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new born litter

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Question
hi, i have two winter white dwarf hamsters which have givien birth for 4 litters for the third time but what was not normal is that 2 of the babies were black skin and not pink. (the coulor of the parents are pearl)is that normal and what coulor are they going to be when they grow up.

Answer
Hi Omran

I'm afraid I can't answer this question - I don't have any experience of hamster genetics.  If you can't find anyone on this site who can answer this question you might want to have a look on the following sites:
http://www.hamsoc.org.uk/varieties.php?id=winterwhites
http://russiandwarfhamsters.tripod.com/hams/id2.html
http://www.geocities.com/florida_hamster/campictures.htm

Good luck with this
Regards