After reading many topics on several forums about litters and breeding hamsters, I have been wondering for ages about how people go about finding unrelated hamsters.
I understand that you can do so after the hamster is with you by looking at his or her pedigree, but how do you manage it before hand?
It has been puzzling me for ages - so I thought I might as well go ahead and ask
The other thing I wondered about was when people say checking the hamster's history - do they mean checking that they are unrelated in previous generations, or that they don't carry harmful reccessive genes? How do you know for sure that they don't have these reccessive genes, as I hear that it is possible for the wh gene to be hidden on a single hair (it is obvious that roan hamsters have it, and I've heard that you can shine light into their eyes and tell by a red glow as well).
Sorry for asking lots of questions, but I know that this is the best place to learn
Finding unrelated hamsters
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