Capybaras for Home and Garden – part four – Bringing Home Baby
I don’t claim to be an expert on capybaras because my sample size (of one) is too small for any viable scientific analysis. What I can claim is relative success […]
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What Else Do Capybaras Eat?
Rodent teeth continually grow, therefore they chew. Everybody knows what a mouse hole looks like and that a tiny mouse chewed it into existence. Beavers chew down big trees for […]
What Do Capybaras Eat?
We continue to hear about underweight, underfed capybaras. We continue to recommend Vitamin C supplements for all capybaras, regardless of age. Basically, capybaras are gigantic guinea pigs, so if in […]
Your Capybara’s Veterinarian
After Dobby died in 2018, everyone asked why I didn’t get another capybara. I was 67 at the time and Dobby had lived 9-1/2 years. I know what it’s like […]
Capybaras for Home and Garden – part one
Capybaras for Home and Garden – Part One While I was on the breeder’s waiting list for a capybara, I read everything I could get my hands on about capybaras. […]
Why Do Capybaras Need to Take Vitamins?
After the sudden, unexplained death of her first pet capybara, Caplin ROUS, Melanie Typaldos founded the ROUS Foundation for Capybara Veterinary Medicine. Ever since 2011, she has received random calls […]
Dobby the Diving Capybara
Dobby’s first dives were tentative, but his youthful exuberance took over quickly.
Diet for a Baby Capybara
Capybaras are grazing animals. In their native habitat, they graze day and night on coarse grass and shrubs near the water’s edge.
A Cuddly Computer
My computer is ten years old. Gory details to follow. Let’s all watch a Dobby video instead!
Baby Dobby 1
My computer crashed and burned recently and I am still unearthing useable bits and pieces of data. Incredibly, a small treasure trove of baby Dobby photos popped up!
Dobby the Capybara 