Colors
The most common colors are shown below.
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Size
Large bold eyes are best, but eyes are one of the things that are a little harder to evaluate on a cavy. The eye color must go with the coat color.
Fact: using the eye color is a great way to determine the color of a cavy. For instance, if a cavy looks 'orange' but has dark or black eyes, it is actually a red because orange cavies must have red eyes. Check out your standard for more information.
The size and placement and how good the eyes are are often determined by the head shape. Blunt-nosed cavies are much more likely to have good eyes than long or ratty-nosed cavies.
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Very Good/Good Eyes All the above cavies have very nice eyes. They are large, bold, and well-placed. |
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| OK/Fair Eyes These cavy's eyes are a little smaller, and not quite as bold.
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Fair/Poor eyes This cavy's eyes are small. They are not as good as the cavy's above. |
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What to look out for |
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Pea Eye Unfortunately the very golf-ball or round heads that have the big gorgeous eyes are also prone to 'pea eye'. Pea eye does not hurt your cavy, it is just a fat pocket. The two cavies above exhibit slight pea eye, you can see the drooping of the lower lid. Pea eye is almost always genetic and is a disqualification from competition. The roman nosed cavies don't seem to have a problem with this. |
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