Show your Shelties

[amywithpiggies]

Ooooh Lord B you gorgeous man *swoons* hehe

 

[lyndor]

heres rosie,i think shes a sheltie..

i cut her hair quite short though to stop her getting smelly quicker

This wee fella is a coronet -- same as a sheltie but the there is a crest on their head called a coronet -- example follows.

 

[lyndor]

Peruvian's have a rosette on their heads which causes the hair to fall forwards over their noses.

Sheltie guinea pigs look very similar to Peruvian but with one important difference, they do not have the rosette on their head. This means that the hair grows backwards instead of falling across the face.

Shelties have a type of "beard" of long hair off the cheeks and a well developed train of hair flowing from the rear.

You're not *quite* right.

A sheltie is a long hair where the hair is combed straight over their back.

The sheltie with the crest on their head is a coronet.

example

A peruvian DOES have rosettes, however these are on their bums and push their hair up and over their faces. They typically have two rosettes but some have extra. These guys are not show standard but still beautiful.

Example -

My leo -- he has extra rosettes on his side but none on his head or he wouldn't be a peru!

 

[lyndor]

Lord Barnaby Sebastian Pigwig - he has the messiest hair ever, no matter if i bath him and blow dry him it always goes straight back to a very messy wiggy look! LOL and it looks crazy when he popcorns as his hair bounces all over the place

Please someone tell me if he's NOT a sheltie

This wee man is beautiful!

Choc, cream and white stunner Defo a sheltie!

 

[Sodapops]

You're not *quite* right.

I'm no breed expert (in fact i know nothing about different types of guinea pig breeds) - i have both a peruvian piggy and a sheltie - not knowing how to best describe the differences between the two (when someone asked about the differences between the sheltie and peruvian) i looked this up and took the info i posted from this site:

http://www.animalloversweb.com/breeds-of-guinea-pigs.html

Most of the breed websites mention the Peruvian in the description of the sheltie pig and quite often compare the two:

http://exoticpets.about.com/od/guineapigs/ss/guineapigcoats_4.htm

Appologies for causing any confusion @) Like i said i know nothing about guinea pig breeds ?/

 

[RachelW]

These links were interesting.

Now about little Leo: I would have thought he is not a peruvian, because he is not long-haired - I thought "normal rosettes" were abyssinians?

As I said earlier, normally I don't care anyway which breed, because to me, they are all cute and I have never had piggies with a special breed, but while we are talking... I'd like to know the difference.

 

[Sodapops]

These links were interesting.

Now about little Leo: I would have thought he is not a peruvian, because he is not long-haired - I thought "normal rosettes" were abyssinians?

As I said earlier, normally I don't care anyway which breed, because to me, they are all cute and I have never had piggies with a special breed, but while we are talking... I'd like to know the difference.

I would say the best person to ask re. breeds would be Tracyxx - however on first glance i did think little leo was an abbyruvian as opposed to a Peruvian. As i said i have 0 experience when it comes to breeds, but i always assumed Abbyruvians were an aby and peru cross (i.e they had the hair length of a peruvian, but with more rossettes like an aby). Looking at internet images (and they could well be wrong like the two website's on breeds i posted) younger abbyruvians look like longer haired abbys - hence the resemblance i saw with little Leo.

Here is an image of my Peruvian (Elvis) - you can see the sort of rossette on the top of his head (not sure if that's the best way to describe it) and also the way his hair kicks upwards slightly at his back end. His hair also has a natural parting along his body:

Here is a pic of his cage mate Shadow who is a sheltie. Shadow's hair sweeps back off his face and lays flat to his body. The difference is very easy to spot when you look at them side by side.

Here is a pic of Elvis a few months ago - you can see here that his hair was crazy and going in all directions:

 

[RachelW]

yes, I see the difference. Very cute piggies.

 

[lyndor]

These links were interesting.

Now about little Leo: I would have thought he is not a peruvian, because he is not long-haired - I thought "normal rosettes" were abyssinians?

As I said earlier, normally I don't care anyway which breed, because to me, they are all cute and I have never had piggies with a special breed, but while we are talking... I'd like to know the difference.

Sorry for the confusion! Leo is only 6 weeks old so he hasn't grown his hair out yet!

 

[RachelW]

ah, I understand.