Blogs

Owner’s blog: Garibaldi Rous is going to the vet tomorrow and the photo above shows why I made the appointment. **** This post contains images that may disturb some people, please do not continue if you suspect you are one of those.***** I am not sure when Garibaldi first developed this bump high on

Me and Leopolda sharing the lawn Probably most you know that I have a tortoise co-pet named Leopolda (Leah for short). Melly tells me Caplin clicked at her, bit at her shell and tried to chase her around the yard, except that she didn’t care. I guess I’m just more easy going than Caplin was [&hellip

Owner’s blog: The amazing photo above is of the elusive lesser capybara. The lesser capybara, Hydrochoerus isthmius, is a second species of capybara found only in Panama and Colombia. And guess what? We are going to go see them!

On July 10th, Caplin Rous would have been four years old. If he were still alive we would have a wonderful big celebration and invite all his fans. Even though it is hard, we would still like to celebrate and we need your help.

Owner’s blog: Hi all! I am in need of a logo for the ROUS Foundation for Capybara Veterinary Medicine. As some of you may know, the Foundation was started after Caplin Rous died unexpectedly on January 4th, 2011, a day that will burn forever in my heart.

As a capybara, it is my job to brighten people’s lives. As a scardy-bara, this is much more difficult for me than it was for Caplin Rous. Caplin could go out in public and meet hundreds of people in one day. Not me, if people want to meet me they have to come to my […]

Yesterday was my big day, my first TV appearance. How to prepare?! I don’t know much about TV but there’s nothing like a nice swim in the pool to prepare for just about anything. So that’s what I did. Felt pretty good too and got me nice an cool before the long drive up to […]