Updated 1st January 2024
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| Points | ||
|---|---|---|
| Head, Eyes | Head to be of good size, bold and broad, with a gently curving profile. | 10 |
| & Ears | Muzzle to be of good width and gently rounded at the nostrils. | |
| Eyes to be large, bright and bold and set with good width between. | ||
| Ears to be large and drooping, and set with good width between. | ||
| Body Shape | To have short, cobby body with good width across shoulders and body. | 10 |
| To be fit and of good substance, with plenty of firm flesh. | ||
| To have good size appropriate to age. | ||
| Markings | To have solid base colour all over the body except for cream areas that must be solid, | |
| clearly defined and distinct, both from the base colour and from each other: | 50 | |
| of which | ||
| Nostril, | Nostril area, jowls and chest to be cream. | (15) |
| Jowls, Chest & Throat | There should be a clearly-defined band of base colour across the throat, evenly laced with cream ticking | |
| Eye Circles, | Cream eye circles to be even and clearly distinguishable. | (15) |
| Pea-Spots | On the forehead beside each ear should be clear cream markings, known as ‘pea-spots’. | |
| These should not run into the ears. | ||
| Belly, Legs & Feet | Belly to be a clear cream colour, with minimal darker undercolour showing and with belly colour only just visible when viewed from the side other than an area around the forelimb extending from the belly. | (10) |
| The inside of each leg should be cream, with base colour on the outside reaching right down to and including the feet. An excess of the base colour is preferable to an excess of the belly colour. | ||
| Sides | Sides, including sides of hips, to be thickly laced with long cream-tipped ticking. | (10) |
| Colour | Top colour and belly colour are of equal importance. | 25 |
| Base colour to conform to ESCC requirements, be even, with glossy sheen and carried down to the skin. | ||
| Cream to be pale and free from yellow or lemon, with minimal undercolour showing. | ||
| Eye colour to match requirements of relevant ESCC base colour. | ||
| Toenail pigmentation to match ESCC requirements appropriate to toe colour. | ||
| Coat | To be soft, clean and groomed free of guard hairs, other than on flanks where grooming may remove the desirable cream markings. | 5 |
| 100 |
Otter cavies are only recognised in the following standardised base colours:
The Otter is a smooth-coated solid coloured cavy with sharply defined cream markings around the face, chest and belly, with cream-tipped ticking on the sides. It is important that cream areas must not run into each other.
Hairs inside the ears may be either of base colour or cream.
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