Mad Hamster

[EternalOptimist]

Our hamster escaped from his cage on Saturday night, and guess where the missus found him on Sunday am ? yes, back in his cage.

As he was running around on the table top, he came across a box of hamster treats. He must have spent most of the night ferrying them across the top, up into the cage, up the pipe to his little observation tower then into his wheel.
The entire bofull was in his wheel, plus the shredded box.
Then he moved house to be at the bottom of the pipe, the fell asleep.

barmy little rascal

[xoggoth]

Well trained. Last one we had gnawed a big hole in the corner of our new carpet.

[DaveB]

Our hamster escaped from his cage on Saturday night, and guess where the missus found him on Sunday am ? yes, back in his cage.

As he was running around on the table top, he came across a box of hamster treats. He must have spent most of the night ferrying them across the top, up into the cage, up the pipe to his little observation tower then into his wheel.
The entire bofull was in his wheel, plus the shredded box.
Then he moved house to be at the bottom of the pipe, the fell asleep.

barmy little rascal

Sounds like he had a good night. Lots of exercise, all his natural instincts catered for and a good kip afterwards. The hamster equivalent of a really good night on the town

[realityhack]

Sounds like Hamster's Grand Night Out to me. Great mental image, plus all the little torn-up bits of the box. Classic.

[EternalOptimist]

Sounds like he had a good night. Lots of exercise, all his natural instincts catered for and a good kip afterwards. The hamster equivalent of a really good night on the town

but hamsters that escape are supposed to make a run for it, or hide in outrageous places

[DaveB]

but hamsters that escape are supposed to make a run for it, or hide in outrageous places

So given the opportunity to load up the fridge, get himself a new mattress and crash in his own comfortable pad he was supposed to pass that up and sleep rough in some dusty corner behind the sideboard?

Sounds like a remarkable sensible fella to me

Have you thought that the reason he makes a run for it or hides somewhere strange is cos you are chasing him to try and get him back in his box? Leave him to it and he'll sort himself out by sound of it

[Dark Black]

Smart little fella!

I'm guessing you don't have cats as well? One of ours emptied the nesting box of baby Blue Tits over the weekend and has decimated the local shrew and mouse population...