Pea Eye

Pea eye does not hurt your cavy, it is just a fat pocket. The cavy above exhibits slight pea eye, you can see the drooping of the lower lid. Pea eye is almost always genetic and is a disqualification from competition.

Coat Faults

Ridges of hair or 'angel wings' (cowlicks) are disqualifications in all smooth-coated breeds, and are usually genetic.

Foreign-color Hair on Self Cavies

Any patches, snips, or stray hairs are disqualifications on self-colored cavies.

Minimal Patching on Broken Marked Cavies

Broken Marked and TSW cavies must have at least one patch of each color the size of a fifty-cent piece. Less than this much is a disqualification.

- missing toes

- severe infestations of parasites

- colds, illness, etc.

- heavily pregnant cavies