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Hamster torpor?

  • 29-10-2019 10:23am
    #1
    Fiftyfilthy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 554 ✭✭✭


    Last night I checked on my daughter’s hamster at 11:30 as food untouched and hadn’t seen him in 24 hrs

    He was fast asleep but wouldn’t wake up so I got blanket and hot water bottle and for next 40 mins hamster eyes would open then drift back off, move his head slightly then back to sleep

    Now he is out straight, eyes closed , isn’t cold or stiff but hasn’t changed position in over 7 hours

    Front paws and limbs seem not stiff, back limbs maybe

    When placed in hands he isn’t stiff

    I’m sure he is dead , can’t see any breathing, whiskers twitching etc

    What is next step?


    Currently in cage in bedding and heating on


    My fault, room was cold when I entered last night


    Bring to vet or wait longer or pointless?


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  • #2
    Cherry Blossom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,995 ✭✭✭Cherry Blossom


    Bring him to a vet if you are unsure. He could have gone into hibernation or may have had a stroke. How old is the hamster?


  • #3
    Fiftyfilthy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 554 ✭✭✭Fiftyfilthy


    Cherry Blossom wrote: »
    Bring him to a vet if you are unsure. He could have gone into hibernation or may have had a stroke. How old is the hamster?


    15 months , couldn’t find a vet that had a tropical pet specialist as all on leave

    Brought to vet and they 99% sure dead but what puzzles me is no rigor Mortis

    But vet/nurse does think his mouth was very stiff and couldn’t detect a heart beat

    So that’s that

    Would have preferred to have got a tropical pet specialist as nurse was helpful but just had no experience of hamsters


    Our first hamster had rigor Mortis and was like a cold stone


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