Polaris and babies

[Thames Valley Rodents]

im sure some of you will have already seen these photos but i really wanted to share them with my new friends here so:

this is polaris when she was very young... not the most flattering of pictures but you get the idea ;)

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m214/KittyKitty_05/Syrians/randompets001.jpg
she is a long haired satin silver grey syrian and was mated to my lovely Casino (see below)

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a60/hammyratlet/Kats%20Kritters/PaleSilverSable.jpg

this is Casino when he was younger and still ickle... he's still smallish compared to his sister who is a monster.

here are the babies


http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m214/KittyKitty_05/Syrians/IMG_1115.jpg
DaDa!!! ok... not the best pics but i didnt want to disturb them.

im really suprised as i have spottys in the litter.. i didnt expect that!
there appears to be a black, some silver greys and another 'yet to be classified' colour... they are big and chunky!

Kat

[suga]

That's ace. Great looking parents - such wee babes.... Will you take more flicks as they grow and post... so exciting :-))

[souffle]

They are lovely and it will be great to see what colours turn up. Beautiful hammies the parents!

[Thames Valley Rodents]

dont worry, i will continue bombarding you with pictures!!
well, iv had a suruptitious peer into the nest and i have two splodgies (probably het silver grey dominant spots) some very definate silver greys, what looks like it might turn out to be a LBJ and some so far undisclosed colours..
i have parentage for Casino - he had chocolate in his line so i guess the LBJ would make sense.
im not so convinced about the dominant spot as niether parents have this in thier line and well... dominant!
there is also a jet black pup in the litter... i just cant wait for them to fur up.. its driving me nuts.. what are they!!

mums parents were a silver grey and a black. i saw info on the mum's mum's line but didnt get much more about the mums dads side... are you still all following.. im not sure i am!

i guess we'l just have to wait and see.
babyboos, so you still have the pedigree for my two.. i kept the email but hotmail had on of its funny turns and its now unreadable... im guessing a virus.. god bless Norton!!

Kat

[SnuggleHam]

Oh! :shock: I love the satin silver grey! What a pretty ham! Id like to try breeding sometime, but that wont happen untill I have more room! heh :oops:

[Thames Valley Rodents]

room.. i used to have that once!!
i had a special shed erected at the end of the garden to keep all the animals in and i tell you what.. its a god send!!
i couldnt breed things like mice int he house.. they just stink too much and no amount of cleaning them out will get rid of it.
the shed is a damn site tidier and less packed now than it was in the summer, it was rediculous, i had some many rescues come in and normally i am aware of what i have coming in and can find homes in advance so that they are only hanging about in the shed for a few days to a week. didnt work this summer..
i was let down twice by potential new chinchilla homes (i took in three chinchilla rescues this year) which filled the shed completely beucase thiir cages are so big i couldnt fit them on my shelves and they had to be kept ont he floor.
there wasnt enough room to swing a gerbil, let alone a cat... now there is enough room to swing a small lioness!! its bliss!!

Kat

[Thames Valley Rodents]

ok... mum is a het silver grey.
she had a het silver grey mum and a black dad. she was bred by another animal care collage.
Dad is a babyboos hamster and hes a silver sable... my computor did crazies a few weeks ago and i lost his paretage information (a virus i think) but if i remember correctly he has sable roan, black banded and chocolate siblings... im sure Morag will corect me if im wrong!

anyhoo.. here are the babies:

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m214/KittyKitty_05/Syrians/polarispups8.jpg
showing the splodgie job (could this be a roan? iv never seen a roan pup before to be sure what im looking at... it sure as hell doesnt look like a dominant spot to me! i did wonder if it could be a tort but the male certainly doesnt have yellow in his genes and the female doesnt for several generations at least)

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m214/KittyKitty_05/Syrians/polarispups13.jpg
showing a golden at the bottom of the pic

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m214/KittyKitty_05/Syrians/polarispups14.jpg
showing a silver grey at the top of the pile having a wash


http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m214/KittyKitty_05/Syrians/polarispups9.jpg
Showing the black on the right hand side of the pile

that was a bit of a mixed litter!!

i cant wait for them all to fur up properly!

Kat