My three month old girl Sylvia had a hibernation attempt last night. We're not sure what happened, we think it's a combination of her not liking to sleep in her igloo on her heating pad and (maybe) her water spilling all over her and getting her wet.
In any case, we warmed her up immediately. We put her in a warm bath at first because I didn't know better but, luckily, I was able to get a hold of the breeder right away and she told us to get her out of the water, dry her off, and warm her up. We used a human heating pad and hand warmers and lots of anxious love and she perked up immediately! Right back to her friendly, speedy self!
We got her back in her cage for the night with the heat in the room cranked up and took away the fleece she'd been sleeping under, meaning her only option was to sleep on the heating pad and she did! I checked on her this morning and she was grumpy (because I was waking her up at 9am, probably) but uncurled quickly and her belly was toasty warm again! Yay!
However, it looks like she didn't eat any of her food, drink water, or use her wheel in the night. I'm a very nervous hedgemom and I want to know what to do next to make sure she's ok? She has another heating pad and heat lamp on the way from Amazon and in the meantime the temp in the room is turned up to 80 and she has the current heating pad and hand warmers. Anything else I should do? Should I be worried that she didn't eat?
In any case, we warmed her up immediately. We put her in a warm bath at first because I didn't know better but, luckily, I was able to get a hold of the breeder right away and she told us to get her out of the water, dry her off, and warm her up. We used a human heating pad and hand warmers and lots of anxious love and she perked up immediately! Right back to her friendly, speedy self!
We got her back in her cage for the night with the heat in the room cranked up and took away the fleece she'd been sleeping under, meaning her only option was to sleep on the heating pad and she did! I checked on her this morning and she was grumpy (because I was waking her up at 9am, probably) but uncurled quickly and her belly was toasty warm again! Yay!
However, it looks like she didn't eat any of her food, drink water, or use her wheel in the night. I'm a very nervous hedgemom and I want to know what to do next to make sure she's ok? She has another heating pad and heat lamp on the way from Amazon and in the meantime the temp in the room is turned up to 80 and she has the current heating pad and hand warmers. Anything else I should do? Should I be worried that she didn't eat?