Rare Syrian Hamster Colors Chart
Today s video is educating you on the different syrian fur types markings and colours.
Rare syrian hamster colors chart. There are many syrian hair colours and too many to feature on here but i shall give examples of the most common colours. The roan whwh pattern in syrians consists of a white animal ticked with colour. The beige is produced by the combination of dark grey and rust. A self is the same colour all over the body.
Some have been standardized by clubs for show purposes. Hamster colours are known as either agouti or self. Syrian hamsters can come in many different colors including gray black yellow red or a mixture of several different colors. 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. Beige hamsters sometimes have a kinked tail. Examples of agouti hamsters include the golden yellow cinnamon and grey. However over the years many different colours coat lengths patterns and coat types have now developed due to mutations.
Short haired long haired rex coated satin coated. If you have a syrian hamster that is blonde cinnamon lilac honey or fawn then these often have red eyes. Click on any colour name to view a fuller description and more pictures. 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.
Examples of self hamsters include the black cream mink and sable. Normal golden cream cinnamon sable yellow yellow black. Syrian hamster colours derived from combining mutations. The syrian hamster is also most.
Should your hamster not be of one of these colours it can still compete in non standard class or in pet class. The three most common patterns are banded spotted and tortoiseshell. This lack of pigment makes them extremely sensitive to bright light so take. By combining different colour mutations more colours can be created.
Here i have listed a wide variety of the colours coats that are around today although it is not possible to list them all. The syrian hamster is commonly called golden hamster referring to the wild colour. 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 hamster colours and patterns thanks to advance breeding techniques and practices syrian hamsters now come in a variety of coat types patterns and colours.
This particular species is available in dozens of colors including black albino cream gray lilac cinnamon and yellow. The ticking is heavy around the head and give an evenly marbled appearance over the remainder of the top coat. An agouti hamster has cheek flashes and crescents where a self hamster does not. The syrian hamster is also most commonly know as the golden hamster as this is the original wild colour.
A note about the albino variations they have no pigment in their eyes so the eyes are pink. The white areas are white to the roots. In addition to the solid colors available there are several patterns available as well. Banded dominant spot tortoiseshell bi colour calico tri colour roan.
These colours do not occur in the first generation mating but occur when the offspring are mated together. The coloured areas conform to the recognised coloured variety allowing for slight dilution.