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Old 06-29-2014, 12:24 PM  
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Default Re: New Arrival - Colour?

What a cute hammy - she has black eyes but a Campbells colour and a WW shape. I would say she is closest to what was called a Mandarin which is an Argente Campbells crossed with a WW normal. The pet store suppliers cross them as they get 'interesting colour combinations' which is what the pet market wants. They don't care about the health and longevity of the animals they breed because they leave them at 5-6 weeks. They also don't really care much if they lose mothers during birth when the pups cannot be delivered due to the wrong head shape for their body and that the pups may develop diabetes, glaucoma, neurological problems etc due to their hybridness because it's off their hands. That's why P&H hamsters are labelled as Russian so they have no liability of misslabelling.
That said though not every hamster will get sick and I hope your lovely one does very well
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