I thought everyone that loves or owned a hamster might like to see
what purebred pedigree hamsters look like.My Swedish hamsters
all had pedigrees that went back 7 generations or more.
I bred and showed them for 15 years thruout the US and Canada.

I had both domestic & Swedish Syrian hamsters in many coat types
like satin(very shiny) and rex(wavy like the rex cat) coat types
and I even had hairless hamsters a rarely seen thing now.
I had multi gene colors such as tri colored and chocolate which
is one of the most coveted colors in the hamster genetics world.
I had to go to Canada to get the rex gene and paid as much as
$40 a hamster to get it.They were imported directly from Sweden
from the Manstenen line there.I bought them from Brian at
Tershonians Hamsters in Sarnia, Canada.
Brian no longer breeds hamsters now.

I also had Siberian Dwarf hamsters in the rare colors such as lavendar
and champaigne.Champagne is a 5 gene color and takes a long
time to propagate.Canadian dwarfs have wonderful temperments
but sadly are very diabetic.You cant breed it out either.
I had people come from other states to get my sweet natured dwarfies.

I started my hamstery in Hornersville, Missouri and wrote an article
there that was used in a newspaper on the east coast.
When I moved to Michigan I moved my entire hamstery there.
It was quite a trip but everyone made it even our pregnant girls.

Below you can see examples of coat types and colors.
I will try to list them in groups accordingly.

First my hamstery setup:



DOMESTIC SYRIANS

DOVE SATIN MALE LH(show Quality)



CHOCOLATE MALE LH(Rare color)



CHOCOLATE TORTOISESHELL FEMALE SH(Rare color)

LIGHT GREY MALE SH



YELLOW BLACK MALE LH


YELLOW BLACK-REX CARRIER MALE LH


DARK EARRED WHITE FEMALE LH
(They carry the Eyeless gene and cant be bred
to other white bellied hamsters or they have babes with no eyes.)


CINNAMON TRI COLOR FEMALE SH-PREGNANT
(Only females are tri-colored)


BLACK TRI COLOR FEMALE SH-PREGNANT
(Only females are tri-colored)


BLACK TRI COLOR FEMALE SH-SHOW QUALITY
(Only females are tri-colored)


EXTREME DILUTE BLACK MALE LH
(Looks like choc but is genetically different.
They have cherry glow to eyes is a tip-off.
Also this gene is similar to the merle gene in dogs.)



BLACK AND WHITE MALE LH

BLACK AND WHITE TRI COLOR SH WITH LITTER
(Breeding a tri or blk & wht female to a yellow or yellow black
male produces tris and tortoiseshell hamsters.)


LITTER FROM BLACK SH

SYRIAN HAIRLESS
Very complex gene:
Can only mate a hairless male to a furred female.
If you breed a hairless female she can not nurse
her litter and they will die.Hairless females do not
have milk ducts.You must use a hairless male only
and breed him to a furred hairless carrier to produce
offspring that are hairless and hairless carriers.

DARK EARRED WHITE HAIRLESS MALE

What a great set up! I think that is so cool people show hamsters. I never even knew about that until months ago (from this forum!) Those are adorable hamsters! lol Last shot is too cute on the 2nd post!

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SWEDISH REX HAMSTERS

BLACK EYED CREME REX FEMALE LH


BLACK TORTOISESHELL REX FEMALE LH


BLACK TRI COLOR REX FEMALE LH






DOVE TORTOISESHELL REX FEMALE LH



BLACK AND WHITE REX MALE LH

BLACK REX CARRIER MALE LH


LITTER SHOWING BLK,BLK EYED CREAM,RED EYED CREAM REX SIBLINGS


LITTER FROM DOVE REX TORTOISESHELL LH

DWARF HAMSTERS

CANADIAN SIBERIAN DWARFS

LAVENDAR & WHITE FEMALE (Rare color)


CHAMPAIGNE & WHITE MALE SIBLINGS (Rarest 5 gene color)




BLUE AND WHITE WITH LITTER


LITTER OF BLUE AND BLUE & WHITE



WINTER WHITE DWARFS
Winter whites are special and not
that common.They are agouti or brown looking
in summer but turn white like snowshoe rabbits in winter.
They have to have a correct diet to achieve this coloration.


ROBOROVSKI DWARFS
A russian breed that is very,very active.



EXOTICS-SPINY MICE
Wild and not too social and must be handled a lot.