Poppy Bee Hamstery

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Retired or Breeder Contract Hamsters

We retire hamsters for $35 - this includes our standard going-home package, provided you have an appropriate setup. Please reference our care guide for appropriate enclosures for retired hamsters.

We also place breeder contract hamsters locally at regular price. We like to keep the option open for breeding, but we don't always end up needing to breed them. We keep breeder contract hamsters for up to 2 months during the breeding process to ensure we have successful outcome. If you adopt a retired or breeder contract hamster, we will offer you a free hamster pup from a future litter if/when you are ready for another hamster.

The benefit of adopting a retired or breeder contract hamster is that these hamsters were selected by us for our breeding program for their wonderful traits.

If applying for a hamster from us, please note your preference for a retiree or breeder contract hamster.

Our Breeding Goals

We are most concerned with health, temperament, and conformation of our hamsters. We select breeding hamsters from our litters based on these priorities.

We are currently focusing on the cinnamon gene and cinnamon combination colors, like Dove and Russian Blue. We have a secondary focus working with rust and rust combination colors like Chocolate. We work with Banded and Dominant Spot fur patterns, both Short and Longhaired, along with Satin fur coats. Within our litters we often have a range of colors due to working closely with colleagues in our ethical hamster breeding community! Golden (which is the wild type Syrian hamster color), Black, Chocolate, Rust, Cream, Yellow, Cinnamon, Dove, and Silver Grey show up in our litters.

We breed for correct body conformation as dictated by the National Hamster Council.