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| This page is dedicated to providing information about Syrian hamsters with special emphasis on an accurate depiction of color and coat genetics (to the best of my understanding). Please realize that all information and advice presented on this site are based on my opinion. If you would like to learn more about my reasoning, please email me: [email protected] |
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| Hamster Types and Colors: A Guided Photo Tour featuring hamsters from the pet store I work at. |
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| Bubba The first hamster I had was a banded golden long hair male that I rescued. Unfortunately I do not have any pictures of him. He was more my mother's pet than mine, but he was a sweet boy. HIs favorite things to do were watch tv with mom and eat shredded cheese. He was a very good boy and used his litterbox faithfully. His Birthday was early 2000 and he died early 2002. |
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| Color/Type: short hair sable female Birthday: August 2001 Died: September 24, 2003 Temperament: This is a very spazzy hamster that I saved from the store I work at. She was too jumpy (and nippy) to be sold as a pet. At my house she is quite happy and demands yogurt just about everyday. She still would rather not be held. Breeding History: Although bred to Bubba once, none of her babies lived past two days. Just as well, considering her temperament. |
| Color/Type: long hair black eyed white (spotted banded yellow-black carrying cream) Birthday: March 6, 2003 Temperament: Snow is a special boy. Unfortunately he did not have the best socialization when he first came to the store I work at. He would scream when held. I needed him for breeding purposes but he refused the females until he reached almost 3 months. The reason I decided to take him home is because he has decided that he likes me and pretty much does not enjoy the company of anyone else. Breeding History: Snow has been bred several times to at least 3 females and has produced calico and tortoiseshell daughters, goldens, creams, sables all in spotted, banded and spotted-baned. I have yet to breed him to a black for black calicos, but I will be doing exactly this for Christmas babies. |
| My Biography It used to be that I did not like hamsters. All the ones I had ever met bit people and were rather untamed and not friendly. When the pet store I work at started selling hamsters, I took it upon myself to learn more about them, and we started casually breeding just to avoid the horrible vendors. I came to love the little guys and beginning fall of 2002 I made our breeding plan a focused and extensive endeavor. I am in charge of all hamster breeding and related activities for my store and am currently breeding two litters every third week (for my store and two others in our chain). Before starting the plan, I researched hamster coat type and color genetics and I now feel I have a strong handle on the subject. My background in college level genetics helps a lot with understanding the basics, but there is really nothing too tricky for even beginners to absorb. Part of the purpose of this page is to provide a concise and accurate listing of hamster mutations and combinations (regulated and unregulated). I feel this is lacking at most other hamster sites. I have made a very detailed guided photo tour of all the hamster types and colors that I am currently working with (which is a large chunk of the hamster spectrum). |
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| Female Breeders and Male Breeders for my store breeding plan |