Tortoiseshell Syrian Hamster Colors

Syrian hamsters can have either short or long hair satin or rex.

Tortoiseshell syrian hamster colors. The syrian hamster is commonly called golden hamster referring to the wild colour. She is a syrian tortoiseshell female hamster she was born around june 7th so she is around 4 or 3 weeks old. Each species of hamster has its own coat colors textures and patterns but it is the syrian hamster that has the greatest variety. 20 set 2019 syrian hamsters colors and coats.

Black chocolate sable roan blue dove champagne mink and other dark colors and coats. Should your hamster not be of one of these colours it can still compete in. A recessive dappled hamster will be white with a colored head a white blaze and a colored bottom. Syrian hamsters can have either short hair or long hair.

See more ideas about hamster syrian hamster cute hamsters. The tortoiseshell is a bi coloured hamster being a mixture of two colours using the yellow gene. The syrian hamster is also most commonly know as the golden hamster as this is the original wild colour. The sixth and final fur pattern is recessive dappled.

The syrian hamster is also most. 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. What is the yellow gene.

Tortoiseshell is a two gene colour and a rather complicated one at that. Syrian colours coats and patterns. The yellow gene is what gives torts their beautiful yellow patches. The cage she is in the temporary and will not be in it long as i will put.

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. It only occurs in cream based colors and in other colors it shows up as a white belly. Syrian hamster colors and coats. However unlike other colour genes it s a sex.

The tortoiseshell occurred some time after 1962. The syrian hamster has the greatest variety in colours basically because it has been bred for much longer than the other species and therefore there has been more time for mutations to occur. In order to breed torts you need to have a basic comprehension of the yellow gene and how genetics work with hamsters. The long hair gene is recessive meaning you need two copies of it to produce.

1 different coat types. So you want to breed tortoiseshell hamsters. This is because it has been bred for much longer and therefore has the greatest number of mutations. The tortoiseshell is sex linked and all tortoiseshell hamsters are female.

This is a dominant trait. Syrian hamster colors and patterns. Roan hamsters have white mixed into their fur along with the other color and their head is darker than the rest of their body. Here i have listed a wide variety of the colours coats that are around today although it is not possible to list them all.