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Pebbles82 · 11-27-2020, 01:25 PM

It could be the cold weather. Is it cold where you are? I find they hide away more and sleep more in cold weather. If you can keep the room at a normal temperature she might come out more. It can be particularly cold (even sub zero) at night so if it is too cold at night she will stay in her nest and try and keep warm. Just a thought. I have a heater on a thermostat on over night (it comes on when the temperature drops).

It could also be older age - or a combination of age and feeling the cold (and they are very sensitive to extremes of both cold and heat).

The other thing is she may be unwell in some way. Keep an eye on her, try and keep the room at 20 degrees - or warm enough for you, plus some heat in the room overnight.

11-27-2020, 01:25 PM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: Help for Hammypie It could be the cold weather. Is it cold where you are? I find they hide away more and sleep more in cold weather. If you can keep the room at a normal temperature she might come out more. It can be particularly cold (even sub zero) at night so if it is too cold at night she will stay in her nest and try and keep warm. Just a thought. I have a heater on a thermostat on over night (it comes on when the temperature drops). It could also be older age - or a combination of age and feeling the cold (and they are very sensitive to extremes of both cold and heat). The other thing is she may be unwell in some way. Keep an eye on her, try and keep the room at 20 degrees - or warm enough for you, plus some heat in the room overnight.