Basil - What colour is he?

Basia · 05-21-2008, 04:57 PM

Basil is 20 months old now and I always thought he was BEC banded because that was what I was told he was when I first got him.
Tonight I realised he has cheek flashes and white undies. I have sort of known this all along but have just had a mindset that he is cream because that was what I was told in the beginning Doh! (He was the first hamster in my current collection).
What colour is he? If he's a yellow it would explain a lot.

I thought he might be a honey...

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PKK · 05-21-2008, 08:18 PM

If he was a honey he'd have pink ears and red eyes. Honey is cinnamon and yellow.

**Spuds Mum** · 05-21-2008, 11:46 PM

I think he might be a yellow - I think I can see some ticking. He is very pretty whatever colour everyone thinks he is

Bunsey · 05-22-2008, 12:23 AM

yes i think yellow!

Basia · 05-22-2008, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by PKK

If he was a honey he'd have pink ears and red eyes. Honey is cinnamon and yellow.

Yes, I should have realised that. It is just that he is so similar in colour to my honey, I was forgetting about the eyes and ears.
This is Honey, when I put the photos side by side I can see he is different but to be fair her eyes always look black.
All of his brothers and sisters had pink eyes and ears so I suppose they may have been honey.
I suppose I should have twigged he could be a yellow seeing as he has been the most delinquent hamster I have ever owned, I just thought I had done a rubbish job of taming him, the first hamster I had owned for 15 years and all that...

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Bourne Valley Hams · 05-22-2008, 01:04 AM

He is a yellow. He is a nice pale, wishy washy yellow that lacks ticking - just like all my yellows!!

Holly · 05-22-2008, 01:14 AM

That explains a lot then, Gill - good old Basil carrying on the Yellow tradition :P

Bourne Valley Hams · 05-22-2008, 01:25 AM

Look - here's Bruce - he's pretty much the same colour.

**Spuds Mum** · 05-22-2008, 02:26 AM

aww I am so not ever going to be an ambitious show person

I look at Bruce and Basil and just think "Oh how pretty" rather than "ooo poor ticking and not a nice deep colour"

Its probably why we have such a mottley collection of hamsters, but I am learning and trying

Bourne Valley Hams · 05-22-2008, 03:06 AM

Even those with poor colour and ticking can win over a judge if they are cute enough - good old Bruce was given Reserve Best in Show by Jean Tye at Monmouth and she definitely knows what yellows should look like!!