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Old 10-07-2015, 03:00 AM   #1
rkarcheologist
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Default Trying to identify color

So I have a Syrian hamster who I know is a standard satin. I just can't figure out her color. I am pretty sure she is either a cinnamon, champagne, or cream. These colors are so close its hard to tell. Also how do you tell if you ham has red eyes? Is it obvious?

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Old 10-07-2015, 04:30 AM   #2
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To me she looks like a Red eyed cream. From the first picture it looks like she has red eyes - hamster can have various shades of red eyes depending on their coat colour. You can see her eyes are a dark red which is known as claret red in REC's
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Old 10-07-2015, 04:32 AM   #3
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To me she looks like a Red eyed cream. From the first picture it looks like she has red eyes - hamster can have various shades of red eyes depending on their coat colour. You can see her eyes are a dark red which is known as claret red in REC's
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I am always interested in learning more about my baby. Also I had no clue red eye could very!
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Old 10-07-2015, 04:38 AM   #4
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Oooh, shiny!

I don't see any sign of cheek flashes on her, so not cinnamon. Champagne tends to have a little more brown in the coat, so I'd say she's a red-eyed cream satin.

Red eyes are, well, red. XD They look red regardless of lighting, but can be harder to tell if their eye colour is particularly dark. Black/brown-eyed hamsters don't have any sign of red in their eyes. Here's my red-eyed Bubbles, compared to his black-eyed sister, Pippy (RIP).

Edit: Of course I'd get ninja'd as I was finding suitable images. XD To show the variations of redness that can occur even in the same hamster, here's my Fluffy IV. He's a long-haired, red-eyed banded cinnamon, with one bright red and one dark red eye.
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Old 10-07-2015, 04:39 AM   #5
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You're welcome, glad I could help. She's very beautiful I didn't know at first until I started studying the genetics and coat colours of Syrians. It's very interesting.
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Old 10-07-2015, 05:29 AM   #6
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You're welcome, glad I could help. She's very beautiful I didn't know at first until I started studying the genetics and coat colours of Syrians. It's very interesting.
Aww thank you! >.<
I would love to learn more because it is such an interesting thing. I also have rats and their fur color can say a lot about them in regards to breeding. So I am wondering if the same thing is true about hamsters.
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Old 10-07-2015, 05:31 AM   #7
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Oooh, shiny!

I don't see any sign of cheek flashes on her, so not cinnamon. Champagne tends to have a little more brown in the coat, so I'd say she's a red-eyed cream satin.

Red eyes are, well, red. XD They look red regardless of lighting, but can be harder to tell if their eye colour is particularly dark. Black/brown-eyed hamsters don't have any sign of red in their eyes. Here's my red-eyed Bubbles, compared to his black-eyed sister, Pippy (RIP).

Edit: Of course I'd get ninja'd as I was finding suitable images. XD To show the variations of redness that can occur even in the same hamster, here's my Fluffy IV. He's a long-haired, red-eyed banded cinnamon, with one bright red and one dark red eye.
Thank you! I can tell now she is definitely a red eye!
Also what beautiful fur babies! And fluffy IV is so unique. I did not know hamster could also be odd eye!
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