• Gordon Calhoun@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Do cappys make good pets? I see them being like gentle giant guinea pigs. I was once fortune to meet some South African porcupines and they were sweet as pie…I imagine cappys being similar, just less pokey.

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      7 hours ago

      I’ve looked into this because people do keep them as pets… one of the problems is you can’t have just one, ideally they’d be a small herd. And they need somewhere to go swimming and a lot of exercise, and they don’t handle cold well…

      They’re good pets in the same way that a herd of goats are good pets. Some people have the situation where they absolutely could have a a few capybaras but they’d be miserable in a Manhattan apartment.

      • Nounka@lemmy.world
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        5 hours ago

        I believe they are not on the positivelist where i live. I love them but keeping a pet that you can t take to the vet… No tkx