Help me with learning my hamster colours?

[NiceCrocs]

Aha, mystery solved thanks Hekomi!

[BCjetta]

Here's a few of some of my previous hamsters

Headcrab - he was not white


Smudge - the mother of Headcrab


Hairy


Creamo


Kahlua - really bad picture...


Larry


The next 3 I did post in a seperate thread wondering what their colours are

He is not a normal sable


She is not black based tort


Her coat is satin...no clue on colour or pattern

[Hekomi]

Headcrab - Rex, LH, REC

Smudge - Rex, LH, Black

Hairy - Rex, LH, Golden

Creamo - LH, BEC

Kahlua - LH, Dove Tort

Larry- LH, Golden Umbrous Banded

Silver Sable, LH

If she's not black, she's chocolate, though I explained in the other thread why I thought black (due to the virtual non-existance of rust in our gene pool, but BC may totally be different) LH Tort

Looks like Cinnie LH Satin, with dom spot.

[Aimeeeee]

If you could tell me what colour McSteamy is I would be thankful!!

[Hekomi]

McSteamy is a SH black eyed cream (BEC)

[Aimeeeee]

Yay! Thank you!

[BCjetta]

I was told Larry was supposed to be a yellow black...not sure if thats the case.
Creamo was also rex, from lines imported from Europe (actually all the rexes were from Tershonian hamsters who used to be in Ontario).

[Hekomi]

Ah, okay, yellow blacks and golden umbrous look similar to me. I just need a better trained eye for it.

I was not 100% sure on rex for Creamo.

After you said they're from Tershonian Hamsters, I'm not surprised they're rex. They were really keen on bringing rex in. Unfortunately, after they shut down, we lost most of the recessive genes and rare colours and patterns. Bringing in dominant spot, yellow, and even black is sometimes really hard.

Did you used to live in Ontario? I contacted Tershonian Hams a month ago to find out some info from them, but it looks like they no longer use those emails. Phone line was dead too.

[BCjetta]

No. I had them shipped from Ontario to BC. I really loved having the rex. I haven't had any real luck finding any in the last few years though. Should have bred the ones I had to keep them going...

[Hekomi]

Oh, lucky! I am breeding come the fall, but we're focusing on torts, dominant spot, and POTENTIALLY polywhite (we'll see).

Once we're established I'm hoping to ship some hamsters from Brookside, who do have rex lines. I'll give you a quick PM, since this is a bit off topic.