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Old 12-22-2011, 04:49 PM   #71
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Default Re: Breeding Full Brother to Sister?

There are far more reputable breeders in the UK. I suppose I don't know where you're going with your question. Are you thinking about health problems or new mutations?

Mutations do happen but that's not based on location, just chance. There's a mutation rate for each locus, meaning that some of them mutate more frequently than others. Not that they're all that frequent but say the agouti locus has a mutation rate of 1:100,000,000 where as the chinchilla locus has a mutation rate of 1:10,000,000 (these are completely made up numbers). You would expect that there's only one hamster in a 100,000,000 that would have a new mutation. Even with that, they'd have to be line bred back for two generations to even realize it (if it's recessive).

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Old 12-22-2011, 08:08 PM   #72
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There are far more reputable breeders in the UK. I suppose I don't know where you're going with your question. Are you thinking about health problems or new mutations?


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i was asking about mutations. Thanks for giving that info!!
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Old 12-22-2011, 08:27 PM   #73
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There are more people doing "professional" show breeding in Europe than in the U.S., which is why you see more breeders and variety in European pet hamsters. In the U.S. the hamster industry is pretty rudimentary in comparison and mostly limited to mass-bred pet shop hamsters without much regard for improving size, health, color, whatever other attributes a careful breeder would focus on. For some reason, in this country hamsters are just not popular enough compared to Europe. I mentioned it before, but my guess is that it's because more people live in suburban/rural settings and have large back yards, so dogs and cats are more popular, whereas Europe is tightly packed and small animals are a good pet option.

As an example, when I was in France, I saw lots of very interestingly colored rats that were beautiful, longer haired, and much healthier looking. When I go to a chain pet store in the U.S., 90% of rats are white with red eyes, 9% are white with gray or brown spots, and 1% something else, like hairless =/
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