290 RABBITS, CATS, AND CAVIES 



soon as the youngsters are weaned, when the sexes should 

 be separated, they should have as much nourishing food 

 as they will eat, not waste , and in this connection I may 

 advise any novices amongst my readers to get some of 

 the little pans with turned-in edges, which can be obtained 

 at the shops where rabbit and cage birds' food stuffs are 

 sold. As a rule they prevent the food being upset, 

 and are easily kept clean, being of glazed ware, and will 

 last for years. 



I do not think I need say more in a general way about 

 the Peruvians, except to give my views as to what they 

 should be like. 



The head should be broad in muzzle, rather long and 

 Roman-nosed in face from forehead to nose, the face and 

 head almost covered with the fall of hair over the fore- 

 head. 



The eyes large, full and brilliant, generally dark in colour, 

 though an exception is sometimes found in pure white 

 specimens ; but I prefer a dark eye even in such cases. 



The body should be long and wide, this being im- 

 portant as giving a better carriage to the coat and adding 

 to the grandeur of the specimen. 



The coat should be as long as possible everywhere, at 

 the sides it should at least touch the ground, at the back 

 it should lie on the ground behind the animal, and at the 

 the head it should come well over the face. 



The texture of the coat is very important, this should 

 be soft and silky to the touch, not hard and coarse as is 

 sometimes seen. 



The colour, while I prefer a pure self, is not so 



