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Escaped Hamster in the house !!

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Question
What can you reccomend for me to do find my Hamster? I have loooked everywhere and can't find him.

Answer
Hi Tyler,

(from TellmeHowto.net)
"A recommended method for luring your hamster to safety is to get a bucket and a pile of books to make a "stairway" leading into the bucket, and set it up somewhere central in the house. You can line the bucket with a towel if you want, and place some food that your hamster likes in the bucket, perhaps strong vegetables or sliced apples which also leave a smell.

Put some on the steps leading to the bucket too. Hopefully this will act as a kind of trap to find your hamster, as it will smell the food and follow the trail right into the bucket, where it should be unable to climb back out of again, so effectively you have caught it and it is back in your care."

Also, here's another method:
Place some food in each room of your house (before you go to bed).  Close the door to every room.  In the morning, look carefully at the food in each room.  If some food is gone in a particular room, your hamster is obviously in that room.  Keep the door closed while you search for him in that room, and watch your feet.

If you have any other questions. please feel free to ask.

Kelly