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Old 12-21-2011, 11:40 AM  
Erin Loves Dwarf Hamsters
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Default Re: Breeding Full Brother to Sister?

SCFC sadly like you have said its been a long time since you have bred hamsters. There have been numerous discoveries in breeding since then and many many things have changed.
Siblings should never be bred together for a start and although I do not know much about the breeding of Syrians I too am aware of the danger of breeding patterned Syrians together. There is always going to be the risk of two white bellied genes coming together when breeding patterns and like Souffle has said that results in eyeless whites.
You can also never be sure breeding two bandeds would ever result in a full banded litter, when it comes down the the possibilities of their ressesive genes you could end up with anything!

I would take Souffle's advice and re-research everything on Syrian breeding before you start. Im sure you will be surprised by how different the research you find is nowerdays
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