babyboos
02-25-2005, 08:33 PM
I think I will pick a nice easy one :oops: to start as there is only currently one mutation in this species, the "white faced (http://www.geocities.com/calhamassoc/FeatureGidget.html)", discovered in Sweden in May 2003. As far as we can tell so far it is dominant - only one parent need have the "white faced (http://www.geocities.com/calhamassoc/FeatureGidget.html)" gene for you to get approximately half "white faced (http://www.geocities.com/calhamassoc/FeatureGidget.html)" offspring in the litter. We don't know if it is a homozygous lethal yet though. Hopefuly spring and a renewed spurt of breeding will tell.
This is a picture of a normal Roborovski Dwarf hamster. The natural colour is sandy-gold over the back, with grey roots, a white belly, and distinctive white "eyebrows".
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/babyboos/4fead60f.jpg
In the "white faced (http://www.geocities.com/calhamassoc/FeatureGidget.html)" Roborovski Dwarf hamster the coat is still sandy- gold in colour and the roots of the hairs are grey, however, the hamster has white face with just a coloured V coming from the ears to just above the eyes. The belly remains white, the eyes black, and the ears are pale grey. Some breeders have reported that the coloured areas fade with age. Please check out the bottom of this link for a photograph: Linda Price, Feature Hamsters:Gidget and Gadget, California Hamster Association (http://www.geocities.com/calhamassoc/FeatureGidget.html) or view the Hamster Information Pages of PetWebSite (http://www.petwebsite.com/hamsters/roborovski_hamster_white_face.htm).
This is a picture of a normal Roborovski Dwarf hamster. The natural colour is sandy-gold over the back, with grey roots, a white belly, and distinctive white "eyebrows".
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/babyboos/4fead60f.jpg
In the "white faced (http://www.geocities.com/calhamassoc/FeatureGidget.html)" Roborovski Dwarf hamster the coat is still sandy- gold in colour and the roots of the hairs are grey, however, the hamster has white face with just a coloured V coming from the ears to just above the eyes. The belly remains white, the eyes black, and the ears are pale grey. Some breeders have reported that the coloured areas fade with age. Please check out the bottom of this link for a photograph: Linda Price, Feature Hamsters:Gidget and Gadget, California Hamster Association (http://www.geocities.com/calhamassoc/FeatureGidget.html) or view the Hamster Information Pages of PetWebSite (http://www.petwebsite.com/hamsters/roborovski_hamster_white_face.htm).