Cheeto is inactive! Why?!

[Cheetobandito]

Lately Cheeto, my Syrian, has been becoming a little less active, and not coming out of her house. I am worried, because my last Syrian, Fidget, started doing this about a week before he died of wet tail. Is it just the season, is it relevant, what should I do? If it helps, she is blind in one eye.

PLEASE you know this means a lot to me...

[Wexland]

I'm new to hamsters so I'm not much help but of it's for more than a day or so have you checked him over?

[SinNyx]

How old is she? Is she eating/drinking normally? She may be going into hibernation because of the season if she feels it is too cold so for now make sure she has plenty of extra bedding!

[Cheetobandito]

She's drinking a fair bit less, hoarding a fair bit more, from what I guess she's about 4.5-5 months, though she seems to have sensed the excitement of a new bin cage and got up, she is lively crawling all over me. I keep the temp around her cage at exactly 23 Celsius, (70 Fahrenheit) and spoil her with bedding.

[Cheetobandito]

I'm new to hamsters so I'm not much help but of it's for more than a day or so have you checked him over?

Yes, she seems ok...

[Wexland]

How is she today?

[Cheetobandito]

Seems more active, actually, I think the issue is just that I'm being a worrywart.

[de4life]

It's very easy to worry when a ham's behaviour changes, as we're so used to their routines. If they start acting differently the immediate thought is "what's wrong?" ... sometimes they just want to be lazy for a few days :)