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Hamster Variation and mutation
There have been numerous reports in recent years about new mutations but it has been impossible to confirm many of these. The following list includes only those that have been accepted by hamster authorities at the time of this writing.
Albino: The entire coat is pure white down to the roots, and devoid of any shading [...]
Hamster Genetics for breeding
To understand why hamsters have different colors, and how to breed for these particular colors, we must turn to the science of genetics and its law of heredity. This natural law was first expounded by the monk Gregor Mendel in 1865 but it did not become generally known and accepted until 1900. Genetics, sometimes called [...]
Posted in Genetics | 2 Comments »Hamster Gender
To determine the gender of the hamster hold the animal in the palm of your hand on its back. The penis of the male is about ¼ to ½ inch from the vent. The vulva of the female is closer to the vent and is mostly bare except for a few grayish hairs. The general [...]
Posted in Hamster Basics | No Comments »Hamster Litters
The birth of a young usually occurs at night. You can anticipate it if you know the exact time if impregnation. It will be exactly 16 days, give or take a few hours, later. The Newborn hamsters (which you probably won’t see because they are in the nest and it is inadvisable to look into [...]
Posted in Hamster Care | No Comments »Breeding your hamsters
Until hamsters were first domesticated in 1930, it was assumed that rats and mice had the shortest gestation period of any mammal, 21 days. But the female hamsters break that record easily with her period of 16 days. She can have her first litter when she is only eight weeks old and then, if birth [...]
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