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Ralph the hamster
I seriously appreciate you guys so much, by the way. Thanks for always helping with this stuff.
So PR still doesn't really want much to do with us. The most I can get out of him lately is if I sit and chat at the cage he sometimes squeaks back. I can hear him coming closer and closer to his burrow exit, but he never comes all the way out. He still plays at night but doesn't love his wheel as much as he initially did - I think it might be too big? I've started leaving cucumbers in a glass dish type thing that would make an excellent taxi so he can get used to that.
Last night, I was watching the Ham Cam and noticed him coming out about 45 minutes after I left his room. I watched him wander around and then go to the area where his water and wheel are. He was walking from one area to another and I saw him kinda lurch and shake a couple of times and then go really still. It was pretty horrifying to watch. I RAN down there and he looked like he was stuck on part of the bridge, but when I gently moved the bridge away nothing was stuck. He stayed pretty still for a few more seconds and then got up and sniffed around. Obviously I was concerned he was sick or injured so I sat by his habitat and talked to him for about half an hour. He ran around a bit, sniffed out the treats I had left, sniffed me, ate the treats, let me pat his head exactly one time, and then ambled off to bed. I couldn't see anything like a limp or injury or anything that seemed wrong with him - did he just stun himself? Was he maybe caught on the bridge but got loose, and then froze when he heard me coming?? He came out again around 2 am and acted normal according to the camera but it was super upsetting to see him lurch and shake and look like he died
He did run on the wheel on camera and gait looked normal - well, normal for him; he likes to run super fast and then stop suddenly so the wheel rocks him back and forth.
So PR still doesn't really want much to do with us. The most I can get out of him lately is if I sit and chat at the cage he sometimes squeaks back. I can hear him coming closer and closer to his burrow exit, but he never comes all the way out. He still plays at night but doesn't love his wheel as much as he initially did - I think it might be too big? I've started leaving cucumbers in a glass dish type thing that would make an excellent taxi so he can get used to that.
Last night, I was watching the Ham Cam and noticed him coming out about 45 minutes after I left his room. I watched him wander around and then go to the area where his water and wheel are. He was walking from one area to another and I saw him kinda lurch and shake a couple of times and then go really still. It was pretty horrifying to watch. I RAN down there and he looked like he was stuck on part of the bridge, but when I gently moved the bridge away nothing was stuck. He stayed pretty still for a few more seconds and then got up and sniffed around. Obviously I was concerned he was sick or injured so I sat by his habitat and talked to him for about half an hour. He ran around a bit, sniffed out the treats I had left, sniffed me, ate the treats, let me pat his head exactly one time, and then ambled off to bed. I couldn't see anything like a limp or injury or anything that seemed wrong with him - did he just stun himself? Was he maybe caught on the bridge but got loose, and then froze when he heard me coming?? He came out again around 2 am and acted normal according to the camera but it was super upsetting to see him lurch and shake and look like he died
He did run on the wheel on camera and gait looked normal - well, normal for him; he likes to run super fast and then stop suddenly so the wheel rocks him back and forth.
