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Breed Vigor
As a rule, the breed is a healthy one. Being a relatively new breed, it still
maintains the vigor of the mixed breed as a result of outcrossing. There are no
extremes in body type, so problems that come from breeding for the extreme have
not occurred as they have with some of the other breeds.
The only problems the breed has are cosmetic ones, which are a predisposition to
dirty ears and to stud tail (a form of acne found at the base of a cat's tail).
The dirty ears are simply a result of the Cornish Rex having larger ears than
most other breeds of cats and their lack of guard hairs to keep the dirt out of
the ears.
Stud tail is actually a misnomer because it can occur on both males and females,
altered or unaltered, although it most frequently occurs on unaltered males.
Spaying or neutering is a fairly effective preventative against stud tail.
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