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07-17-2013, 09:18 AM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 20
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hamster colour
Hi i wasn't sure where to post this. I was wondering if anyone is good with colours and could tell me what colour my little Russian dwarf is? people have told me mandarin but i didn't think they could have red eyes. She is a really aggresive hamster too. she bites a lot but only when she is in her cage or she just doesn't want to sit in your hand. I rescued her and was told she is about 8 months old and she was in a really smelly rotastak cage. it was disgusting i'm sure i read somewhere that mandarin coloured hamsters can have lots of problems, can anyone shed any light of this? thanks everyone
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07-17-2013, 09:25 AM
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Hamaniac
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,730
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Re: hamster colour
I'm not sure what the actual technical color would be called, but she looks like the color hybrid dwarf hamsters that Petco and PetSmart have been selling. They named them Sunfire hamsters, but they are hybrid dwarves.
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07-17-2013, 09:34 AM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 20
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Re: hamster colour
Thats interesting to know thanks my little one is from the UK though. I've never seen one like her before in a pet shop, though i don't buy hamsters from there anymore.
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07-17-2013, 10:21 AM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Orkney, Scotland
Posts: 138
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Re: hamster colour
I'd say she looks like a beige. She looks like a Campbells to me as I can't spot any winter white traits in her (someone with more knowledge of hybrids might see something I don't) but that isn't to say she isn't a hybrid that just resembles a campbells, hybrids are pretty common.
EDIT: Scratch that, her ears are the wrong colour for a beige and her stripe too orange.
Last edited by Phoenix; 07-17-2013 at 10:29 AM.
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07-17-2013, 10:42 AM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 20
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Re: hamster colour
The pictures don't do her coat any justice,she is much brighter in real life
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07-17-2013, 11:15 AM
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Beauty Queen From Mars
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Posts: 4,522
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Re: hamster colour
I'm not great with colors and all they but I just have to say that she is absolutely adorable!
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07-17-2013, 11:18 AM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 146
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Re: hamster colour
I used to have a golden cocker spaniel who was quite mad (just extrovertedly happy as opposed to psychotic). When I was researching into spaniels I read a lot about 'rage' which is a temperamental issue with red/golden cockers. I was told by a breeder that the issue is golden/red/ginger coat colours linked to poor or 'unpredictable' temperament. I was also told that's why anecdotally chestnut mares are said to be very fiery, and of course redheaded women.
I've read on other links that 'mandarin' hamsters are often biters, so maybe the melanin link applies to them too.
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