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Pebbles82 · 03-31-2018, 04:23 PM

Day 1

This month will be mainly about our two hamsters Newt (Syrian) and Nugget (Roborovski). Newt is a red eyed cream Syrian hamster. His Mum and Dad (Halloumi and Rupert) live with Souffle, who bred him

I also thought it would be interesting to share a bit of the history of the cream hamster. The black eyed cream mutation of the Syrian Hamster, first occurred in 1951. The red eyed cream was created some time after 1958 from a black eyed cream and cinnamon hamster.

Apparently the first cream hamster to be bred was on the Isle of Jura in Scotland and some of the first litter escaped. I found a couple of interesting newspaper pieces about this.

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03-31-2018, 04:23 PM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	30 Days of April 2018 Day 1 This month will be mainly about our two hamsters Newt (Syrian) and Nugget (Roborovski). Newt is a red eyed cream Syrian hamster. His Mum and Dad (Halloumi and Rupert) live with Souffle, who bred him I also thought it would be interesting to share a bit of the history of the cream hamster. The black eyed cream mutation of the Syrian Hamster, first occurred in 1951. The red eyed cream was created some time after 1958 from a black eyed cream and cinnamon hamster. Apparently the first cream hamster to be bred was on the Isle of Jura in Scotland and some of the first litter escaped. I found a couple of interesting newspaper pieces about this. Attachment 44869 Attachment 44870 Last edited by Pebbles82; 11-26-2022 at 04:38 PM.