What is pedigree?

[chatterbox]

Hi all,

My hamster has come from a breeder, and I was told she is 'pure' of her species. Does this mean she is pedigree? What is pedigree?!

I would like to attend a show with her in the next few months, but does she need to be pedigree to enter the main class? I don't have a certificate for her...

Thanks!

[POLAR WHITES]

What species of hamster do you have I am taking it that your hamster is a dwarf, A pure breed hamster is either a winter white or a Campbell with no crosses, You don't need a pedigree to show.

[hikaru]

a pedigree is what you can decribe as family tree. You see the hamster's line of relatives.

[chatterbox]

Ah thank you both and yes she is a Cambell (sorry i should have said), she is my new arrival!

[Susie]

If she's from a breeder with tracked lines then she's gonna be a pedigree :P