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Nancy's Hamsters · 12-08-2015, 11:14 PM

He is Hetero Silver gray in my opinion. Who determined he was Dark grey?
With Mom being a Golden the Sg(which is Dominant) would have to be from the Black Band Sire. Dingy Black AKA Silver Black is only obvious when the hamster is young and has it's baby fur. When the adult fur comes in they look exactly like a Black hamster UNLESS it is a Homozygous Silver grey's offspring then the adult coat tends to keep a bit of the silvery tint to the black coat.
Here is a Homo Silver grey's Silver Black band son
Winthrop-9-3-10-a.JPG
Here is his Hetero Silver Black band daughter before shedding out her baby coat
Lalita-a.JPG
and the same Silver black band girl at almost 1 1/2 years old
Lalita-9-4-11-c.JPG
This was Lilita's Dam Hadiya who was a Rex Umbrous Golden who had a 6 generation pedigree of both Sire and Dam and who had no Silver grey in her pedigree.
Hadiya-5-23-10-a.JPG
As you can see Winthrop never lost his silvery tint in his coat where his daughter was silvery as a youngster but as black as a normal Black Band as an older adult.

Here is Lilita's only litter at 19 days old the Sire was a Normal Golden carrying Black who may have carried Rex coat but proved he didn't.
The Xanlitas-day 19-zH.JPG
However it did prove Lilita was a hetero silver black band with the 2 Silver Grey pups

12-08-2015, 11:14 PM
Nancy's Hamsters ST's Hamstery Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Mid Ohio USA Posts: 2,574	Re: Dark Grey U or Cream U? Help needed! He is Hetero Silver gray in my opinion. Who determined he was Dark grey? With Mom being a Golden the Sg(which is Dominant) would have to be from the Black Band Sire. Dingy Black AKA Silver Black is only obvious when the hamster is young and has it's baby fur. When the adult fur comes in they look exactly like a Black hamster UNLESS it is a Homozygous Silver grey's offspring then the adult coat tends to keep a bit of the silvery tint to the black coat. Here is a Homo Silver grey's Silver Black band son Winthrop-9-3-10-a.JPG Here is his Hetero Silver Black band daughter before shedding out her baby coat Lalita-a.JPG and the same Silver black band girl at almost 1 1/2 years old Lalita-9-4-11-c.JPG This was Lilita's Dam Hadiya who was a Rex Umbrous Golden who had a 6 generation pedigree of both Sire and Dam and who had no Silver grey in her pedigree. Hadiya-5-23-10-a.JPG As you can see Winthrop never lost his silvery tint in his coat where his daughter was silvery as a youngster but as black as a normal Black Band as an older adult. Here is Lilita's only litter at 19 days old the Sire was a Normal Golden carrying Black who may have carried Rex coat but proved he didn't. The Xanlitas-day 19-zH.JPG However it did prove Lilita was a hetero silver black band with the 2 Silver Grey pups __________________ Nancy,and The ST's Hamsters Last edited by Nancy's Hamsters; 12-08-2015 at 11:34 PM.