ST's A15 Litter

[Nancy's Hamsters]

Originally Posted by Hekomi

Awwh Gloria, we just wanna see your little puplets! I can't wait to see them. The all sound gorgeous. I am really excited to see the BEC male, since telling a BEC from a ghost yellow can be pretty tricky.

Actually it is very easy to tell eeToto/Y from ee. Watch their ears.
Yup watch the ears and see if they turn Black at 4 to 5 days old, or they stay flesh until day 18-24. BEC ears take way longer to darken then Ghost yellow ears do. If you would like to see the difference PM me.

[Nancy's Hamsters]

Finally Gloria decided I was not a preditor and allowed me to hold the pups who were 18 days old in these photos
First up is the group pics.






Here's the Golden Tort Band female


The Ee Yellow Band Female


The Honey Band Female


and The BEC Band Female


The Dove Male


The Ee Honeyblack Male


The Cinnamon Band Male


And last and least the Runt of the litter the Black Band male

[Nancy's Hamsters]

For those who wanted to see how I can tell a BEC vs an Ee Yellow here are a few pictures of the two female pups who are these colors and gene chains








Note the darker shade of Cream and how the Ee Yellow pup already has Dark ears(Though they are mottled do to the band gene)

It also appears Feivel carries for LH since some of the pups are beginning to look LH. I will continue to show comparison photos of these two pups for all to view as they grow.

[Piebald]

Very interesting thank you Nancy.
(The golden tort for me please )

[Thin Lizzy]

Aww they're all so cute and adorable! Beautiful babies!

[becky1412]

Awww! Just makes me want to dig out my spare cage and get a new baby! lovely litter

[jemmalg]

Nancy correct me if I'm wrong but I think that BEC can't be a BEC, dad's yellow so all females will have yellow? Surely she must be a proper ee ghost yellow? I think that is the issue with ghost yellows is that we literally cannot tell them apart from creams!

I'd also wonder if she's red eyed, she's so much paler than I'd expect from cream at 18 days...

[Nancy's Hamsters]

Originally Posted by jemmalg

Nancy correct me if I'm wrong but I think that BEC can't be a BEC, dad's yellow so all females will have yellow? Surely she must be a proper ee ghost yellow? I think that is the issue with ghost yellows is that we literally cannot tell them apart from creams!

I'd also wonder if she's red eyed, she's so much paler than I'd expect from cream at 18 days...

Mom is Dove Tort and is Ee And yes TY for the oopsie the BEC would have to be at least Toto possibly toto depending on which one Mom passed on. She could also be eeYB since Cream mask black as well.

As for her eyes they are beyond doubt Black BUT Mom could carry for ED via her Dam who was out of a Hetero ED Black Dam. The ED gene will lighten the coat of a carrier AND give the black eyes a slight red glow to the eyes. I will take new pictures on Tuesday as I will be going out of town and the state on Monday for the day.

[jemmalg]

Oh that's interesting Looking forward to more photos, babies are very pretty

[Nancy's Hamsters]

Well this litter grew up all to quickly and the Dove male pup went to his forever home this past week and is now called Winston. All pups except for my keeper have now found new homes.

Here's a picture taken on their last clean out day as a whole litter two weeks before the pet pups went home to be with their new families.
A15 litter day 21-a.JPG

And one of the 5 week old Males minus the Dove who had already went to his new home earlier in the day, and adding two of the males from the B15 litter(the solid black ones)
The A15 litter day 35-a-boys.jpg

And one of The 5 week old females who went to lovely pet homes to be spoiled. ee Ghost yellow band Ee Golden Tort Band, and Ee Honey band
from left to right and going clockwise
The A15 litter day 35-d-girls.JPG

And two of my keeper girl who is the Ee Yellow band girl who ended up being and Ee Yellow Black/Melanistic Yellow band instead and proves beyond doubt that Feival, like Gloria carries for LH. Her coat is amazing and is almost as long as some males I've had in the past at 5 weeks old. I love her head and type best from this litter. LOL in the last picture she is a bit mad at being disturbed and has that distinctive Yellow pouting look to her face LOL
The A15 litter day 35-h-My keeper girl Ee YB Girl.JPG
The A15 litter day 35-i-My keeper girl Ee YB Girl.JPG