then you probably already know that capybaras are the world’s largest rodent. Most of you know that rodent teeth keep growing, and that’s […]
Runaway High Park Capybaras
No, they didn’t run away again. A Toronto-area friend of Dobby’s visited them and recently sent photos of the High Park capybaras with the babies. I started thinking about the […]
