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Our hamster escaped from her cage

  • 11-03-2016 11:57am
    #1
    GatsbyGal
    Registered Users Posts: 174 ✭✭


    The door to her cage was accidently left open and she high tailed it the night before last night. We listened last night and heard her in the wall of the hot press. My husband has drilled three big holes in the wall to try and get at her but to no avail. I hear her scratching in there and it's breaking my heart that we can't get at her. Is there anything out there that would help her escape herself? How long realistically will she survive without her food and water? I am this close to just getting a sledge hammer and taking down the entire wall. :-(


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  • #2
    FortySeven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,296 ✭✭✭FortySeven


    You might find you get electrical problems. Hamsters love munching cabling. Do not , as I did, grab the dead hamster who still has its teeth buried in an electrical cable. Hopefully this will not happen to you but just be aware it is likely and first impulse is just to grab it. Be very careful feeling around behind walls as it may have chexed through insulation and left cables exposed.


  • #3
    GatsbyGal
    Registered Users Posts: 174 ✭✭GatsbyGal


    FortySeven wrote: »
    You might find you get electrical problems. Hamsters love munching cabling. Do not , as I did, grab the dead hamster who still has its teeth buried in an electrical cable. Hopefully this will not happen to you but just be aware it is likely and first impulse is just to grab it. Be very careful feeling around behind walls as it may have chexed through insulation and left cables exposed.

    Thanks. I don't think there is any wiring in that particular area but you never know. She is sounding so desperate now that I can almost hear her little cries.


  • #4
    Captain Flaps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,834 ✭✭✭Captain Flaps


    She won't last that long without water, if she's in the wall you need to knock out a decent gap for her to be able to escape, then put some water, food and treats in a bowl/saucepan/any container too tall for her to climb out of with a staircase of books leading up to it. Hamster smells food, goes to investigate, climbs in and then can't climb back out, relieved owner collects hamster. Hope you rescue her!


  • #5
    Diane Selwyn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 257 ✭✭Diane Selwyn


    the DSPCA have an emergency number on their website for animals needing immediate assistance maybe give that a try?


  • #6
    GatsbyGal
    Registered Users Posts: 174 ✭✭GatsbyGal


    Thanks again. Cannot get thru to the dspca unfortunately. I'm hoping she hangs in there until my husband gets home and then I think we will just cut one big hole in the wall.


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  • #7
    intheclouds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,175 ✭✭✭intheclouds


    Did you get her?

    I would suggest dropping a knotted cord down through a hole in the wall with a bit of smelly food near the top of it, hopefully encourage her to climb up and out to freedom.


  • #8
    volchitsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,621 ✭✭✭volchitsa


    Any news? I read this last night and have been thinking about the poor creature since. :(

    Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls: "Very concerned about statements by the IOC at Paris2024 (M)ultiple international treaties and national constitutions specifically refer to women & their fundamental rights, so the world (understands) what women -and men- are. (H)ow can one assess fairness and justice if we do not know who we are being fair and just to?"



  • #9
    Captain Flaps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,834 ✭✭✭Captain Flaps


    I'd also like to point out to other readers that the DSPCA hotline is for animals requiring urgent care, abandoned animals etc.

    They're mostly volunteers and wouldn't be able to do a thing for OP in this instance, and definitely wouldn't be willing/qualified to start bashing in walls of your house for you.


  • #10
    GatsbyGal
    Registered Users Posts: 174 ✭✭GatsbyGal


    She was rescued. :-) The mirror and light trick worked. We were able to locate exactly where she was using them. So seven big holes in the wall later and a dramatic rescue saw her back in her cage safe and sound. A massive thank you to you all again.


  • #11
    volchitsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,621 ✭✭✭volchitsa


    Yay, brilliant! I'm so relieved - it just seemed like such an awful way for any living creature to die, trapped like that.

    But seven holes in the wall! That's some expensive hamster!
    Best of luck anyway.

    Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls: "Very concerned about statements by the IOC at Paris2024 (M)ultiple international treaties and national constitutions specifically refer to women & their fundamental rights, so the world (understands) what women -and men- are. (H)ow can one assess fairness and justice if we do not know who we are being fair and just to?"



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  • #12
    volchitsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,621 ✭✭✭volchitsa


    what's the mirror and light trick by the way? A way of seeing where she is inthe cavity i suppose, but how would it help you get to her?

    Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls: "Very concerned about statements by the IOC at Paris2024 (M)ultiple international treaties and national constitutions specifically refer to women & their fundamental rights, so the world (understands) what women -and men- are. (H)ow can one assess fairness and justice if we do not know who we are being fair and just to?"



  • #13
    GatsbyGal
    Registered Users Posts: 174 ✭✭GatsbyGal


    volchitsa wrote: »
    what's the mirror and light trick by the way? A way of seeing where she is inthe cavity i suppose, but how would it help you get to her?


    There was timber crisscrossing in the wall and we didn't know which particular square she was in so the mirror and light allowed us to look in all the holes we created.


  • #14
    intheclouds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,175 ✭✭✭intheclouds


    Great news!

    Reminds me of a book I read in childhood: I, Houdini.


  • #15
    volchitsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,621 ✭✭✭volchitsa


    Does she have a name? If not that could be her new name!

    Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls: "Very concerned about statements by the IOC at Paris2024 (M)ultiple international treaties and national constitutions specifically refer to women & their fundamental rights, so the world (understands) what women -and men- are. (H)ow can one assess fairness and justice if we do not know who we are being fair and just to?"



  • #16
    Irish Stones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭Irish Stones


    GatsbyGal wrote: »
    She was rescued. :-) The mirror and light trick worked. We were able to locate exactly where she was using them. So seven big holes in the wall later and a dramatic rescue saw her back in her cage safe and sound. A massive thank you to you all again.

    That is a very wonderful news! :):):)


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