The Rex Cavy
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Rex cavies are ‘rough coated’ and their coat is crimped, which makes it stand away from the body. The coat should be thick, short (no more than ½ an inch) and springy, without rosettes. The texture of the coat is to be coarse on top, allowing for a softer coat on the sides and belly of the cavy. The coat on an U/5 Rex is softer and there is allowance for this on the judging table.
The head of a Rex cavy should be wide and moderately blunt with plenty of width between the eyes. The eyes themselves should be large and bold and the ears should be large and drooping with good shape. The Rex should have a medium body length with well formed limbs and should be fit and firm.
Faults: Coat length over ½ an inch, extreme centre parting, a flat coat anywhere, guard hairs, softness of the coat on top of the body lacking density and texture (and faults below)
Disqualifications: Hair lying in a different direction to as stated in the breed standard, rosettes or partial rosettes anywhere (and disqualifications below)
Colour does not count for anything in the breed standard of Rex cavies and this is why you find so many wonderful different mixes of colours in this breed, as well as (most typically) agouti and solid Rex cavies. There are 4 different classes for the Rex based on their colour, however:
1 – Rex solid colour – ALL hairs are one colour
2 – Rex agouti – the cavy must be completely agouti colour. However, where the cavy has eye circles, belly colour extending onto the legs or body, solid feet or lightness on the chest the cavy is still to be shown in the agouti section of the Rex
3 – Rex agouti bicolour – an agouti Rex with another colour on it, for example, golden agouti with a patch of plain gold somewhere on it
4 – Rex AOC (any other colour) – any other colour Rex that doesn’t fit into the above 3 categories
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The Rex Breed Standard
Density – 20 points
Springiness – 20 points
Texture – 10 points
Length – 10 points
Shape and type – 15 points
Eyes – 10 points
Ears – 10 points
Conditions – 5 points
TOTAL – 100 points
Faults (these apply to all breeds, not just the Rex)
- Additional toes
- Cysts
- Breaks in coat
- Damaged ears
- Dirty/greasy coats
- Hemmed ears
- Red flesh around eye
- Static mite
* Faults will be penalised according to the severity and the importance of the damaged area in the individual breed standard
Disqualifications (these apply to all breeds, not just the Rex)
- Breaks in skin
- Evident ill-health
- Fatty eye
- Missing toe nails
- Running lice
- Severe physical abnormalities, e.g. cataracts, missing eyes, bent legs, wry neck
- Sows obviously in-pig
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