Duprasi Breeders In The Midlands – Find Your Fat-Tail Pup Here…

There are many breeders throughout the Midlands now, who are working together to make sure everyone gets an adorably cute and friendly duprasi pup.

With around 6 different breeders in the area, this group are able to always have a litter ready to home throughout the year without ever having to overbreed their own animals.

No one breeder could have enough doops to constantly churn out a whole load of pups on their own – and we wouldn’t want them to breed back-to-back either.

So, working with each other and sharing information, they work together to find you the closest – or the soonest – duprasi to suit your needs.

They often have a waiting list each to prioritise on – but are happy to let you know of another breeder close by if that saves on courier fees and time. Obviously, some people only want to use the one same breeder that they used before – or one a friend was very happy with – and that is fine – your choice. But for everyone else just starting out – whoever is closest or who has pups available right now should always be given to you as an option.

That way – YOU decide on what you want with the options rather than you having to join several different waiting lists or pay for and arrange a courier only to then find a breeder up the road.

No-one wants that.

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Finding The Perfect Duprasi Pup For You:

Deciding on which pup or pups you are looking for early on – will be easier to help direct you to the right breeder. Everything becomes clearer once you make a few decisions:

A Single Doop – or A Pair:

If you want a single duprasi – then you can get one anywhere.

Duprasi aren’t very succesful breeders in that 50% of their pairings don’t result in a litter of pups. So, if you are only waiting for a single pup – not only are you more likely to get one if you want just the one (as is everyone else) – but you can fit around people ahead of you on the waiting list who want a pair. If a doop has a litter of three and the people in front of you on the waiting list all want pairs – you get to jump the queue!

Duprasi are just like dwarf hamsters and normal geribls in that they often live with a sibling or parent quite contently – however at any point – they can change their mind. Relatively low-level squabbling is more likely – but if they tails start to become torn (the place the doops attack when fighting) or they start the whole screeching stand-offs – then perhaps those two need to live apart.

Duprasi do live just fine on their own, however. They don’t need a companion at all – and infact many duprasi actually prefer single living. You can see this when they are teenagers – often beating up siblings and sleeping alone. There is no right or wrong to singles or pairs – you choose.

Male or Female Doop:

Similarly to above – if you aren’t bothered on which sex you want – you are in the best position on any and every waiting list.

There is no noticable difference in character between a male or a female duprasi specifically – they are all individuals – and just as many people ask for females and they do for males when looking for a new pup. There really isn’t anything in it (apart from the more visible ‘conkers’ on the males of course).

Everyone has their own story for males vs females – but often when you dig deeper into the story they have only had one of each, or the grumpy one lived elsewhere. This makes direct comparisons of the sexes unfair really as it could be any number of things that are done differently between those doops being compared.

Either way – a huge number of duprasi owners are happy with their doop – male OR female so it really is just down to luck.

If you do want a specific sexed pup – it is best to make this clear early on so that the breeder you first contact can be sure they have what you want. Baby doops can be quite hard to sex individually once they are furred and before they are 3 weeks old (well 4 weeks to be 100% sure). You can sex them as pinkies if you can safely get into the nest, but of course you can only tell numbers – you still have to wait for them to be old enough again to tell which is which. Well they so all look the same after all!!!

Animal Courier or Collect Your Own Doop:

Due to the rarity of duprasi breeders – and the previous years lock-downs and reduced contact measures – it has been more common these days to employ an animal transport agent or small animal courier to collect and deliver your doop for you. For as little as £45 you can have your doop pups collected from the breeder and delivered to your door for you in most places in mainland UK. To drive there yourself in fuel and time is quite often going to be more than that for sure.

Although many people like to see what they are buying before they buy it, in almost all cases, you don’t get to choose the doop anyway. In virtually all instances, the doops are reserved and booked up way in advance of them even being born, so if you want a male and there is only a single male in the litter – he’s yours either way. Unless you already have a very strict shopping list on seeing him – would you refuse to buy him once you had taken over a month (or longer) just to find him and driven all the way there to collect him?

We are not saying that you should buy an animal off someone you don’t know just for convenience, but it would be worth considering your ‘worst case scenario’ before agreeing on a collection either way.

If you are sure you want the healthiest and friendliest doop or nothing – and run it through your mind and discover that really, it wouldn’t make any difference at all whether you drove there and it had a bald patch (it’ll grow back) and jumped out of your hands when you picked it up (probably just your new smell) – would you still bring it home?

Then, considering that courier option doesn’t seem so far out.

Obviously, only ever use a breeder and a courier that have been recommended to you by someone you trust. If you don’t want the risk of something going wrong – then don’t take any risks – it’s simple.

Breeding Lines

If you are considering breeding yourself – even if you are nowhere near ready right now – it is worth considering the lines of the doop that you buy. Never go on the location of the breeder for the line information as we ourselves are aware of two big breeders who have sold their stock to people all over the UK, and often help set up new breeders. So if one of your breeding doops was from Manchester and the other from Swindon – they could actually still be brother and sister.

People also change their mind on pets too – having bought one as a pet with no line information – and then had to rehome it – someone looking to breed might buy it with no idea of where it was from or if it is related to their own duprasi or whether it had health issues etc. If someone you are buying your breeding stock off cannot tell you (unassisted) exactly where it is from over several generations where possible – then you really shouldn’t be buying that stock at all. There are plenty of reputable breeders who know their related and unrelated lines inside-out – so why would you take a unnecessary gamble?

Most breeders are happy to work with and supply new breeders with stock – so that we can all be sure that new breeders – like yourselves – are not only well informed but are all using unrelated healthy lines rather than ‘backyard breeding’ as it is often called (just pairing X with Y because you have them and they are the same thing).

Obviously, if you are wanting specific lines to be a new reputable breeder – you may need to wait for the right stock to come along. Obviously the sooner you tell your breeder that you are looking to breed and have identified where your original stock is from (if you already have a duprasi or two) the sooner we can get you on the right waiting list.

Sometimes it will take two different breeders to supply you with a starting trio if you are completly knew to doops – but it is certainly worth the wait. And then of course you know you also have a good breeder or two as your new mentors.

The Age Of Your Doop

Most people getting a new doop want a pup – and we don’t blame you.

Pups are adorable and are usually homed at around the 6 weeks mark while they are still tiny and cute – so you have your whole lives together.

As with all pups though – there are downsides too. Firstly that pups are well jumpy! It is very likely that a new pup will leap out of your hands at a moments notice, escape from small holes and refuse to be caught! I know you will soon overcome these issues with careful handling and patience, but apart from what the breeder sees in those few weeks before they home them – they can’t be sure of their characters as adults as they haven’t finished growing.

From around 3-4 months they settle down a bit more into their adult form and so breeders and keepers can finally see the real characters. They also reach their adult weight around now too – so if you wanted a big fat chunky doop – you will only find out about now whether you have got one (usually over 60g at this point).

Buying a slightly older doop from a breeder isn’t a bad thing. Often breeders keep hold of a doop that looks good for potentially joining the breeding programme but isn’t – or a buyer falls through for whatever reason – and then often you can jump the queue if you are willing to accept one that is a few weeks or months older. Sometimes these guys are ready to home immediately too – bonus!

Algerian Duprasi or Egytian Fat-Tail?

It isn’t 100% clear yet about how the different-looking duprasi stay different – or if they are just like people and can be either. Basically doops seem to either be round, fat and flooofy – or slimmer and more greasy-looking. It doesn’t appear to run in families (a litter can be half flooofy and half greasy-looking) but you can usually tell by 6 weeks which they are.

It was once thought that they were two subspecies – duprasi that were wild caught from different places – with one called the Algerian type and the other called the Egyptian type – but so many people called them both the same things or gave the opposite descriptions to each (the Algerian long and greasy-looking with a beaky-looking face and Egyptian fat and round – OR – the Algerian fat and round and the Egyptian long and greasy-looking with a beaky-looking face). However, they have been unknowingly/carelessly bred together so much over the past 30-40 years that it probably doesn’t even exist anymore?

However, if you want a fat round floofy one – just ask and we can see what we can do?

Personal Choice

Your own personal choice is a great thing to have – and we think everyone should have their standards if something is really important to them. However, just be aware that with something rare like a duprasi – being choosy will most likely add on time to your wait.

This isn’t a bad thing of course – as you want the right pet for sure – but just be aware that if you want to hold out for something – please be 100% sure that what you are waiting for is so important to you that you won’t compromise. Otherwise, if you get bored of waiting or can’t find what you want – you may end up back where you were 6 months ago and could have had a doop already!

We have had people waiting over a year for a doop to match their requests. We will get there between us – but you need to be sure that is what you want. If you are clear from the beginning what you want exactly – these things are possible and we can be more realistic about timings.

A doop pairing is only 50% successful, so even if all goes to plan and the breeder is in your same location – pairing to collection could still be over 2 months. If it wasn’t successful first time and you needed the pups of that same female – then there will be an additional month (minimum) each time – possibly longer.

Buying Your Perfect Duprasi Pup

So, if you wanted a single duprasi pup of any sex of any line or any type and were happy to use a courier – you could get your doop that same week – and many people do.

If you were happy with an older pup – same too. You could get one that same week if you were ready.

However, if you were waiting for a pair of female duprasi pups in your area only – it could be 2-6 months depending on the breeder near you. Also, duprasi are very rude at having all same sex litters – so if you are really unlucky and wait 3 months for a litter – they may well all be males!

They also have the odd singleton too these fat-tailed ladies – so needless to say – you will have to wait for another litter if that was the case too.

It isn’t all so bad though – like we said – many people get their new doop pups withing 2 months – so there is always a chance that lucky buyer will be you!

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