. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. Fig. 514. Black Dutch cavy. bred in broken and uniform colors, the coat often taking the pattern of the Dutch marking; and many handsome tortoise-colored ones are bred. The smooth or English cavies are bred in a variety of colors, both uniform and broken. The species shows a strong tendency to a broken-colored coat, and it was only by persistent line-breeding that uniform coats were secured. The first good ones were the red, then black appeared, and now we have cream, fawn, both golden and silver, agouti, white, chocolate, and th
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. Fig. 514. Black Dutch cavy. bred in broken and uniform colors, the coat often taking the pattern of the Dutch marking; and many handsome tortoise-colored ones are bred. The smooth or English cavies are bred in a variety of colors, both uniform and broken. The species shows a strong tendency to a broken-colored coat, and it was only by persistent line-breeding that uniform coats were secured. The first good ones were the red, then black appeared, and now we have cream, fawn, both golden and silver, agouti, white, chocolate, and the near future will probably se» a blue. These have all been produced by per- sistent work on the part of fanciers. Mice and rats. Mice are, perhaps, the smallest pets we have and also the ones with the most enemies. These little fellows are fast becoming favorites. They are bred to a very great extent for biological research. The period of gestation is twenty-one days and the young grow very quickly, breeding when they are eight to twelve weeks old. They are bred in a large variety of colors, from the pink-eyed white to the pink-eyed silver. There are black-eyed white, yel- low, fawn, agouti, tan, chocolate, red, black, Dutch- marked, broken-colored, and oftimes a remarkably variegated type. Rats should be classed with the mice, although they are not bred so widely nor are they so popu- lar. There are several varieties besides the white rat, but they are not nearly so various in their range of colors as the mice. Black rats, the so- called Japanese rats, white with black face, shoul- ders and a black stripe following the spine to the tail, brown and Irish, are about the extent of pres- ent varieties. Squirrels. Squirrels can hardly be considered domestic pets as yet, usually being captured young and not bred in captivity. The pets acquired from the wilds must needs be gradually accustomed to their new surroundings and the confinement. Squirrels and similar animals should have
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