Re: Inbreeding Coefficiant
One of my hamsters has the same great grandparent on both sides of her blood line (Dianna with hagrid grand champion) but thats the closest I have seen, she has no physical signs of inbreeding as its a good few generations between.
I know sometimes, in really controlled cases, the most experienced breeders will inbreed.
The recessive dappled, theres about 3-4 in this country, I know one of the breeders who has them, and I would have 100% trust in her, if she did inbreed them, it would be controlled and safe.
other then preserving a rare or dying colour, I dont think there is any reason to inbreed myself.
as Sandti said, in the wild they dont know one hamster from another, mice do, they learn their siblings sound when in the nest, and wont mate (so I have heard!) but nothing stops hamsters, I guess mum hammy will chase them all quite far when its separation age, to make sure they dont come back and mate to her.
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