How to Catch an Escaped Hamster? Practical Capture Methods Shared

Hamsters are small in size, love the dark, and love to burrow and climb. Sometimes if you're not paying attention, they may “escape” because of their mischievous nature. How do you catch a hamster after it escapes?

1. Methods for catching an escaped hamster

First close the doors and windows, block other exits, and first determine the location based on the hamster's usual haunts or by listening for sounds at night. Place food near the dark corners where the hamster may be hiding to lure it out. When it comes to forage, wear gloves or use a plastic basin to catch it; or place a box near the hamster with a tissue stained with its urine and feces inside. After smelling the scent, the hamster will climb over.

2. What to pay attention to when catching an escaped hamster

1. The first thing to do when you find that the hamster has run out of the cage is to close the doors and windows to prevent the hamster from running farther away.

2. Hamsters themselves store food. After they escape, you should put away all the food so that it cannot find any.

3. Hamsters like to burrow and like dark places. When catching a hamster, the environment should not be too bright. You can appropriately dim the indoor lighting. If you cannot find it during the day, you can also listen for sounds at night. They like to be active at night.

4. If there are other pets in the home, especially cats and dogs, you need to promptly check whether the cat or dog has caught it. If the hamster is found, also check whether it has wounds.

Hamsters themselves are relatively soft, so when we catch them, we must pay attention to the amount of force and not hurt them.