What color is Pumpkin?

[Nancy's Hamsters]

Since he lacks any gray cheek flashes, and in the nice easy to view Photo it looks like his under coat is Ivory cream I would say you have yourself a beautiful Honey (Yellow and Cinnamon combined) He's a very nice boy and by the amount of fur inside his ears I would guesstimate him at around 6 to 8 weeks old. As Syrian Hamsters age their ears loose all the fur and go shiny and bald.

Here's a photo of the closest I have to a Honey Hamster. She's only 4 weeks old in the photo and is also Banded which lightens up the Orangey coloring a bit more, also she has one gene of cream which also lightens up the orange coloring a bit more.
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Here's another Honey but he is also satin and is Umbrous so it is very hard to see his ivory crescents but you can see them in this photo.
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[Pumpkinsmom]

Thanks Nancy. I never knew that about the ears. Well he's over 8 weeks old for sure because I have him since August 25th. It's funny, I thought he was old for some reason, probably because he's kind of slow when he runs and he's pretty big.

Oh, that satin hamster is beautiful!

What I love about Pumpkin is that he has the cream colored long hair around his neck that makes him look like a lion lol.

[Nancy's Hamsters]

The hair usually is seen for up to a year but after a year it disappears quickly. He may also be slow because of the weather temps outside now too. Most of mine are sluggish and take a bit to think about wheel running, and seem to horde more food in the nest so they don't need to leave the warmth for to much too.