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Originally Posted by SnuggleHam
Someone posted pictures of their hamster on an LJ community. Its a beautiful color.. would you call this a cream or honey? or is it something else?
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Hi Snuggleham,
I am a little late with this reply. But would like to add my two cents worth.
I have added two photos of two of my hamsters. The first one is a Mink (eeppUu) and the second is a Red Eyed Cream (eepp).
I think that the photo of the hamster you posted is very, very similar to Mink. A Mink is a Red Eyed Cream plus the Umbrous gene (eeppUu). However, I don't see the tell tale pale, yellow eye rings of the Mink on the hamster in question. I haven't seen a lot of Minks to say that the eye rings must always be visible. The hamster in question has dark ears which is a sign of Mink.
Red Eyed Creams have flesh colored ears which you can see in the second photo. You can see that the color of the hamster in question is similar to the Red Eyed Cream color but the ear color doesn't match. I suppose if she is Red Eyed Cream there MIGHT be another gene in the mix that makes her ears dark but I couldn't say.
It's impossible to say for sure unless the breeder keeps gene records of the hamsters he/she breeds.
Hamstermama
Mink(eeppUu)
Banded Red Eyed Cream(eeppBaba)