Cavy Showmanship Study Guide with correct answers 100%2026

Cavy Showmanship Study Guide with correct answers 100%2026 What is the correct name for a female cavy? - Correct Answer Sow What is the correct name for a male cavy? - Correct Answer Boar What is the correct name for a baby cavy? - Correct Answer Pup How many toes are on the front foot of a cavy? - Correct Answer Four How many toes are on the hind foot of a cavy? - Correct Answer Three Cavies are in what Biological order? - Correct Answer Rodentia Are cavies herbivores, carnivores, or omnivores? - Correct Answer Herbivores Why do cavies need wood to chew on? - Correct Answer They have ever-growing teeth Cavies cannot produce which vitamin so it must be supplemented in their diet? - Correct Answer Vitamin C Name two foods that will provide Vitamin C for a cavy. - Correct Answer Any fresh, dark green, red, yellow, or orange vegetable or fruit. ( individual cavies may not like certain foods and should be given several choices.) Cavies have what number of teats or mammary glands? - Correct Answer Two How often do cavies come into heat? - Correct Answer They have a continuous breeding season. What is the gestation period for a cavy? - Correct Answer 60-63 days (two months) What is the usual number of pups in a cavy litter? - Correct Answer One to Three A cavy with an inflamed mammary gland has? - Correct Answer Mastitis Cavies are usually weaned when they are how old? - Correct Answer Three weeks Cavies were first domesticated where? - Correct Answer South America What is the normal weight range for a cavy? - Correct Answer Two to Four pounds What is the normal life span for a cavy? - Correct Answer Five to seven years. What does ACBA stand for? - Correct Answer American Cavy Breeders Association How many breeds of cavies are currently recognized by ACBA? - Correct Answer 13 A permanent damage in hereditary material is called? - Correct Answer Mutation What is the most common breed of cavy with a short, smooth coat? - Correct Answer American What breed has 10 rosettes on its coat? - Correct Answer Abyssinian Where are the rosettes located on an Abyssinian? - Correct Answer Two on the shoulder, Four on the saddle, Two on the hips, and Two on the rump. Which breed has long, smooth hair that does not grow over the head and face and is not parted down the middle of the back? - Correct Answer Silkie Which breed has long, smooth hair, parted in the middle of the back that grows over the head and face? - Correct Answer Peruvian What breed has a short, wiry, kinky coat with a plush feeling? - Correct Answer Teddy What breed has ring