Syrian Hamster Coat Colours

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Syrian hamster coat colours. An agouti hamster has cheek flashes and crescents where a self hamster does not. The closest is a red eyed white sometimes called a flesh eared white. Female long haired hamsters have a longer coat. A true albino syrian hamster has yet to be discovered.

The normal short haired coat the long haired the rex the satin and the hairless available in the usa. Should your hamster not be of one of these colours it can still compete in non standard class or in pet class. This gene causes the hamster to have no fur although it may have curly whiskers. Umbrous these hamsters can have any coat colour and pattern.

There have been reported color coat mutations resulting in a syrian orange hamster. There are many syrian hair colours and too many to feature on here but i shall give examples of the most common colours. Some coat colours have several different eye and ear colour combinations however such as the cream variety which can have black red or ruby eyes. Short haired long haired rex coated satin coated.

Sometimes hamsters can present. The syrian hamster is commonly called golden hamster referring to the wild colour. Common coat colors of syrian hamsters. Silver gray the silver gray hamster has a silver gray coat with a darker roots.

It has an ivory face with dark gray cheekflashes dark gray ears and black eyes. It has an off white underside. Banded dominant spot tortoiseshell bi colour calico tri colour roan. Colours and coat types of the syrian hamster the syrian hamster is also most commonly know as the golden hamster as this is the original wild colour.

Examples of agouti hamsters include the golden yellow cinnamon and grey. If you have a syrian hamster that is blonde cinnamon lilac honey or fawn then these often have red eyes. Examples of self hamsters include the black cream mink and sable. Thanks to advance breeding techniques and practices syrian hamsters now come in a variety of coat types patterns and colours.

Some have been standardized by clubs for show purposes. The color of a syrian hamster s eyes and ears are usually determined by the color of their coat. The colour of a hamster s eyes and ears is usually determined by the coat colour. There are five different coat types in the syrian 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. 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. Golden short haired nhc.

However over the years many different colours coat lengths patterns and coat types have now developed due to mutations. 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. Normal golden cream cinnamon sable yellow yellow black black grey white blonde honey smoke pearl.