Last night was an interesting night to say the very least...
After hunting for eggs here on TCS
, I went upstairs to do my evening check on my hamsters. They are in one of the spare bedrooms as I do not allow my cats in that particular bedroom. The hamsters are all rescues from a hoarding situation who I later adopted. And, just for reference, I have 3 Syrian hamsters, 2 Robovorski dwarves, and 2 Chinese dwarves. And, while the dwarf hamsters typically cause me the least amount of worry, last night the Chinese dwarves had me crazed out of my mind!
As I walked into the bedroom, I knew something was up. There was a trail of bedding from the door to the cage my two Chinese dwarves, Felix and Max, are housed in. And, when I looked at the cage, it became apparent why. The cage door had been nudged just enough that the hamsters could have escaped. But, when I looked inside the cage, I saw Felix had decided to opt out of the great adventure, but Max was gone. And, I freaked!
I usually have a runner that protects the bottom of the door so that if a hamster would be to escape, they couldn't sneak under the door and become an after dinner snack for my cats. However, I had picked the runner up and thrown it into the wash yesterday morning. So, I automatically thought the worst when I saw Max was not in his cage. But, nonetheless, I began to search for him. And, within 5 minutes of searching, I felt a little tickle on my bare foot. I couldn't even believe it was him so, at first, I didn't look down. But, I did finally look and there little Max was -- sitting right on top of my foot. And, so I quickly snatched him up and put him back into his cage and locked the door. Tightly.
All I could do was just thank God that Max had been too scared or unaware to leave the bedroom. I'd have been heartbroken if I hadn't found him and since Chinese dwarf hamsters are so small and thin, I didn't think it would be possible to locate him. So, while Max had a great adventure and I had a coronary, everything turned out okay and we're all back together again. Whew!
Just for reference...I've attached a photo of what Chinese dwarf hamsters look like. The photo credit goes to PetSmart, but the hamster really does look like my Max.
After hunting for eggs here on TCS
As I walked into the bedroom, I knew something was up. There was a trail of bedding from the door to the cage my two Chinese dwarves, Felix and Max, are housed in. And, when I looked at the cage, it became apparent why. The cage door had been nudged just enough that the hamsters could have escaped. But, when I looked inside the cage, I saw Felix had decided to opt out of the great adventure, but Max was gone. And, I freaked!
I usually have a runner that protects the bottom of the door so that if a hamster would be to escape, they couldn't sneak under the door and become an after dinner snack for my cats. However, I had picked the runner up and thrown it into the wash yesterday morning. So, I automatically thought the worst when I saw Max was not in his cage. But, nonetheless, I began to search for him. And, within 5 minutes of searching, I felt a little tickle on my bare foot. I couldn't even believe it was him so, at first, I didn't look down. But, I did finally look and there little Max was -- sitting right on top of my foot. And, so I quickly snatched him up and put him back into his cage and locked the door. Tightly.
All I could do was just thank God that Max had been too scared or unaware to leave the bedroom. I'd have been heartbroken if I hadn't found him and since Chinese dwarf hamsters are so small and thin, I didn't think it would be possible to locate him. So, while Max had a great adventure and I had a coronary, everything turned out okay and we're all back together again. Whew!
Just for reference...I've attached a photo of what Chinese dwarf hamsters look like. The photo credit goes to PetSmart, but the hamster really does look like my Max.