Short haired cavies are the most common variety, widely found in backyards all over Australia. However the specific variations as detailed below when displayed to show standard are anything but ordinary. Short-haired cavies are substantially easier to care for than their long-haired counterparts but they are not without personality, glammer and beauty all of their own.
As I live in Australia and am a member of an ANCC registered club, the information I have provided reflects the guidelines as I know them. For further details I recommend reading the Australian National Cavy Councils
Australian Standards for Exhibition Cavies 2013.
Self Coloured
As the name implies, these cavies should be one uniform colour. Their coat should be an even shade over all of their head and body, including their belly and feet. The colour of their coat, ears and pads should match the description for their breed. They should have a lustrous sheen and be soft, silky, clean and free of guardhairs. The coat undercolour should match the topcolour all the way down to the skin.
Their head should be short and broad, with a gently curving profile. Large drooping ears that are well set apart are also ideal. Self coloured cavies should also be cobby but fit, with nice firm flesh and deep, broad shoulders. From the top they should appear like a brick with rounded corners.
Satin Self Coloured
The coat colour of a satin self should conform to recognised self colours with one striking difference, the hair itself should be satin. A satin cavy has a distinct sheen that is pronounced on all areas of the body. When handled their coat will catch the light around them, imparting extra intensity to their colour. Their coat should feel smooth and soft.
Their head should feature a broad roman nose with rounded nostrils and a good muzzle width. Their body should be short and cobby, with firm flesh and deep, broad shoulders. Their ears should be rose petal shaped, wide set and drooping.
Satin Any Other Variety
This breed should have the same satinisation qualities as a satin self. Their coat should reflect the coat qualities of the base breed. As with the other short-hair cavies their head should feature a broad roman nose with rounded nostrils and a good muzzle width. They should have large drooping ears that are well set apart. Their body should be short and cobby, with firm flesh and deep, broad shoulders.
Crested
Crested cavies have a crest, which is a deep rosette that radiates from a centre point between the eyes and the ears. All other aspects of the cavy should conform to their breed standard. This includes the English, Ticked, Dalmation, Dutch, Himalayan, Roan and Tortoise and White Crested. The American Crested has a crest that is a contrasting colour to the body colour. The crest colour should be a complete circle of solid colour but should not appear elsewhere on the body.
Ticked
The Ticked cavy features ticking that covers the whole of the body other than the belly. Coarse guard hairs should be removed. The ticking should extend evenly and continue on the body, sides and between the front legs across the chest area. The feet should match the body and the chest. The belly colour should be the same as the other areas but without ticking. It should have a well defined demarcation line and be as narrow as possible.
They should have large, bold, eyes. Agouti cavies are dark eyed, whilst Argente cavies are pink-eyed. Their ears should be drooping and well shaped. They should have good solid bodies, with deep broad shoulders, short heads and good muzzle width.
Marked
Bi-Colour
A combination of any two colours other than Black and Red together. They should not have any brindling or barring.
Brindle
Black and Red hairs evenly intermixed over the head, body feet etc.
Dalmation
Clear, distinct and well coloured spotting on a white body. They should have a white blaze on their head that begins at the nostrils and ends at a point between the ears, with a solid colour on either side, giving a balanced appearance. They should not have roaning, head drags or a spinal bar. The feet should all be of solid colour.
Dutch
Self or agouti coloured and white cavies which are patterned with distinct markings. They have solid colour appearing in round cheek markings as well as the ears and rear half of the cavy with the exception of a white area between the hocks and the toe ends, known as a foot stop. The white also defines a blaze on their head and appears on the neck and upper torso. Their toenails should not be coloured.
Himalayan
Pure white with black or chocolate points. They should have pink foot pads that may have a chocolate blush. Their toenails and footpads should not have any white.
Tortoiseshell
Distinct, evenly distributed black and red patches that are small and uniform.
Tri-colour
Distinct, equally distributed, uniform patches in any three self or agouti colours other than black, red and white. There should be no bands, belts or brindling apparent.
Roan
Coloured cavies with white hairs evenly mixed throughout the body. The head and feet should be a solid colour that sharply contrasts with the roaned body. They should conform to their relevant breed standard. There should be no blaze, dappling on the belly, spinal bar, head drags or solid patches apparent on the body.
Sable
Sepia brown colour on the back that gradually changes to a lighter colour on the chest and a beige on the belly. The face head and ears should all be a darker shade than the body. Their type should be similar to that of self breeds. They should not have white toenails or white flesh on their foot pads or ears.
Tortoise and White
Black, red and white distinct, clean cut square patches. These patches should be of equal size and alternately placed on each side of the cavy. The colours should not intermingle or have any brindling. Belts and bands should also not be apparent.
Harlequin
Half black and half yellow, divided down the centre of the face. Their body should have a distribution of three colours each side in an equal balance of black, yellow and black/yellow mixture. These should appear in a straight line top and under and the patches should be of equal size. They may also be of the chocolate variant, with a chocolate, yellow and chocolate/yellow mixture. They should not have white toes or legs.
Magpie
Half black and half white divided down the centre of the face. Their body should have a distribution of three colours each side in an equal balance of black, white and a black white mixture. These should appear in a straight line top and under and the patches should be of equal size. They may also be of the chocolate variant, with a chocolate, white and chocolate/white mixture.
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