Kinds of Hamsters Which Often Found on the Market

Winter Golden

Golden winter hamsters are a more docile type of mini hamster than other mini hamsters. Therefore, this hamster is very suitable as pets for children. This type is given the name winter gold because the color of the feathers can change due to temperature fluctuations.

Russian Campbell

This type of mini hamster is most often found on the market. His figure resembles a white winter Russian hamster. Both types of hamsters are often called djungarian hamsters. In the market, this type is often found in a variety of colors, namely white, black, yellow, gray, brown. In fact, there are variations of two or three colors such as yellow white, gray white, and black and white.

Roborovski

Roborovski is a type of hamster that can be maintained by humans. This hamster came from the western and eastern Mongols, also north of China. Roborovski lives in holes with a depth of 50-150 cm.

Its size is very small, which is around 4-6 cm. However, when an adult Roborovski is very easily recognized from his face that is easily dense. Roborovski only has 1 color variation, namely yellowish brown on the outside and dark brown on the inside, while the chest and stomach are pure white. Roborovski's face looks old with beard-like hair and clean white eyebrows. Although small, roborovski hamsters are longer than other hamsters.

Chinese Hamster

These hamsters come from the northern regions of China and belong to the family of long-tailed hamsters. Adult hamster body size reaches 10 cm, weighs 40 grams, and the tail length is 2 cm. At first glance, Chinese hamsters resemble other mini hamsters. However, because of its slim size, this hamster looks thin.

Unlike other mini hamsters, Chinese hamster's tail is not overgrown with fur. Chinese hamsters are also famous for being good at climbing. Chinese hamster lives longer than the short-tailed hamster, which is 2-4 years. Hamsters are called adults if they are 2 years old.