Rare Syrian Hamster Colors

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Rare syrian hamster colors. One is grey tan she is full opal one is a dove with red eyes one is grey and. The natural color of most syrian hamsters is golden brown with a lighter belly. Golden is the original colouration of syrian hamsters. The color of a syrian hamster s eyes and ears are usually determined by the color of their coat.

A self is the same colour all over the body. There are many color variations but here are the most common. Ruby eyed hamsters have bright ruby eyes and the coat colour is extremely diluted. Some coat colors have several different eye and ear color combinations such as the cream variety which can have black red or ruby eyes.

Syrian hamsters can come in many different colors including gray black yellow red or a mixture of several different colors. The natural coloration of the syrian hamster is golden. The ruby eyed gene can be combined with any colour to produce a ruby eyed variety of that colour. If you have a syrian hamster that is blonde cinnamon lilac honey or fawn then these often have red eyes.

Syrian hamster colors and coats the syrian hamster is commonly called golden hamster referring to the wild colour. An agouti hamster has cheek flashes and crescents where a self hamster does not. Hello i am a dwarf hamster breeder i live in vancouver b c here are my little hamsters the rarer colored ones. The ruby eyed gene is extremely rare if not extinct.

But captive breeding programs have existed since the 1930s both for science and the pet trade. But selective breeding has given rise to several variations in color pattern and hair length. Examples of agouti hamsters include the golden yellow cinnamon and grey. Today s video is educating you on the different syrian fur types markings 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. However through selective breeding it s possible to produce hamsters in a variety of colors many of which now make popular pets. Examples of self hamsters include the black cream mink and sable. The tortoiseshell is a patterned hamster produced by combining yellow with another colour.

In the wild their population is considered vulnerable due to habitat loss. 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.