All Syrian Hamster Colors
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All syrian hamster colors. One popular color is brown syrian hamsters. Some coat colors have several different eye and ear color combinations such as the cream variety which can have black red or ruby eyes. Fully grown syrian hamsters are about 13cm in length with females being slightly larger than males. But over the years a number of mutations appeared and now you can find a wide range of colours and coat types some being common and other rare.
Banded dominant spot tortoiseshell bi colour calico tri colour roan. This is the typical original syrian hamster as he lives in the wild. If you have a syrian hamster that is blonde cinnamon lilac honey or fawn then these often have red eyes. In captivity over forty.
The natural colour is golden brown with pale greyish white belly. Should your hamster not be of one of these colours it can still compete in non standard class or in pet class. Some have been standardized by clubs for show purposes. All syrian hamsters in captivity are descended from a mother and her twelve pups who were dug out of a burrow near aleppo syria in 1930.
A common favorite according to author holly sullivant is dark brown. An agouti hamster has cheek flashes and crescents where a self hamster does not. Article by black country hamstery. Breeding syrian hamsters next show.
There are many syrian hair colours and too many to feature on here but i shall give examples of the most common colours. Adults are fiercely territorial and will attack any other hamster they meet. Normal golden cream cinnamon sable yellow yellow black. Hope you enjoy and find this helpful x my links.
Golden brown fur with black cheek flashes gray undercoat ivory underside and gray ears. Syrian hamsters can come in many different colors including gray black yellow red or a mixture of several different colors. Syrian hamsters are often seen in colors diverging from the usual gold as a result of accumulated years of breeding. Hamster colours are known as either agouti or self.
Short haired long haired rex coated satin coated. The syrian hamster is commonly called golden hamster referring to the wild colour. Today s video is educating you on the different syrian fur types markings and colours. Examples of self hamsters include the black cream mink and sable.
Brown ranges over a broad color spectrum. A self is the same colour all over the body. Examples of agouti hamsters include the golden yellow cinnamon and grey. Post navigation syrian hamster genetics and inheritance.
Black cheek flashes mark the jaw line and a broad dark band runs across the chest. Syrian hamster colours and patterns thanks to advance breeding techniques and practices syrian hamsters now come in a variety of coat types patterns and colours. Beige produced by breeding a two hamsters with the rust and dark gray genes the beige color variety is often the smallest and less robust of the litter. The color of a syrian hamster s eyes and ears are usually determined by the color of their coat.
You will always get golden babies if.