Syrian Hamster Coat Colours

Female long haired hamsters have a longer coat.

Syrian hamster coat colours. This gene causes the hamster to have no fur although it may have curly whiskers. If you have a syrian hamster that is blonde cinnamon lilac honey or fawn then these often have red eyes. Some coat colors have several different eye and ear color combinations such as the cream variety which can have black red or ruby eyes. Banded dominant spot tortoiseshell bi colour calico tri colour roan.

Should your hamster not be of one of these colours it can still compete in non standard class or in pet class. Normal golden cream cinnamon sable yellow yellow black black grey white blonde honey smoke pearl. Short haired long haired rex coated satin coated. There have been reported color coat mutations resulting in a syrian orange hamster.

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. Thanks to advance breeding techniques and practices syrian hamsters now come in a variety of coat types patterns and colours. The color of a syrian hamster s eyes and ears are usually determined by the color of their coat. The normal short haired coat the long haired the rex the satin and the hairless available in the usa.

In 1964 scientists drew a comparison between a color mutation characterized as brown cinnamon or amber to a newly discovered rust coat color as they called it. Golden short haired nhc. However over the years many different colours coat lengths patterns and coat types have now developed due to mutations. Some have been standardized by clubs for show purposes.

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