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 […]
Tag Archives: Melanie Typaldos
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 three – Capybara Personalities
If you’ve been on the internet, then you know that capybaras are the chilliest animals in the world. Look at that cute little face! So sweet! But are they really […]
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. […]
Pandabara Leaves the Room
We recently received a request from a well-meaning fan who had seen a capybara they felt needed to be rescued. It was a sad case, but we can’t rescue an […]
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 […]
Pandabara Update – 3
Stacy’s Funny Farm (with The Pipsqueakery) rescued an elderly capybara in very early 2022. Pandabara was being phased out of a petting zoo and so was offered for sale at […]
Capybaras- Chill or Not?
Capybara Rescue – Garibaldi ROUS
Ten years ago, I traveled to Texas to visit a rescue capybara named Garibaldi. Unlike my earlier visits, this was an unhappy visit to the veterinarian. We knew his early […]
Pandabara and Company
It was nearly two years ago when we rescued Pandabara the capybara. We shipped her from Alabama to Texas at New Years, 2022. I have posted a couple updates, but […]
Dobby the Capybara 