Hunched back? Need some help...

[Cupcake]

Well I didn't think I'd be back here so soon after Cupcake had her eyes examined a month ago or so... but here I am and this time it's just terrible
I just don't even know what to say...

This is what it looks like



And you can see it very well especially in the second picture, I mean it's not just a little hump, she really looks like the Hunchback of Notre-Dame it's that obvious and scary when she is in certain positions that at first I thought she broke her back
But then I took her in my hands and I felt her spine and every tiny bone she has in her body and it feels normal... and she even "sits" normal sometimes


I read about it on the internet and a lot of "it might be constipation" came up but she isn't as I just had her out for 15min and as soon as I put her back she went to her litter corner and had no trouble doing everything.
I'm so bummed I have no idea what to do, nor the reason she stays hunched like that...and it's only in certain positions (more specifically when she isn't stretched out)

Any ideas as what it might be? any previous experience with this?

[gutterglitterxx]

My gosh she is gorgeous. (Sorry, just had to get that out first!)

Does she show any other signs of being unwell? I only ask because a hunched posture can often be an indication that something is bothering her, something doesn't feel quite right.

I'm sorry I don't have more to offer but that was the first thing that came to mind.

[Cupcake]

thank you for the compliment GG, you always make me smile.
I've been monitoring her closely for the past day or so and she eats just fine, drinks water, runs on the wheel at night driving my mom crazy, even had some cuddles today. She honestly seems to be unchanged apart from the posture

[kyrilliondaemon]

I was going to ask about possible pain, it could be a sign of some internal pain maybe?
Another reason for being hunched is age, but I think you've said she's due her first birthday soon so age is unlikely.

[Cupcake]

Kyrillion I read about the age thing too and that is highley unlikely to be the reason like you said... Right now all i could possibly do is do a vet appointment and take her there. I just hope it's nothing serious as I'm so fond of her and just thinking that she's unwell brings tears to my eyes.

[DrKMcK]

Cupcake, you can take her to the vet, but she looks okay to me. My hammies sit like that and are fine. I don't know what I'm missing here. You know her better than anyone. I'd really be interested in knowing what the vet finds.

[Cupcake]

Drkmck I couldnt get a profile picture of her so you don't see the gravity her spine does a perfect 90 degree angle

[DrKMcK]

Let's see what the vet says. Try not to panic.

[Cupcake]

I'll call first thing in the morning. However there will be a big snow storm here tomorrow (apparently) and i hope it wont delay me

[DrKMcK]

I'm in the path of that storm also. If she is eating, drinking and playing okay, don't take chances with the weather. They're talking record-breaking snowfalls with blizzard conditions. You need to be safe too.