All Syrian Hamster Colors

Syrian hamsters are often seen in colors diverging from the usual gold as a result of accumulated years of breeding.

All syrian hamster colors. Golden brown fur with black cheek flashes gray undercoat ivory underside and gray ears. In captivity over forty. Our previous show was held on 30th. Banded dominant spot tortoiseshell bi colour calico tri colour roan.

A self is the same colour all over the body. This is the typical original syrian hamster as he lives in the wild. Short haired long haired rex coated satin coated. The natural colour is golden brown with pale greyish white belly.

Today s video is educating you on the different syrian fur types markings and colours. Post navigation syrian hamster genetics and inheritance. Hamster colours are known as either agouti or self. 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. Examples of agouti hamsters include the golden yellow cinnamon and grey. The syrian hamster is commonly called golden hamster referring to the wild colour. 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.

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. Should your hamster not be of one of these colours it can still compete in non standard class or in pet class. Hope you enjoy and find this helpful x my links.

Article by black country hamstery. Brown ranges over a broad color spectrum. There are many syrian hair colours and too many to feature on here but i shall give examples of the most common colours. A common favorite according to author holly sullivant is dark brown.

You will always get golden babies if. All syrian hamsters in captivity are descended from a mother and her twelve pups who were dug out of a burrow near aleppo syria in 1930. Syrian hamsters can come in many different colors including gray black yellow red or a mixture of several different colors. Breeding syrian hamsters next show.

Adults are fiercely territorial and will attack any other hamster they meet. An agouti hamster has cheek flashes and crescents where a self hamster does not. All shows are currently cancelled until further notice. One popular color is brown syrian hamsters.

Normal golden cream cinnamon sable yellow yellow black. This information may not contain all the colour combinations as there are others being bred and discovered by breeders worldwide. Beige hamsters sometimes have a kinked tail. Fully grown syrian hamsters are about 13cm in length with females being slightly larger than males.

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.