All Syrian Hamster Colors

Fully grown syrian hamsters are about 13cm in length with females being slightly larger than males.

All syrian hamster colors. A golden hamster has grey ears black eyes black cheek flashes and white cheek crescents. 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. Were just invented by pet stores for advertising. Some have been standardized by clubs for show purposes.

The original wild color of the hamster is golden brown hence their name as the golden hamster the most notable characteristic of the syrian hamster is its ability to store food in two cheek pouches. Cinnamon hamsters have a rich orange color with a gray undercoat ivory belly red eyes these often darken with age and light colored ears. If you have a syrian hamster that is blonde cinnamon lilac honey or fawn then these often have red eyes. Originally classified as dark golden and light golden this description and standard has now fallen out of favour as a light golden is simply a golden that lacks defined black ticking.

Short haired long haired rex coated satin coated. The base colour of each hair is slate grey with the tip being ginger. Examples of self hamsters include the black cream mink and sable. 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.

Normal golden cream cinnamon sable yellow yellow black. Cinnamon is the basic red eyed color so almost every other red eyed color is a cinnamon combination. Some coat colors have several different eye and ear color combinations such as the cream variety which can have black red or ruby eyes. All shows are currently cancelled until further notice.

Syrian hamsters are excellent pets for people of all ages particularly children. Are fiercely territorial and will attack any other hamster they meet. Post navigation syrian hamster genetics and inheritance. Cinnamon is a recessive trait.

Article by black country hamstery. Names such as teddy bear hamsters black bear hamsters panda bear hamsters etc. The syrian hamster is commonly called golden hamster referring to the wild colour. Breeding syrian hamsters next show.

The color of a syrian hamster s eyes and ears are usually determined by the color of their coat. Our previous show was held on 30th. The third agouti trait is rust. Hamsters have large eyesand small tulip shaped ears.

Banded dominant spot tortoiseshell bi colour calico tri colour roan. The natural colour is golden brown with pale greyish white belly. First of all all of our hamsters are syrian hamsters no matter what fur length or what color. This information may not contain all the colour combinations as there are others being bred and discovered by breeders worldwide.

Should your hamster not be of one of these colours it can still compete in non standard class or in pet class. Examples of agouti hamsters include the golden yellow cinnamon and grey. Black cheek flashes mark the jaw line and a broad dark band.