Two of my three also put up this fuss and bite and hiss at me. The third, the gray one, is very tame and gentle. The female that I lost was also pretty calm. She was difficult to catch but she never bit or hissed, she only ran and hid. The gray male doesn't even do that. He just sits and allows me to pick him up.

So, I think there are distinct personality differences. I see these same differences in my armata group. This makes me think that there is the possibility that the cb animals could be more calm through being subjected to handling early on and thus growing more acclamated to it. Of course this is what we will find out with the clutches that I currently have and any future one we produce.

I will point out here that there is also the occasional capra who is just as mean as these feisty little animals. I have had both male and female individuals who could not be picked up and held without the hissing and biting. It seems that their bite is not as painful as that as the armata or lep but non-the-less not something that a biginner or young keeper would like to deal with. ; )
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