First, take a deep breath and don’t panic. It may look like a terrible situation, especially the first time … Yes, hamsters – these are great escape masters, but if you know what to do, you you will manage the situation and understand what you imagine disaster is not necessary.
- If you know which room the hamster is in, then you have advantage. Close all the doors out and warn everyone the rest in the house that your hamster ran away. Remove all household animals and children from the room.
- Otherwise, if you don’t know which room the hamster is in, then you need to close absolutely all doors – do not underestimate your hamster, he can run and climb the stairs equally fast.
- After all rooms are closed and securely protected from shoot, leave them a certain number of sunflower seeds and control them. Unfortunately, due to the nightlife of the hamster, it can stretch overnight or until morning, but in any case you find out where the hamster can be, and where it’s definitely not, what greatly facilitate the search.
- Now that the room where your hamster is hiding is defined, you can move on to the final step. Place a cage for hamster in a room with an open door, leave food in it and wait … Periodically, silently, check the room.
If you are lucky, and this happens very often, the hamster climb of his own will back into his convenient cage, and all will be great. However, if this is not the case, then you need a spare plan.
How to make a trap for a hamster
Take one bucket and a thick towel, tilt the bucket so that so that the hamster could not get out of it, and securely lock. It should be a kind of ramp. Put on the bottom of the bucket a towel to make the fit softer. Now at the bottom stingray scatter a small amount of goodies for the hamster, which he can easily smell, and also put some food on bottom of the bucket. The hamster, of course, will follow the path from goodies, and when he gets into the bucket, he will not be able to get out, therefore, the ramp should be steep enough. If you are not sure bucket safety, you can spread some butter over to his sides, which will make the escape even more difficult. However, if this will not work, then you can proceed to the third stage of this “games”.
Stage Three
- Throw fine flour around a small amount goodies. Make sure there is no other food in the room, which can distract him. Leave a free circle around the food. with a radius of about 20 centimeters so that it does not break its own steps. With the help of flour, in the wake, you can see where did your hamster come from and in what direction did he leave.
- Tie peanuts securely with a bit of wool so that your the hamster could safely drag him into his shelter, and you could follow him. You can also snap a small one to it. a bell like that on a cat’s collar, and, when the hamster reaches the food, you can determine it by the noise.
- Get ready to sleep in the room so you can watch any activity of the hamster.
Sometimes a runaway hamster is located and returns to its cage in for several hours. Sometimes it takes a little more time. There are times when a hamster runs away for two or three days without all harm to him. There are even hamsters that commit regular shoots, so that it becomes quite common for the whole family. The main thing is to remain calm, in no case give up, and know the most likely place the hamster could take cover.
Favorite Hamster Shelter
- Behind or under the furniture, as well as behind the backs or sides the sofa.
- Cabinets, drawers, shelves and racks.
- Boxes, especially tissue boxes.
- Holes – in furniture, walls, baseboards. Your hamster can hide wherever it is comfortable and safe.
- Wherever it is warm, have heaters and radiators.
- Dark places. Hamsters love quiet nooks.
- The starting point is a cell, so check first the space around her.
Good luck!
