--- description: The two-year-old animal lives in the suburbs of Adelaide title: This Pet Alpaca Has an Incredible Instagram Account image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Pet Alpaca Has an Incredible Instagram Account by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 17, 2016 5:33 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 17, 2016 5:33 PM CUT Most teenagers beg their parents for a dog or a cat or maybe a hamster. But Matt, a 13-year-old living in the suburbs of Adelaide, Australia, really wanted a pet alpaca. Two years ago, Matt’s dreams came true when he got Chewy the alpaca as a Christmas present, the Adelaide _Messenger_ [reports](http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/west-beaches/chewy-the-alpacas-popularity-soars-in-somerton-park-community-and-online/news-story/a70a60dc3493e70b4aac36ef83b2dda0 "undefined"). The family says that compared to a dog, Chewy is easier to care for — but not quite as sweet and affectionate. (He spits at people who surprise him, and according to Matt, “It stinks so bad.”) Luckily for us, Chewy has an [Instagram,](https://www.instagram.com/chew%5Fpaca/ "undefined") which means we can enjoy him through our screens without risking any spitting incidents. See more Chewy-grams [here](https://www.instagram.com/chew%5Fpaca/ "undefined"). (h/t [_Mashable_](http://mashable.com/2016/02/17/chewy-instagram-alpaca/ "undefined")) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4227426/pet-alpaca-chewy-australia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4227426/pet-alpaca-chewy-australia/"},"headline":"This Pet Alpaca Has an Incredible Instagram Account","datePublished":"2016-02-17T17:33:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:09.733Z","description":"His name is Chewy and he lives in Australia","url":"https://time.com/4227426/pet-alpaca-chewy-australia/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4227426/pet-alpaca-chewy-australia/","name":"This Pet Alpaca Has an Incredible Instagram Account"}}]}] ```