Follow these simple suggestions if your hamster decides to have more freedom.With a little patience, your hamster will turn up as happy and healthy as ever.Don't forget to stay on the lookout!
Step 1: Keep calm.
Chances are you will find your hamster.Some people find their hamster after a few hours, while others find it weeks later.Don't give up on hope.Remember, sudden movements and loud noises may scare your hamster away, so ask everyone to stay calm, and to keep away from the area.
Step 2: Shut the doors.
The hamster may be hiding.When you discover the hamster is missing, close the doors to the rooms.Make sure all the windows are secure, and cover any crevices in the wall or floors.It's easier to find a hamster in the smallest area.While you search, you don't want your hamster moving rooms.To make sure the hamster doesn't drown, lower the toilet lid.While the hamster is missing, be careful where you step.
Step 3: Remove other pets.
Pets should be removed from the rooms when you discover your hamster is missing.Pets you should keep an eye on include cats, dogs, and ferrets.Place them in crates or secure rooms if you can.Mousetraps, rat poison, or other harmful substances should be removed from your hamster.
Step 4: Find the hamster.
The hamster is in the rooms.Hamsters like warm environments.Look for places that have not been touched in a while.Look behind the furniture and near the pipes.hamsters can be found in cabinets, under the refrigerator, behind the washing machine, or under beds.You can check closets with a flashlight.Do you like where your hamster hangs out?Where would you like it to go?Think about its behavior.There are signs of hamster poop.
Step 5: Get the food ready.
You can determine which room the hamster is in by leaving a small pile of his favorite food in each room.The hamster is more likely to walk along the edge of the floorboards.All the doors should be closed.If your hamster is in the room where the pile of food has been eaten, you will be able to narrow down your search.
Step 6: You should secure the room after you discover it.
The perimeter should be secured if you verify which room the hamster is in.If you have a missing hamster, close the door and move all other people out of the room.Then crawl around on your hands and knees.Be quiet, watch the escape routes, and check likely hiding spots.
Step 7: The cage should not be on the floor.
The hamster's cage should be placed on the floor.Put some food and water in the cage and leave it open so you can see where your hamster is hiding.Hamsters may one day want to go somewhere that smells familiar.You can put an aquarium cage on its side.
Step 8: Put the wheel down.
To catch the hamster, you can put the wheel out.You will know which room the hamster is in when you hear the squeaks.You can sneak up on the hamster and catch it.
Step 9: Food should be placed in tinfoil.
The hamster likes to eat in the corners of the room.Listen for the hamster rustling the tinfoil as it chases the food late at night.
Step 10: Treat with flour.
At night, surround the treats with a ring of flour.The feet will leave a trail of flour when the hamster goes back to its hideout.
Step 11: Try a trap that is humane.
A humane mousetrap can be used to catch a hamster.Make sure to check them as soon as you wake up in the morning.
Step 12: Listen for the hamster.
All lights and electronics should be turned off.In the dark room, stand still.Listen to the sounds of the hamster.You might have to wait a bit.You will eventually hear the hamster moving.You can tie a string to a carrot stick with a bell.The hamster will move the bell when he eats a carrot stick.
Step 13: There is a towel over the hamster.
You have to catch the hamster when you find it.The towel should be thrown over the hamster to cover it.The hamster will be stopped and held in place.Pick up the hamster and put it back in the cage.
Step 14: The hamster can belured into a tube.
If you know where the hamster is, you can try to lure it into a tube.Food can be put into the tube by placing it close to the hamster.Lift the tube when the hamster is inside.The hamster should be put in its cage.
Step 15: Pick a bucket.
There is a small clean bucket.The bucket needs to be deep enough so the hamster can't get back out, but shallow enough to not risk injury, and a clean blanket in the bottom to cushion it's fall.The bucket should be deep.The bucket needs to be tall enough so it can't escape.If your hamster falls in, put a towel on the bottom.
Step 16: The food should be put in the bucket.
The hamster must belured to the bucket.Put fragrant food inside, such as peanut butter or apples.The toilet paper roll can be put inside the bucket.If your hamster is going to get injured in the fall, don't put a ceramic dish inside it, and put some cucumber in it.
Step 17: There are stairs for the hamster.
To act as steps into a bucket, pile a few books, CD cases, or DVDs.You can make Lego stairs, use hamster tubes from the cage, or build a ramp with a piece of wood.The bucket should be reached by the stairs.
Step 18: There is a piece of paper on top.
The bucket should be covered with tissue paper.Your hamster will fall into the bucket after climbing onto the paper.
Step 19: The hamster should be put into the bucket.
Take a trail of treats or hamster food up the steps and into the bucket.Line the steps up to the top of the bucket and put a small pile of food on the paper.Don't put too much food on the steps.The hamster won't investigate further if you make it full.
Step 20: Each room should have a trap.
Put a bucket trap in each room if you haven't narrowed the hamster's location to a single room.
Step 21: You can use a trashcan instead.
Wax paper and a trashcan are similar to the bucket.The trashcan should be covered with wax paper or tinfoil.Don't glue the paper or foil, rest it there.You can lean a ruler against the trashcan.Your hamster will be able to walk up the stick and onto the paper with this.A line of food or treats should be placed in the center of the paper or foil.It's important to use a shallow trashcan.The hamster should not fall more than 10 inches.
Step 22: The housing needs to be more secure.
Check for anything that came off, became loose, or didn't work correctly and allowed the hamster to escape.Fix it as soon as possible.If the hamster escapes, close the cage and put a metal lock on it.If your hamster chews on the lock, it will be useless.
Step 23: Check the holes.
If there are holes in the bottom wiring or the sides of the cage, it's time to double check.It might have chewed through the cage in places you can't see.
Step 24: The cage door should be secured.
The cage door needs to be reinforced.There are bulldog clips for wire cages.There is tape on the outside of cages.
Step 25: There are sources of fear and frustration.
The hamster may hate where it is located if it has been subjected to loud noises, constant comings and goings of people or pets.It should be shifted to a quieter place and away from other beings.
Step 26: Your hamster's comfort levels should be checked.
It might be a sign that your hamster is unhappy that he got out.If it looks sad, you should get it new toys or food.If it needs more attention, give it some.