What colour is Mrs De Vil?!

[Axeria]

OMG!!! I love her! She is absolutly stunning! Congrats

[RubyDooby]

Thank you souffle and Basia for your help! I'm glad she's got eyes though! She' was also quite a bit smaller than her other litter mates, which also added to her charm. Thanks again ^_^

[RubyDooby]

Originally Posted by Axeria

OMG!!! I love her! She is absolutly stunning! Congrats

Thank you ^__^

[souffle]

Eyeless hamsters are always pure white and need two copies of the gene to make them eyeless whites - one from the mother and one from the father.
When a hamster gets one copy it shows the one copy as either a very white belly in agouti hamsters like Goldens or with creams and cream based colours (sable and mink) the fur roans which means it is shaded with a darker coloured head in the main colour ie yours are sable and fading down over the back and rump where the colour is ticked over the white.
Should you mate your girls to another roan, which you obviously would never do some of the pups would get two copies and would be pure white with no eyes. These anophthalmic white hamsters can also have other problems like no teeth and deafness and often have short lives.
Hamster like yours would not have no eyes because they only have one copy of the gene which does give a beautiful patterning. Your hamsters have also been combined with a band to give the white band around their middles.

[Char]

Wow thanks for the info. I'm still learning.

[RubyDooby]

Originally Posted by souffle

Eyeless hamsters are always pure white and need two copies of the gene to make them eyeless whites - one from the mother and one from the father.
When a hamster gets one copy it shows the one copy as either a very white belly in agouti hamsters like Goldens or with creams and cream based colours (sable and mink) the fur roans which means it is shaded with a darker coloured head in the main colour ie yours are sable and fading down over the back and rump where the colour is ticked over the white.
Should you mate your girls to another roan, which you obviously would never do some of the pups would get two copies and would be pure white with no eyes. These anophthalmic white hamsters can also have other problems like no teeth and deafness and often have short lives.
Hamster like yours would not have no eyes because they only have one copy of the gene which does give a beautiful patterning. Your hamsters have also been combined with a band to give the white band around their middles.

Very interesting stuff!

[RubyDooby]

Managed to get a full photo of her from the side

[Char]

Wow she is so like mine. Totally lovely

[RubyDooby]

She's definitely a digger! Wolvie was more of a chewer but she digs in every nook and cranny! Once she's more settled I'll swap the shavings for a thick layer of substrate for her to mooch around in

[Appledash]

She is gorgeous, and so unique!