Dwarf Hamster Info

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This little pocket pet is a delightful tiny animal that isn't related to the Golden Syrian hamster.
How many kinds of Dwarf hamster are there?:

Djungarian Hamster- also known as the Campbell dwarf hamster Roborovskii Hamster - also known as the Robo dwarf hamster Siberian Hamster - also referred to as Winter White Chinese Hamster Where do dwarf hamsters come from?:

Campbells - Northern China, Central Asia, Mongolia and South Siberia Robo - China, Mongolia and Russia Russian Winter White - Siberia, Manchuria and Mongolia Chinese dwarf hamster- China When it comes to the breeding of Dwarfs there are a few differences between these tiny animals behavior:

Campbells - The father's is often involved in raising the pups Robo- Easier to raise in captivity as they are more social Winter White- The father's also is often involved in raising the pups, and are easier to raise in a captive enviroment Chinese dwarfs- As they prefer a solitude life, they are hard to raise in a captive enviroment How long do dwarf hamsters live?:

Campbells - Live for about one and to two years in lengh Robos - Tend to have a bit longer life span of about three to four years Winter Whites- Live for about one to two years Chinese Dwarfs - About two to three years life span Each Dwarf kind is colored differently in the wild:
Cambells- This little cutie color range in the brown to gray with ivory on their bellies and sides
Robos -They are more in the sandy shades, from a apricot tone to brown
Winter White- is unique as they tend to be gray with white on the bellies with a dark line separating the colors and in tshorter daylight hour days, triggers their fur to change color.They become almost all white with little specs of random dark hair here and there...

Chinese dwarf- has a distinct marking of a dark stripe running down their back and a spot on the top on the head and sometimes they will have white patches.