A sad turn of events....Mini-vibes needed.

[femmocrat]

My hamster escaped his cage last night and is missing. I sent the dogs in there to sniff him out but they just looked worried and confused. I just set a Havahart trap--- that was confounding and frustrating as hell! First it wouldn't spring shut and then it sprung every time I looked at it!

All tiny little hamster-sized vibes are requested. Thanks very much.

Dammit.... the curse of 2013 continues!

[In_The_Wind]

1. Good vibes for your cute little hamster.

Will you be staying up all night tonight listening?

[femmocrat]

2. Thanks!

Not sure. I figure he is hiding out somewhere during the daytime and will come out tonight looking for a snack. At least I hope so.

[In_The_Wind]

3. He's sleeping the day away.

I have faith that you'll recapture him when the sun goes down.
Is he tame enough to come to you when you offer treats?

[femmocrat]

12. Only in his cage. He has never been on the loose before.

I hope you are right.

[MadrasT]

4. Oh dear oh dear.

That happened to me once... I found her hiding in the crack behind the sofa cushion. (That was fortunately during a brief interlude when I had no cats in my home.)

~~~tiny hamster vibes~~~

[femmocrat]

13. Thank you. No cats here.

Just three befuddled corgis.

[Bertha Venation]

5. BIG vibes for Hammy!

Hammy shall be found.

[femmocrat]

14. Thanks for the vibes.

I hope gets hungry and is looking for a yummy snack of peanut butter and strawberries!

[onestepforward]

6. This happened to me too

and I found him behind the couch. He had found a small hole in the back and burrowed in, making himself a soft bed out of the cushioning

Best wishes finding your hamster!

[femmocrat]

15. You were lucky to find yours.

Ours has been on the loose since sometime last night.... he could be anywhere by now.

Thank you.

[onestepforward]

25. Mine was missing for several days

and I had a kitty. I have a good feeling that you'll find yours too!

[femmocrat]

26. Oh, thanks!

You give me hope. There has been no sign of him in almost 24 hours. I have two traps set!

[CitizenLeft]

7. sending vibes your way

I'm so sorry - I hope you find him. If he gets thirsty, he'll come out looking for water, won't he? And food...

[femmocrat]

16. Thank you. I sure hope so!

That's the plan at least.

[noamnety]

8. Back when I had an escape hamster

I had good luck catching him with a simple bucket trap. Just basically like this with little treats that go up the ramp (peanut butter on lettuce is good.)

[femmocrat]

18. Thank you!

I saw that on youtube for catching chipmunks. It is certainly worth a try!

[femmocrat]

31. I did build one of those!

It was the Havahart trap that caught him though. He didn't seem to investigate the bucket trap. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

[magical thyme]

9. Craps....hamster vibes headed your way...

I had a little gerbil once that I used to let out in the mornings for play time. He would come when I called him, and would run up and poke me in the ankles while I was getting ready to go to work. He escaped his cage one day while I was at work; we lived in a house that had long ago been converted to apartments, and he ended up inside a neighbor's walls. It did not end well

I hope your guy makes it back safely. It's very likely that he's holed up and sleeping someplace, and will come out at night looking for food.

[femmocrat]

19. Aww... this one isn't as friendly as your gerbil.

Thanks so much. I hope he gets hungry, too, and didn't have his cheeks full of seeds before his big escape!

[MiddleFingerMom]

10. 45 years ago, despite MiddleFingerMomMom's lining all us kids up and giving us...

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... a VERY stern no-nonsense, no-ifs-ands-or-buts-about-it directive of, "NO LIVE ANIMALS
OF ANY KIND WILL BE GIVEN AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT!!!!", I simply could NOT resist buying
that cute little gerbil for my little brother (I had never seen one before).
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She was quite the little escape artist. We would frantically search EVERYWHERE without any
luck. We'd usually catch her when our collie Sandy would spot her in the open and start
barking at her frantically from several feet away... quite the badass until the gerbil would
move the slightest bit towards her.
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Then and only then would Sandy STFU and proceed to pee herself (on the other hand, she
was the sweetest dog in the world).
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I bet that gerbil wished that she had a buddy so she could call him over and say, "Watch
me make that dog pee herself."
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We'd ALWAYS catch her, though.
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Eventually.
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Take heart in this, femmocrat... sometimes it was VERY eventually.
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But ALWAYS.
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[femmocrat]

20. Rofl!

I wish Sandy was still around. My dogs acted like total dunces. The youngest one did find a little pile of hamster poo though, so that is a start!

My old Golden retriever was wonderful about locating mice in the house. But then he was a retriever!

[warrior1]

11. You need a thermal imaging detector

[femmocrat]

21. That's a good idea.

Do you have one I can borrow? LOL

[tblue]

17. Awww….

I hope you find him.

[femmocrat]

22. Thanks so much.

I do too. I miss the little bugger.

[RebelOne]

23. Good, good vibes. Hope you can find your hamster soon. n/t

[femmocrat]

24. Greatly appreciated.

He's so little... and this house is so big.

[denbot]

27. As mentioned before, peanut butter is like a 7 layered chocolate cake to hammies.

Lay some out in a prefigured "catch zone" and wait for dark. Happy hunting.

[Liberal_in_LA]

28. they can burrow anywhere and lie quietly - in to couch cushions, mattresses, anywhere.

[femmocrat]

29. ***UPDATE*** A happy ending!

Thank you for all the good vibes! The Havahart trap worked! The hamster was lured in and is now safely returned to his cage!

I checked last night at midnight and still no sign of him. But my husband found him at 6:00 this morning! He ran straight for the water bottle! LOL

He is now holed up in his house with a half-eaten strawberry. What a huge relief.... I was even dreaming about hamsters! Funny how we can get so attached to such ungrateful little critters who only want to escape.

S to all who were concerned! Thank you, Loungers!

[Sheldon Cooper]

30. Yay!!

I'm really glad your story ended on a great note.

[femmocrat]

32. Thank you. I hope the curse of 2013 is now lifted.

[MadrasT]

33. YAY

[newcriminal]

34. That's good!!!

[MiddleFingerMom]

35. YEEEEHHHHHAAAAAAA!!!

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[tblue]

36. SO HAPPY TO HEAR IT!!!!!

I love animals and animal lovers! Give him a kiss for me, k?

[Phentex]

37. YAY!

Happy to hear this!

[In_The_Wind]

38. That's wonderful news.

[LiberalElite]

39. Where was he found? n/t

[femmocrat]

40. Inside of a bookcase with doors.

When we discovered that he was missing, we took the dogs into that room to sniff him out. One of the dogs located a little pile of hamster poop in the corner behind door of the bookcase. That is where I set the trap and it's where we found him. Fortunately, he didn't travel very far! His cage sits on top of that same bookcase so he must have been hiding behind it!

Thanks for asking.

[LiberalElite]

42. I love animals and -

if one of my cats was missing i'd be devastated. Happy for you!

[Boomerproud]

41. The little guy is probably as relieved as you are.

All snug in his cage with food and drink.

[femmocrat]

43. I hope he has learned his lesson!

The grass is not always greener! LOL