If you don’t have a heating pad, try putting your hamster on a towel on top of a radiator. This will have the same effect. Just make sure you monitor your pet closely and make sure the heat isn’t too much for it to handle.

Alternatively, you can try to give your hamster plain water, water with sugar, or children’s Pedialyte with a medicine dropper. [7] X Research source Anything you can do to get them to ingest water is good. Rehydration will help your hamster come out of its hibernation state.