Do you know there are a huge variety of colours for Syrian hamsters? If you do not, you are in for a colourful treat!

Well he’s not that colourful (assuming the standard for colourful is rainbow) but here in this week I gonna introduce the varies colours there are for Syrian hamsters. From here you can select your favorite colour  to be your pet.

Agouti colours are Syrian hamsters with the  colour and markings of a wild type. They include cheek flashes and ivory crescents. They may have a base colour with ticking on the top of the fur. Below is an illustration to identify agouti markings.

Simple explanation on the headings before we get confused – Genotype is gene of the hamster while phenotype is the appearance of the hamster. We will explain more about it in another post. Keep in tune!

Note:

• Some pictures from other sources are self credited in the picture itself.
• Picture for Beige cannot be found due to it’s rarity.
• Descriptions are of show hamster. There may be variation for some colours.

Colour: Beige

Genotype: bbdgdg

Phenotype: Soft pale grey with brownish tone

Remarks: Known for kinked tail, best to outbreed. May reduce in size if bred progressively. Very Rare.

Colour: Blonde

Genotype: Sgsgpp, Lglgpp

Phenotype: Creamy blonde carried approximately one third of the way down

Remarks: Tends to have orange tinted muzzle

Colour: Cinnamon

Genotype: pp

Phenotype: Rich russet orange, Claret red eyes

Remarks: Eye colour darkens with age

Colour: Dark Golden

Genotype: ++

Phenotype: Rich dark mahogany red, Black ticked, black-eyed rings

Remarks: Wild type colour

Colour: Dark Grey

Genotype: dgdg

Phenotype: Pearly grey with black ticking, Black-eyed ring

Remarks: Known for kinked tail, best to outbreed. May reduce in size if bred progressively. Very rare.

Colour: Light Grey

Genotype: Lglg

Phenotype: Buttermilk-grey with black ticking

Remarks: Homozygous Dominant Lethal Grey.  Also known to be incomplete dominant.

Colour: Silver Grey

Genotype: Sgsg

Phenotype: Light Silvery Grey with black ticking

Remarks: Extremely dominant gene. Breed with caution. Heterozygous Silver Grey is similar to light grey in appearance.

Colour: Honey

Genotype: ppToY/ppToto or bbToY/bbToto

Phenotype: Light cinnamon/orange to the roots

Remarks: Red-eyed Honey (ppToY/ppToto), Black-eyed Honey (bbToY/bbToto)

Colour: Lilac

Genotype: dgdgpp

Phenotype: Soft pale grey with pinkish tone

Remarks: Known for kinked tail, best to outbreed. May reduce in size if bred progressively.

Colour: Rust /Guinea Gold

Genotype: bb

Phenotype: Rich orange brown, cheek flashes dark brown

Remarks: Very rare

Colour: Smoke Pearl

Genotype: dgdgToY/dgdgToto

Phenotype: Pale greyish cream to the roots, black tickings, black cheek flash do not have solid but concentrated tickings

Remarks: Known for kinked tail, best to outbreed. May reduce in size if bred progressively.

Colour: Yellow

Genotype: ToY/Toto

Phenotype: Rich dusky yellow with black tickings

Remarks: Sex-linked. Cream, Sable and Golden mask the colour thus giving ‘ghost yellow’. ‘Ghost yellow’ is invisible, but yellow gene is still present and still may be inherited. ToY is male while ToTo is female.

PS: If you do have any pictures of the hamsters which you think is glorious and magnificent please feel free to send to theonepet@gmail.com. I will give you credits if the picture is taken by yourself =)