How do you find a small mouse in a large house? I didn't know so I Googled it. eHow said to make a trap with a bucket, food and books as stairs. Ideally the hamster smells the food, climbs the "stairs", and falls into the bucket and is trapped. Wow, easy enough. I decided to set one up in the bonus room. This was, after all, the place we found her last time she escaped. As I was finishing some of the details I saw a little fuzzy nose and whiskers poke out from under the *printer. Ah-HA! I made a trail of treats to lead her all the way out in the open and then I grabbed her!
I put her into the bucket (cauldron) and brought her downstairs. I was going to put her back into her cage when I realized how dirty it was. No wonder she made a run for it. While I washed out her cage (no small task) I kept her in the bucket. She had stuffed all the food she could into her cheeks and tried like mad to escape.
She almost succeeded.She is now locked in her cage with food, water, and bedding. She'll get out again I'm sure but let's hope she waits awhile.
*for those of you wondering why I didn't just move the printer.... this is our printer.
Think small refrigerator.
2 comments:
I am so glad that she was found. Good work La!
i like that you googled how to trap a hamster. what did we do before the internet??
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