My hamster escaped, yet again, last night and is somewhere in the dry wall of our kitchen. We can hear her scratching but the stubborn little thing won't come out. We've taken all food off the floor and set up the "bucket trap".
What is the longest time someone's hamster has been on the loose before being caught?
2007-01-23 02:04:37 · 11 answers · asked by Aims06 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Mine escaped and was missing for 8days the dog caught it and brought it in to me. Very proud he was and it was still alive. I was very proud that he didn't eat her as he was used for mouse catching.
2007-01-23 02:54:24 · answer #1 · answered by sarahc 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ahh, plastic is not a good idea. They can chew a hole through anything, haha. :P If he had a glass aquarium, chances are he's somehow squeezing himself between the water bottle and the cage to get up, lift the lid, and get out, dropping the lid behind him. A hamster of mine did that once. I solved the problem by putting weight on both ends of the cage. This could mean a heavy book over one corner of the food box. Either way, make sure he can't chew through the lid. If you have a wire cage, he may be lifting the entrance and letting it fall down fast enough to seemingly look like it remained closed. Again, this happened with me too. I had some wire out in the garage I was able to use and create something that would hold the door shut nice and snug. That way he couldn't get out. If there's no holes or anything, assume it's the door. Secure it with some sort of clean, safe lock. Perhaps not like a lock and key or anything, but a wire fastener. (: That's always worked for me. ^^
2016-05-24 00:42:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My hamster escaped for a whole week and there was no sign of her. We eventually found her behind a couch with a pile of dry cat food! She was skinny but alright. Why not make a trail of food leading away from the kitchen? I found that my hamster liked the corn kernel things. Good luck!
2007-01-23 02:15:46 · answer #3 · answered by Summer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We had a hamster who was always escaping but the longest hes was away was about 24 hours. My brothers hamster from hwen we were kids was missing for nearly a week. It appeared out from under the bath in a house three doors down seemingly none the worse for wear. How it managed it we never fou nd out.
2007-01-23 02:10:42 · answer #4 · answered by amj1670 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Omg!! My hamster did that when I was 12 years old. We would hear him scratching inside the walls and one time he did come out, but then ran back in. Sadly, we never saw him again. I'm sure that if you set up safety traps for it, with food in it of course, then you will have better luck than I did. I really hope you get your pet back.
2007-01-23 02:12:18 · answer #5 · answered by Doll 101 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We haven't had hamsters for years, but we did have mice not too long ago. We had a specific two of them that were constantly getting out. We'd have them in the cage for like, a day, then they'd get away from us. At one point I think one of them was gone for roughly a month. It was entertaining, and we got it back. Eventually, that one escaped for good, but right up until we left the house we kept seeing it at random times and random places.
It's amazing, considering we had two cats in the house.
2007-01-23 02:16:33 · answer #6 · answered by mandy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my sister had a boy hamster and my brother had a girl hamster anyway my sisters hamster kept getting out it cage so we put it on the worktop which is really height thinking it wont jump. but it did it climbed up the stairs somehow and got in to my brothers room and was sitting next to my brothers girl hamster. my sisters hamster when missing for a week or so and my brother heard some scratching in his Speaker's in his room opened to find my sisters hamster in there lol so they must be able to smell each other or something
2007-01-23 02:14:37 · answer #7 · answered by shell 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd set up some humane mouse traps,were I you. Hamsters LOVE the tunnel feel of it,and a little peanut butter will drag them right in. =)
2007-01-23 02:13:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mine was in my wall for 4 days, later we found blood in my mom's closet...it was 6 months later, and I knew that the cat had gotten it. but he took the dog food into the closet for his "stash" of food. *shakes head and smiles* he was a resourceful thing/
2007-01-23 03:47:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friends died behind the wall,looks like you've got some diy on your hands.
2007-01-23 02:09:15 · answer #10 · answered by MANC & PROUD 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋