i think my hamster is dying *update resurrection*

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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...
 
aww no poor lil boy, thats a really good age for a hamster though :hug:
 
one of my hamsters went into hibernation and was all stiff and cold - we popped him in the airing cupboard and he soon revived.
 
awww no :( hopefully he'll come round a bit, but that is a fantastic age for a hamster :hug:
 
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
 
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 :(
 
Awww poor hammy but he is a very old hammy!! hope he perks up, if not then he had a good innings :-)
:hug:
 
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!
 
OMG he has come back to life :shock: eep i hope he was starting to hibernate- otherwise my hamster is a zombie! :shock:

thanx for all yr advice and thoughts x x
 

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