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Jack1 · 01-07-2019, 08:08 PM

Okay so so Rosa usually wakes up at around 8:30 to 9:30 pm. At around 11pm this evening I went to visit her at her cage and noticed she wasn't out yet, so I have her a little call and she popped he nose out to look at me but she didn't actually come out of her house.
I tired to convince her to come out with her favourite treat (white hamster chocolate button). But again she wouldn't come out, I noticed though, she was making strange sounds, almost like a purring noise. She seemed to want go go to sleep. My first thought was that maybe she wasn't well, the only change to her cage was I changed the fluff in her house to kapok seed fibre, under the impression it was better. After a Google I learned its not better and can cause serious problems. With the intention of going out first thing tomorrow morning I planned to buy normal hamster fluff.
It's worth noting though, the kapok fiber has been on her bed for about 3 or 4 nights And Rosa didn't seem to have any problems until tonight, so I kinda thought it couldn't be that logically, she was in her ball fine and dandy yesterday. She eventually came out for a about 30 seconds and was making very strange sounds. My dad thinks that Rosa was maybe getting too fat and thought she was having trouble getting out her house. So we made the decision to let her sleep with the lid off her house so if she wanted to get out she could easily.

Ive just went down to see her and noticed she is still in her bed curled up in a ball but very still, usually she would move a little when I came in. I have her a little poke and she didn't respond so I nudged her much harder and still didn't wake her. My worry is she ilhas either gotten too cold with the lid off and has hibernated, she is really tired and just didn't wake up from my pokes as she did try and go asleep when I was offering her the buttons or she's basically chocked to death on this new fluff, I would have taken the fluff out but with no alternative, she'd have definitely been to cold. It's possible she has somehow gotten ill and it's just a coincidence that her breathing seemed weird.
I've only had a her about 3 months and she tends to be pretty chilled, I've left her for the night as am holding on to that she may just be very tired.

Any suggestions on what I should now? Or what I should do to definitely know in the morning.

01-07-2019, 08:08 PM
Jack1 Newborn Pup Join Date: Nov 2018 Posts: 2	My hamster was making weird noises earlier today and now seems dead or hibernating? Okay so so Rosa usually wakes up at around 8:30 to 9:30 pm. At around 11pm this evening I went to visit her at her cage and noticed she wasn't out yet, so I have her a little call and she popped he nose out to look at me but she didn't actually come out of her house. I tired to convince her to come out with her favourite treat (white hamster chocolate button). But again she wouldn't come out, I noticed though, she was making strange sounds, almost like a purring noise. She seemed to want go go to sleep. My first thought was that maybe she wasn't well, the only change to her cage was I changed the fluff in her house to kapok seed fibre, under the impression it was better. After a Google I learned its not better and can cause serious problems. With the intention of going out first thing tomorrow morning I planned to buy normal hamster fluff. It's worth noting though, the kapok fiber has been on her bed for about 3 or 4 nights And Rosa didn't seem to have any problems until tonight, so I kinda thought it couldn't be that logically, she was in her ball fine and dandy yesterday. She eventually came out for a about 30 seconds and was making very strange sounds. My dad thinks that Rosa was maybe getting too fat and thought she was having trouble getting out her house. So we made the decision to let her sleep with the lid off her house so if she wanted to get out she could easily. Ive just went down to see her and noticed she is still in her bed curled up in a ball but very still, usually she would move a little when I came in. I have her a little poke and she didn't respond so I nudged her much harder and still didn't wake her. My worry is she ilhas either gotten too cold with the lid off and has hibernated, she is really tired and just didn't wake up from my pokes as she did try and go asleep when I was offering her the buttons or she's basically chocked to death on this new fluff, I would have taken the fluff out but with no alternative, she'd have definitely been to cold. It's possible she has somehow gotten ill and it's just a coincidence that her breathing seemed weird. I've only had a her about 3 months and she tends to be pretty chilled, I've left her for the night as am holding on to that she may just be very tired. Any suggestions on what I should now? Or what I should do to definitely know in the morning.