The Raptor Butterfly Hamster

In Northern Russia, a team of breeders and scientists have bean cross-breeding, rearranging genes, and simply trying to create a predatory hamster.

Their true intentions were to simply create something new while under the false excuse that they were trying to create a predatory small animal to combat the growing problem of rabies-infected rats.

These creatures are indeed carnivorous, but do not survive well in the wild, as they were extremely unhealthy and sickness was easy and quick to spread among them. They terminated the project rather early on and these little guys have bean sold on the black market recently as exotic pets.

Species General Information:

Species Name: Butterfly Raptor Hamster

Height: 8-10 in

Weight: 1.5 – 2.6 lbs

Looks As their name implies, these guys tend to have unique markings on them that will be mirrored exactly on each side of them white or cream as the markings color. There is usually only two colors to a hamster. Eyes are usually black, but rarely, and this is considered a mutation, can be blue and sometimes amber. They look like Hamsters, but with slimmer bodies, sharp talons on their dominate toes on three-toed hands and feet, split faces with a clear mid-line, and their ears are very small with long tufts of fur being their only protection. there is no outside cartilage for the ear.

Habitat: Just in captivity, there are no longer any surviving in the wild. They do best in pens kept indoors with open room to move and explore.

Diet: They are predatory, and if they lived in the wild they would track and eat slow-moving or burrowing animals, using their claws to repeatedly stab their prey to death and then consume them with the set of small K9s. They still like to store food, as their saliva has some sort of preserving agent and they will spend hours licking their food and then burying it, digging it up later to continue eating their food.

Gender Ratio and Differences: There is usually 1 male to every 4 females, as Female's are much more dominate and tend to be bigger, and Males are sickly little things that can only usually breed 3 times in his lifetime.

General Temperament and Personality: The Females are hostile and territorial, becoming agitated whenever another female can be scented in her territory. Males are very docile and mellow, often just roaming around until they are killed or claimed and 'kidnapped' by females and forced to breed when the female wants a litter. Males are often killed by competing females or their current mate if he refuses to breed. If The hamsters are kept separate, then Females can become more social and friendly.

Health: Not a very healthy breed. These guys are riddled with disease or mutations. They have odd tumors that half will grow on their cheeks and throat in their life and likely suffocate from. Lifespan is expected between 2-6 years.

Social characteristics: Males are usually anti-social and like to roam about on their own, while females, if there is no sign of another male, will group together in small numbers and may interact in a community or pack system. Female's will however start fighting and killing one another if a male is introduced.

Breeding: Females compete for the safest places to raise litters. She will usually be pregnant for little over a month and a half, and will give birth in privet, or if in a community a joint burrow, with litters ranging usually from 5-8 pups with 2-3 pups surviving birth. Pups take about 6-8 months to fully mature.

Mutations:
-Eyeless
-Rare/uncommon random trait
-Long claws
-Long teeth

Current Genetics:

Base color(C):
Common: Cream
Uncommon: Grey, Brown, Ginger
Rare: White, Black, Blue-Grey, Burgundy

Marking color(M):
Common: White
Uncommon: Cream, Grey
Rare: White & Cream, Cream & Grey

Body Type(B):
Common: Standard
Uncommon: Long Legged

Fur(F):
Common: Standard
Rare: Hairless

Eye Color(E):
Common: Black
Uncommon: Amber, Yellow
Rare: Blue, Red

Tails(T):
Common: None
Uncommon: Hairless
Rare: Gerbil

Current Owners/Adoptables
RP Thread
Breeding



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