Sapphire Blue Winter White Dwarf Hamster

In the recent past dwarf hamsters could only be found through professional breeders but as the popularity of these small types of hamster breeds among small pet owners has increased some of these dwarf hamster types are becoming more readily available at local pet stores.

Sapphire blue winter white dwarf hamster.

Around 1988 a mutation appeared in the winter whites a pure white top coat with black guard hairs grey ears and black eyes. Again the eyes are black and the ears a soft grey. Tim winter last updated. The sapphire mutation appeared in the uk in the 1980s.

Along the spine is a thick soft mid grey dorsal stripe which tends to be slightly wider between the shoulders. As winter sets in with shorter daylight hours and the world covered in snow the winter white hamster transitions it fur from brown to white. This is a pair of normal and a pair of sapphire winter white youngsters. The sapphire dwarf winter white russian hamster is a soft purple grey over the top of the body with the roots of the hairs being mid grey.

Purebred winter white dwarf hamsters are available in only two colors the wild agouti dark brown and a sapphire gray. Winter whites are native to parts of northwest china kazakhstan and mongolia. Either color can appear with a pearl pattern that creates a. Have a sapphire ancestor.

Hope you ve enjoyed this video of wukong the super tamed and well behaved little hamster 3 follow us on instagram. Wintertime whites are native to components of northwest china kazakhstan as well as mongolia. The sapphire hamster has a lovely blue gray cast to its fur and their ears are grayish and edged in black. At about the same time the sapphire appeared with it s smokey grey top coat with a slight blue tinge.

The head length of the winter white hamster is 70 90 mm the length of the tail is 5 15 mm and the hind legs are 11 15 mm. To create a sapphire winter white at least one of the parents must be sapphire in color or must carry the sapphire gene i e. This is now commonly referred to as the winter white pearl. You can see the distinct color difference.

Sapphire is a recessive color mutation in the winter white dwarf hamster. The winter white hamster also known as the winter white dwarf hamster djungarian hamster or the siberian hamster is one of three different species of hamster in the phodopus genus. Sapphire colouration the coat of the winter white hamster is less woolly than that of campbell s dwarf hamster and apart from the normal colouring they can be coloured sapphire sapphire pearl or normal pearl.