i think my hamster is dying *update resurrection*

[trixipaws]

i just went to clean my hamsters cage out, now this hamster i got him the christmas before i was pregnant (2005) and he was 6 weeks old so for a hamster he is olddddddddddddddddddd. he's been lame and blind for months and he was really skinny with a big humpback! very decrepit but still happy umbling around his cage.

anyway i peered in at him and he wasnt breathing. i touched him and he's stone cold. so went downstairs to tell my boyf to go be a gravedigger while i found a box to stuff with fluffy bedding and put him in as a lil coffin!

but when i picked him up he was face down) and turned him over his nose twitched a bit!!!!

so wew not buried him yet we're leaving him in his cage until we sure he's dead

i dont think he's hibernating as iv just looked it up on the internet and apparently hibernating hamsters will be limp. well he isnt limp he's stiff like a corpse. i put him on his back and he's in the same position with all his little feet stuck in the air. but he's definately still alive, his nose twitched a few times. plus iv had a lot of hamsters and iv never had one hibernate. and his age and condition we were expecting him to die any day for months now. so i think he's on his way out...

 

[mummykay]

aaaarw poor thing

 

[Storm.]

aww no poor lil boy, thats a really good age for a hamster though

 

[MrsBrightside]

awww the poor little thing

 

[beanie]

one of my hamsters went into hibernation and was all stiff and cold - we popped him in the airing cupboard and he soon revived.

 

[clairescunny55]

awww no hopefully he'll come round a bit, but that is a fantastic age for a hamster

 

[pilkers]

I had a hamster once that went all stiff and cold... my dad put wrapped a hot water bottle in a towel and put her on it...she came back to life and lasted a good year or so after it!

Hope your hammy is ok

 

[Squiglet]

3 years is the equivalent to 150 years old in human years... Poor thing... Try warming him up, but I don't think he'll be around much longer

 

[fran_23]

Awww poor hammy but he is a very old hammy!! hope he perks up, if not then he had a good innings

 

[Tangerinedream]

 

[mrs_tommo22]

I would say try and warm him up trix, it might revive him a bit and make him comfortable if its his last days. Thats a fab age for a hamster!

 

[trixipaws]

OMG he has come back to life eep i hope he was starting to hibernate- otherwise my hamster is a zombie!

thanx for all yr advice and thoughts x x

 

[MagicMarkers]

yayyyy super hamster !!!

You go old boy !!

 

[trixipaws]

lol i kno, bless him! im so glad we didnt bury him!

 

[mrs_tommo22]

Lol so am i!!!

 

[claire2711]

glad he's OK!

 

[sarah113]

glad hes ok

 

[A&J]