Follow the simple suggestions if your hamster decides to have more freedom.With a little patience, your hamster will be happy and healthy.Don't forget to stay on the lookout!
Step 1: Stay calm.
You are most likely to 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 quiet and calm, and to keep away from the area.
Step 2: Don't open the doors.
The hamster may be hiding.If 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.You don't want to search for hamster moving rooms.To make sure the hamster doesn't drown, lower the toilet lid.Everyone should be careful where they step while the hamster is missing.
Step 3: Take other pets away.
Remove pets from the rooms as soon as you discover your hamster is missing.Pets you should keep an eye on include cats, dogs, and ferrets.If you can, put them in crates or secure rooms.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 places.Look for places that have not been touched in a while.Look behind the furniture and near the pipes.There are hamsters in cabinets, under the refrigerator, behind the washing machine, or under beds.Check closets with a flashlight.Determine where your hamster likes to hang out.Where would you like it to go?Think about its behavior.There are signs of hamster poop.
Step 5: Put food in a container.
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.The room where the pile of food has been eaten is where your hamster is most likely to be.
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.Look for hiding spots, be quiet, and watch the escape routes.
Step 7: The cage should not be on the floor.
The hamster's cage should be 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.
If you put the wheel out, you can catch the hamster.You will know which room the hamster is in when you hear the squeaks at night.You can sneak up on the hamster and catch it.
Step 9: Food can 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 is a way to catch a hamster.Make sure to check them when you wake up in the morning.
Step 12: Listen for the animal.
All lights and electronics should be turned off.Stand in the dark room.Listen to the sounds of the hamster.You might have to wait a bit.The hamster will move around eventually.A carrot stick can be tied to a string with a bell.The hamster will move the bell when he eats a carrot stick.
Step 13: The towel should be thrown over the hamster.
You need 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 in the cage.
Step 14: A 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.Put the hamster 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 you are using should be tall enough to keep it from escaping.If your hamster falls in, put a towel on the bottom.
Step 16: The food should be put in the bucket.
The hamster needs to belured to the bucket.Place fragrant food inside, such as peanut butter or apples.There is a toilet paper roll inside the bucket.If your hamster is going to get injured in the fall, don't put a ceramic dish inside, and put some cucumber inside.
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 build a ramp with a piece of wood, use hamster tubes from the cage, or make Lego stairs.The bucket should be reached by the stairs.
Step 18: There is a piece of paper on the ground.
The bucket should be covered with tissue paper.The hamster will fall into the bucket after climbing onto the paper.
Step 19: The hamster should be put in the bucket.
Go up the steps and into the bucket after leaving a trail of treats or hamster food.Line the steps up to the top of the bucket and place a small pile of food on the paper.Don't put a lot of food on the steps.The hamster won't investigate further if you make it full.
Step 20: Each room has 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.
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, just 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 should be more secure.
Check for anything that came off, became loose, or didn't work well enough to allow the hamster to escape.Fix it right away.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: Make sure to check for holes.
If there are any holes in the bottom wiring or the sides of your hamster's cage, double check it.It may have chewed through the cage in places you can't see.
Step 24: The cage door needs to be secured.
You need to reinforce the cage door.Try bulldog clips.There is tape on the outside of cages.
Step 25: There are sources of fear and frustration.
If the hamster has been subjected to loud noises, constant comings and goings of people or pets, it may hate where it is located.It should be shifted to a quieter place that is less frequented by other beings.
Step 26: Take your hamster's comfort levels into account.
It might be a sign that your hamster is unhappy that he got out.If it looks sad, get it new toys or food.If it needs more attention, give it some.