My dwarf hamster escaped how do I find hammy?

[rattfan69]

Hamster still has not returned to his cage. I woke up and no hamster. I will wait a few more days. I also bought a no kill mouse trap. I still wounder if my cat ate him. I guess i will never know if my cat ate hammy or not.

 

[Maz]

I'm sorry to hear that. Try not to think the worst. Had any of the food gone at all? Any of the trail of treats leading up to the cage? Any sign of him being anywhere or any sounds?

Sometimes hamsters just suddenly appear a few days later. It's not nice having the uncertainty I know.

Is there any way he could have got out of your apartment? Any holes in the floor where pipes go down eg?

Trying the humane trap is an option as well. The thing as well is, that if there's a cat around, a hamster will probably stay well hidden.

 

[Socks' Mum]

Cats don't usually eat what they catch unless they have been living partly wild. I think it's more likely your little hamster is hiding and will stay hidden until everyone is asleep. Then hopefully he will come out and get caught in one of the traps. We had another hammy who was recovered using a humane trap do they are well worth setting up

 

[rattfan69]

None of the food was touched in the cage. I do have a front door that has enough space at the bottom for hamster to go under. I will keep waiting for hammy to return. He will come out soon I hope. Maybe the humane mouse trap will catch little hammy. I also have wild mice in my apt, so maybe the no kill trap will catch them as well .My landlord tried to get the maintenance guy to put up sticky traps for the wild mice.. I never let them do that as I read that was Inhumane. I bought no kill traps instead, to catch mice as well.

 

[Maz]

Was there any food on the floor leading up to the cage? The last time I had one on the loose overnight, he had taken a little bit of the food. I didn't get him until the second night, when he went back to his cage, so I would try the same thing again tonight. You and the cat in the bedroom. Cage on the floor - tempting smelling bit of pizza or whatever inside the cage - a trail of seeds or something leading up to the cage (just for 10" or so, and you could set the humane mouse trap as well - maybe in the kitchen area.

Do you have any sunflower seeds you could leave a trail of? If not maybe a bit of the hamster food. They find the food and follow the trail that leads to the cage. It doesn't have to be a long trail.

It sounds like you don't have any wild mice at the moment or the food would be gone!

 

[rattfan69]

i did put a trail of seeds by the cage no food was missing. the peanut butter also has not been touched., which i put in the cage. Well hammy is hiding in a good spot, cause i looked all over and can't be found at the moment. I do have a lot of boxes by my bed. I had to clean out my closets because they are redoing the inside of the closets and I have a ton of boxes all over the place and clothes. I can't wait until they get things done, but I wounder if hammy is in a box, under the bed, or in the pile of my clothes, which is hard to tell. But also he could of escaped under the door. I will wait and see. I have a gut feeling he is hiding somewhere.

 

[rattfan69]

Where should I place the no kill mouse traps, I order 2 traps,. Should I get more no kill traps, or is 2 enough? I will place one trap in the kitchen, but in my bedroom, should I put the trap under my bed, or along the walls, or near the boxes?

 

[Maz]

Along a wall is the usual place I think. What are you using as bait? Peanut butter is a good option.

 

[rattfan69]

My non kill traps are coming tomorrow from Amazon. I will place by the walls. i am using peanut butter and Tomorrow I am going to buy some cheese , so I will use that as well.

 

[Socks' Mum]

My non kill traps are coming tomorrow from Amazon. I will place by the walls. i am using peanut butter and Tomorrow I am going to buy some cheese , so I will use that as well.

Good luck

 

[rattfan69]

Good luck

Thank you. I hope to find hammy soon, can it take awhile to catch little hammy? How long should I wait, before giving up the search?

 

[Roborovskis r us]

Have you tried putting flour around on floor. You would see paw prints if he walked over it. I wouldn't give up , some can be gone for days , weeks , months , and still come back. I hope he turns up soon. Xx