. Cavies for pleasure and profit ... Guinea pigs. CAVIES FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. .Solid Red English Cavy it is somewhat difficult to build up a good strain of reds, but good results can be obtained in one or two years of careful breeding. One of the greatest difficulties in breed- ing solid reds, is that they always have a tendency to run too light in color. They should have a dark deep rich red color, and their ears should be red. There are any number of reds with good color, but their undercoat is usually too light. Their ears should be red, their eyes large and bold and their feet should a
. Cavies for pleasure and profit ... Guinea pigs. CAVIES FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. .Solid Red English Cavy it is somewhat difficult to build up a good strain of reds, but good results can be obtained in one or two years of careful breeding. One of the greatest difficulties in breed- ing solid reds, is that they always have a tendency to run too light in color. They should have a dark deep rich red color, and their ears should be red. There are any number of reds with good color, but their undercoat is usually too light. Their ears should be red, their eyes large and bold and their feet should also be red, and NOT black. They should be large in size, and have a good blunt nose. SOLID BLUE ENGLISH CAVY Nothing much can be said about this variety as yet, because a number of breeders are still working on this variety to bring out its hidden beauty, and no doubt a few years hence, the experimenting breeders will have something good to show. SOLID CHOCOLATE COLOR CAVY The same as is true of the blue cavies, is also true of the chocolate cavy. TORTOISE AND WHITE CAVIES While many of the more experienced breeders would rather prefer solid colors, it remains a fact nevertheless that the beginner does v\ell to begin with tortoise and 86. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Deicke, Edwin Frederick William, 1890- [from old catalog]. [Chicago, Grier press]
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