How do I know if my hamster is hibernating or dead?

Question

How do I know if my hamster is hibernating or dead?

Answer 1

the fact that youre even asking this question tells me its probably dead

Answer 2

easy, see if it's breathing

Answer 3

Hamsters only hibernate if the temperature falls quite low and stays there for awhile.

Check for breathing, and if you can't tell, then place your hamster in a small box and gradually warm him/her up. If he/she is hibernating, warming the body temperature up too quickly can kill the hamster.

If that doesn't help, then the hamster may have gone to Hammie Heaven.

Best Wishes, and I hope things turn out okay.

Answer 4

Touch him after a few days and see if he's cold and stiff.

Answer 5

he will be breathing..

hes probably dead tho.

Answer 6

okay my hamster went in hibernation once, and it was at my aunts. our heat wasn't working, so we brought him there and my aunts house was super cold, and once our heat was working, i went to get him and at first glance thought he was dead, but luckily, i had read a hamster book that told me that they could be hibernating and so i picked him up and blew on him ( thats how i wake him up =P) and awake he came!(:

Answer 7

You can tell the diffrence because if its hibernating he or she will be breathing. If he or she is dead it wont move and will be cold and stiff.

Answer 8

well you check to see if the hampster is breathing

Answer 9

duh check its pulse and hey it will wake up if u mess with it but i would get a new hamster just incase

Answer 10

A hibernating hamster on first glance appears "dead". However there is a difference between hibernating and dead hamsters - looking closely, you will notice that it is still breathing, though not very strongly. The hamster will be very limp, as opposed to the stiffness that occurs soon after death. It will also be very cold to the touch. Check feet and noses and ears- places with less fur- and they will be quite icy.

Hamsters hibernate only in really extreme climatic conditions and tamed hamsters in cages kept in amiable conditions are not prone to hibernating unless in very rare cases.

If you doubt that your hamster is in hibernation, bring it near a warm source and rub its body gently and vigorously to promote blood circulation.

For more information on hamster hibernation, use the following link -

http://www.hamsterific.com/HamsterUniver...

Answer 11

if you poke him and he dosent move or anything role him over if he stays in that position hes probably dead :-( he should be breathing

Answer 12

well its summer so i dout he would be hibernating unless u livein the canada or like alaska or somfn so ya hes dead... if he isnt breathing

Answer 13

see if its breathing.