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Re: New color - himalayan?

haecklers — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:29:44 GMT

I've posted another picture of Humphrey in the Photo album from today. His points on his face continue to darken. I've looked at the photo album on the River

Re: New color - himalayan?

Linda Price — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:54:28 GMT

... (and cheeks and tail) but some of the ones we've given to the pet store got the point on their whole face. They have red eyes, not black (but very dark

Re: New color - himalayan?

haecklers — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:39:49 GMT

OK, maybe I used the wrong words. What we've been seeing is dove colored hamsters, or lilac maybe - a light greyish tan, that develop points on their faces as

Re: New color - himalayan?

Janice — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:34:17 GMT

... from the extreme dilute type mutation? I think you may be mis-using the term "himalayan". Himalayan in mice, rats, gerbils, rabbits, cavies, etc..

Re: New color - himalayan?

Linda Price — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:13:11 GMT

... the extreme dilute type mutation? Yes. Instead of having a new mutation, you most likely have found the extreme dilute mutation in pet store animals. It

Re: New color - himalayan?

haecklers — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:39:13 GMT

So if there were to be a himalayan type coloring, it could likely come from the extreme dilute type mutation? I was looking at the noses on the ones in the

Re: New color - himalayan?

Maria Åman — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:38:53 GMT

I cant say what it is at all, I had never seen this before. But hes a really cute one! /Maria To: hamstersinfocus@yahoogroups.com From: haecklers@...

Re: New color - himalayan?

Janice — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:14:39 GMT

... There is not a whole lot of information out there on Extreme Dilute, mainly because there are only a few breeders working with it. ... It's the opposite

Re: New color - himalayan?

haecklers — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:09:14 GMT

Thanks! I've actually read that before, but somewhere else with different pictures (or only the first picture that made it seem like the color was mainly a

Re: New color - himalayan?

Linda Price — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:20:13 GMT

... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hamstersinfocus/photos/album/1022111585/pic/list It looks like you have the Extreme Dilute gene. Jan of The River Road

New color - himalayan?

haecklers — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:11:19 GMT

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hamstersinfocus/photos/album/1022111585/pic/list What do you think? These are from a pet store hamster breeding of unknown

Re: color in question

Linda Price — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:26:53 GMT

... Sable (bbeeSg-U-). As far is to whether they're homozygous or heterozygous for Silver Grey is a bit harder to determine. The one thing that

Re: color in question

Janice — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:18:55 GMT

... there. pic 1c is the first one I am asking about, the other one is in pic 2a. Pic 3a shows them together. baby 1&2 maybe shows the color better on the

Re: color in question

Jana Svobodová — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:46:51 GMT

... Hi, I would say when I see whole litter that those the most dark could be Sable (eeU_), that brownish baby looks at photo like Chocolate Sable (bbeeU_) and

Re: color in question

hamsterfriend7734 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:54:32 GMT

... Both Sire & Ham for these 2 young hamsters have Silver Grey, yes. The HAM's parents(pups grandparents): Sire-Silver Grey satin, carries black & cream,