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What Can I Feed My Capybara?
A Captive Capybara Grazing (Mudskipper Rous) If you’re considering getting a capybara, or if you’re just curious about what people feed them, this post is for you. Capybaras are strict herbivores. In...
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The RF Why Weight Program
Stacy Winnick weighing her capybara, Dobby The goal of the ROUS Foundation is to help captive capybaras live the longest, healthiest, and happiest lives possible. A critical endeavour toward the...
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Case Study 01: Aspiration Pneumonia
The linked pdf below covers the illness and recovery of my capybara, Mudskipper Rous, from a bout of pneumonia. I am going to cover as much detail as I think will be useful to others who have...
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Capybara Weight Study Goes Academic
Weighing a capybara The ROUS Foundation is starting its first academic research study! This is a big step for us. It has always been our goal to help all captive capybaras lead longer, healthier, and...
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Do Capybaras Like Snow?
Keeping pet capybaras in cold climates can be done, but it isn’t easy. Capybaras are tropical animals, so they need special accommodations, care, and precautions when housed in colder climates. This...
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The Capybaras Have Returned to the Santa Barbara Zoo!
Great news folks, the Santa Barbara Zoo now has capybaras once again! Not only did they announce the return of the capybaras, they have also left us this very cute video as well: “Don’t Worry, Be Capy!...
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New Capybaras At The Reid Park Zoo!
New male capybaras have arrived at the Reid Park Zoo! Two male capybaras named Hendrix and Morrison have arrived to the zoo and they are both 10 months old. They were brought to Reid Park Zoo from...
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The Trinidad and Tobago zoological society has declared capybaras as “Vermin”, stated in this article “Capybara Declared Vermin In T&T“.
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Where do Capybaras Live?
This capybara is wading through water hyacinths in Brazil. Are those hardy where you live? Photo credit: Melanie Typaldos (2013) The simple answer is that capybaras live in South America. (No, they...
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Why Weight Project Update
The ROUS Foundation has collected capybara weights since about 2007. The lack of available data regarding capybara weights inspired us to collect as much data as possible. We were lucky to have a...
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