quick winter white question.. - Page 2

Gizmodo ^_^ · 03-24-2011, 01:53 PM

Wow that is a beautiful colour :O

mangoandmimi · 03-24-2011, 01:59 PM

oh my goodness they are soo sweet! i want to smuggle them over from france lol ^_^ x

Inuk · 03-24-2011, 02:24 PM

Yes, I wish I had one like that too. ^^

SnickersTheFirst · 03-24-2011, 02:46 PM

By Campbell/WW cruising do you mean they were crossbred? If so, then surely they aren't pure?

Sorry if I've misunderstood but not sure what you mean by cruising.

mangoandmimi · 03-24-2011, 03:42 PM

thats what i thought... do you mean you bred ww/camps together then after ages you just called them pure ww? lol didnt quite understand your post :Px

KatiePillow · 03-24-2011, 03:59 PM

I've always thought mandarin was a hybrid colouration also? unsure on that though ^.^

Iluvhamsters · 03-24-2011, 04:15 PM

I agree, if they have any Campbells in them at all then they are not pure bred, even if the campbells are several generations back in their line. At least that's what I've read.

Inuk · 03-24-2011, 11:01 PM

Well, they aren't literally pure but technically, they are considered as pure. It sounds strange in French too (lol) but it's how breeders make to have more WW colours.
Mandarin is a dominant mutation that appeared spontaneously around 10 years ago. It wasn't made from hybridation.

SnickersTheFirst · 03-25-2011, 12:36 AM

I'll have to search through the forums, there's a thread somewhere on Mandarin hamsters. It might make it more clear.

SnickersTheFirst · 03-25-2011, 12:40 AM

really pretty "mandarin" hamsters from Holland

Here's a thread. Unfortunately, they are hybrids so it's impossible for them to ever be pure.