congratz Juz for the babies (sorry i'm quite outdated....) so long since my last visit here...so busy....

yeah the health n gene of the mother will give a strong influences on the babies condition and size, and wow Ivory's baby is huge compare to the other one~!!

tonite might take pics of my gps, wanna show how Alice is doing (the sheltie-like shebby i got from juztiny..) she's growing quite well, but her fur is not yet grow long like sheltie. its getting thicker yet the length progress quite slow. still she is very cute~! XD

Picture time~!!

These are all my GP princesses...Yui, Nao, and Alice XD

Nao is pregnant, hoping she will be fine n get cute2 babies like last time XD~! didnt plan this one actually, i brought Nao n Shiki my male abby to Port Dickson last month, maybe they did it when i let them roam around...


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ok sure...will try to snap some more tonite after i clean the cage XD


nyaa kawai~!!! so cute n chubby d...good job~!! hihi miss her so much~! even got a dress hehe she is very lucky~!! thanks alot for the pics~!!

haha i heard many gp's pregnant nowadays, maybe because of the 'summer mood' LOL (actually more to kemarau...T_T)

wow chamyk the gps from me will become parents soon~? wow thts super fast~! haha Oreo got his 'strength' for Shiki's gene i think (his father) LOL~! later post pics of the pregnant one ya~!

nowadays very hot la...my gps all looked not so comfortable....kesian Nao...pregnant summore....

hey guys i found out this article just now...i wonder how if my gp is as big as their 'cousin'....

Woman raises ‘Rodent of Unusual Size’

By LINDA LOMBARDI
Associated Press


Published: Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 5:58 p.m.
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It’s one thing to get a goldfish because your daughter begs for one. It’s quite another to end up with a hundred-pound rodent who has more than 2,700 Twitter followers.


Caplin Rous is a capybara. Related to the guinea pig, the capybara is the largest species of rodent. Though they’re native to South America, Caplin was born in Texas and lives in the town of Buda with Melanie Typaldos, who never expected this animal to take over her life quite the way he has.

Typaldos says it all started on a trip to Venezuela, when her daughter Coral got to hold a young capybara and “fell in love.”

“After we got back, she pretty relentlessly pestered me about getting one for a pet,” Typaldos says. “Since Coral lived in an apartment and was planning on spending a year in Asia, she couldn’t have a pet capybara herself so, she felt, it was up to me to fulfill her capybara vision.”

Even capybaras that are bred in captivity like Caplin are not domesticated animals, so early handling and contact is critical for them to be comfortable living with people.

Typaldos got Caplin when he was only 11 days old, and took him to work every day for the first three months. Then, “someone complained there was a furry, pig-like animal in the building,” and she took a month of vacation and stayed home with him.

Caplin Rous is now 2 and a half. The second part of his name, which Typaldos pronounces like “rose,” stands for “Rodent of Unusual Size” (a reference to the movie “The Princess Bride”). He’s also a rodent of unusual abilities. He can walk on a leash and even do some tricks, but Typaldos says it’s important not to exaggerate any similarity to a dog doing tricks.

“Dogs have thousands of years of being trained to be subservient to people,” she says. “A capybara will not do a trick just to make me happy. The quality of the trick is very dependent on the quality of the treat.”

Most people who keep capybaras keep them as farm animals, like a sheep or goat, but Caplin basically lives indoors with Typaldos (he eliminates in a pan of water in her bathroom). Outdoor space is necessary as well for grazing and swimming in his pool; in the wild, capybaras are semi-aquatic, diving into rivers to escape predators. Somewhat ponderous on land, capybaras are surprisingly graceful in the water.

“On land he’s not very active,” she says. “When he’s in the water he’s like another animal. That’s where he’s really the happiest.”

There’s no way of knowing how many private individuals own capybaras, but Justin Damesta, a breeder in Alvin, Texas, says that he sells five to 10 of them a year as pets.

Damesta recommends that a pet capybara be raised indoors for the first few months and then kept outdoors with sturdy fencing, a heated shelter and a pool. Potential buyers who contact him are usually fairly well informed, but, he says, “I have and will turn down people I don’t consider qualified or capable.”

Some other pet capybaras also can be followed on the Internet, such as Dobby in Seattle. But Typaldos is probably unique in the way she has made the capybara her mission: She spends a couple of hours a day updating Caplin’s Internet presence on a blog and social networking sites.

When asked how much time it takes to care for a capybara, she says, “I spend all my time with him, but that’s a matter of choice.”

Caplin’s Web activities are partly fun — such as interactive games of “Rodent Jeopardy” — with a serious educational purpose, too. “When I was thinking of getting him, there was nothing on the Web about getting a pet capybara,” says Typaldos. “That was a large impetus for the blog. They’re not the right pet for most people.”

Typaldos has a background in biology, and also keeps horses and reptiles. Her property is big enough that Caplin can graze and swim, and she lives in a climate appropriate for a tropical animal.

On her blog, she’s honest about the problems in caring for a capybara. When people ask her about getting one, she tells them first to read her whole blog, including the entries about when he has bitten her.

But Typaldos also sees Caplin as an ambassador of sorts.

“People don’t like rodents,” she says, but many rodents make good pets. Her kids had pet rats when they were young. “If someone says something bad about rats, on the blog or Facebook, he’ll always step in and say something.”

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Caplin Rous’ site:

http://gianthamster.com/

Dobby’s blog:

http://hippopotatomus.blogspot.com/

This post has been edited by kaoru himura: Mar 9 2010, 06:42 PM


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today gonna move my 2 big cages (cage1-Yui the princess,cage2 - Shiki n the pregnant Nao) from indoor(actually they are in the kitchen) to outdoor. i really dun wanna do this coz they are all used to being inside, but its not a good idea to keep them in the kitchen where i cook, my mom complaint about hygenic issue...

will place the in the shade so they wont get hot and as close to the door as possible so i can easily reach and take a look at them. so now only my Alice will stay indoor.

waaa emino-san they look kaawai~!

i bought a skirt for my gp oso, but only Alice can wear coz the others got too big d...next time i try to take pic XD

Nao gave birth to 2 oversize baby this morning at about 7am. My sis noticed them first then only i saw the 2 cute figures sitting next to each other in the cage. 1 is solid black, very dark black Xp (i really like black gp) and another is orange color with a cream stripe at the centre of its body (like banded syrian hamster). the nose oso got cream patch, so cute~! first time i got gp baby that have different nose color XD later post pic ya.

actually i thought the litter would be around 3-4 babies, judging frm the size of Nao's tummy (so big, like wanna blow...) but 2 big and healthy babies already make me really happy hihi..no immature fetus came out like last time, and the delivery was perfect without any help oso, so i guess its a successful birth.

thanks guys...

here's baby no 1 - Caramel


intannor81 >> i'm no sifu, but my gps can do some tricks to get treats like stand with hind legs, turn around or lick my fingers. my abbys are quick learner, but my american gp is abit lazy,some time she wan to do tricks, sometime she just ignore me...T_T


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here is baby no 2 - Darkie...(this baby's fur is deep black, really hard to take picture so sorry if the pics not clear...)

Darkie looks like black teddy bear to me XD


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and here is my sheltie, Alice's latest pics, her fur is getting fluffier and a little longer now.


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yeah she really like the pellets...dunno why she prefer pellet more than fresh vege...

its very subjectives when it comes to the fur color...the babies color can turn out to be totally different than their parents, or sometimes can be like copies of the parents...like example the 2 new babies, mother is black/white, daddy is agouti brown, suddenly the baby came out orange n white....where the orange came from i wonder.... last batch pulak i got 1 baby look like the mother (thats Oreo, the one Chamyk got from me XD), n another that looks exactly like the daddy...so...gp babies can be full of suprises lol


haha yeah everthing black like dark cloud, or black cotton candy..XD haha i dun need to force feed them, thay are super eaters lol..well, happy gps are fat gps lol

oh their size so different? can i see a pic of them together? wanna see coco's new fren hihi

dun worry if you feed zai zai well he/she might catch up to coco's size, beside size is not the only measurement to a gp's health, but yeah fat fat gp so nice to cuddle wan lol~!

i'm not very confident to declare gp's gender so early, they are just 4days ol...takut salah ....will try sexing them on week 2-3, then inform u guys ya XD

haha dellfy looks like shy shy, hide under the cloth there waa bluffy color so nice...~~!


nicknicknick >>GP being scared of you at the beginning is normal...i face the same prob when i bring back Alice my Sheltie..even hear my footsteps only she already jump and scared like hell...made me worry like hell too...

just give the gurl time, she will adapt...trying to bond with her too quickly without letting her get use to her new environment will only cause her stress. relax ya, let her alone for 2-3 days, and remove the house from her cage after that 2-3 days. all my gp i dun give house d, to train them to be used to human passing by and surrounding sound. tht way they will be less frightened and mush mush more friendly.even if i put back the house oso they will push push till terbalik lol~! my gps even greet me everytime i went home from work...wheek wheek and reach out for food..XD

most importantly, dun give up, and give her time...good luck~!



This post has been edited by kaoru himura: Mar 22 2010, 01:45 PM

hahaha she sure freak out lol...dun worry she'll manage and adapt...XD

how old is she? better dun put male together with her in early age, if that male is 'hyper', she might get even more stress and might pregnant underage...better get her a female fren,she will be happier lol if you really want a male gp, its suitable to introduce to her when she is 4 month or higher.

well i'm just giving out my opinion, the choice of her companion is up to you.

wow jason u did a great job~! bravo~!!! all gp look so fluffy, neat and beautiful after your magical touch XD ne can PM me roughly how much the price for an Abby or Sheltie grooming?

i use the green one noe since i cant find the smaller gap one in my area..so far no problem la, hope it will stay that way...

um guys i'm going to work in Cyberjaya starting May...i wil need to find a room to live there...i wonder usually house owner will not allow pets right? do you think i'll have a chance to find a room/apartment that will let me bring my gps along? i dun wanna let them go for adoption...

um btw this is my first time attempt to live on my own/rent a room..

This post has been edited by kaoru himura: Mar 25 2010, 07:10 PM

hi everyone~!! long time no see~!!!

i can hardly online now...coz i dun have internet access...btw i already move to cyberjaya, start a new life in a new apartment and new job...and my gps is in a special GP ROOM now...(my aprtment got 3 rooms so i made the smallest room as their room) still in their cage but once a while i let the cage open and let them jalan2 inside the room. they look very happy and energetic when they have bigger space to walk and jump around XD

Alice my Sheltie is now as big as her seniors...she look so cute now XD will poison with pics later...

wow i really like the one on the 4th and 5th place XD very nice agouti color~!

haha notty tu biasa la...no matter what it means XD

ok picture time~! This is my piggies pic in our new home...its dinner time and since they behave really well after we relocate i treat them a lot of spinach XD and as u can see,the newest addition to my family, the Sheltie Alice (White/orange color) is now the same size as her seniors..very energetic and big eater too XD

This post has been edited by kaoru himura: Jun 3 2010, 09:12 PM


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