Hamster has got out of his cage and is missing!!!!

thriftlady_2

We had tremendous success catching mice in our garage with this. It was really easy to make and is ideal for the recpature of escaped rodents. Give it a go

squiggle37

Glad you found your hammy.

My son's hamster used to escape he had one of them cages with the pods hamster used to know if he filled one up with food it would topple over, i used to put the cage on floor next morning he be back fast asleep, apart from one time he got out couldnt find him for a few days till i went in the porch and found summat pink floating in my mop bucket which id left soaking in bleach i told my son he must have found some friends to play with outside, i just couldnt tell him the truth.

buxtonrabbitgreen

I am glad you found the hamster. We too have had many hamster escapes. the most inconvinient was on the way back from the pet shop. I stopped at a shop for somthing and said to DD now what ever you do don't open the box till we get home.
Well she said she just peeked inside. The up shot was that I had to take the seats out of my car in the car park to get at the hamster. I was not very pleased.
For at home escapes my oh made a trap which was very successful. A little wooden ramp up to the door of the hamster cage with a spring which slid a piece of board over the doorway when the hamster walked up the ramp. We have never had an uncatchable hamster since. Though I was a bit worried the first time that it would be be headed.

nunnygirl

Glad to read you've found russell!

just stroking my hamster, mike, now (making it rather hard the type as he is trying to climb all over me)

We had to change his cage to an ovo habitrail one like this



he was constantly trying to escape from the old metal barred one we had. Because it was tall, his favourite party trick was climbing to the top and dropping off!! I was petrified he was going to hurt himself so after a little persuasion me and my oh bought him his new cage and he loves it


well apart from last night (2am!) when he was trying to pop one of the plastic caps off the tubes!!

He's a little terror sometimes, but I love him to bits and will be so sad when he goes to the big hamster house in the sky!

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Glad he has turned up safe and well.

V_Chic_Chick

When I was little, I had a Russian Dwarf hamster. When it escaped, we got a small (tall enough for it not to be able to climb out, but short enough for it to not get hurt when it falls in) bin. We then made some steps up to the edge of the bin (using board books if I remember rightly). Knowing that this hamster (and probably all hamsters) loved dairylea cheese, we put little bits at enticing intervals up the steps, a bit on the edge, a bit part way down the side of the bin and a bit at the bottom.

Next morning, we had our hamster

eyelinerprincess

Glad Russell's back in his bed. Our gerbil escaped for two nights last month! We managed to catch her by bribing her with food, as she was starving after that time. Best part was when she got back in, her sister gave her a bollocking on returning and then proceeded to clean her. There was much squeaking that night, I can tell you!

frivolous_fay

Glad to hear he's back!

My family's first encounter with a hamster was looking after the neighbour's. Unbeknownst to us, the catch on the door of the cage wasn't very strong, and it was able to push it open.

We went frantic looking for it. Then we found the hole it had chewed through our back door :eek:

Smiley_Mum

Glad to hear that your little hamster is back in his cage, safe and well.

Had gerbils when I was little and kept them in a Rotastak cage, they chewed through everything in it. They got out once and what a mess they made, gnawed through tons of stuff before they were back in their cage.

Karensteps

I love hamsters, oh won't let me have any though!
When I was 15, I bred two of my hamsters, I can still see "milos" fat white face screwing up as he mounted "mipsy" ...she had 15babys! disgusting seeing her eating one...
Mipsy used to escape frequently, she managed to pop the door open on her cage, my mum is terrified of all animals and you can imagine her reaction one night when she went for a pee and found this fat ginger hamster sitting in the corner chewing on a bog roll tube.
I also had a russian dwarf, that escaped for 4weeks...found him sleeping in one of my mums very old and very smelly shoes. Poor thing