lyn
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Post by lyn on Oct 5, 2010 9:07:43 GMT -4
This morning about 4:30am I looked like this and felt like this . Just to let everyone know the outcome is good. My hammie Radar has a plastic house with a removable roof. It also has a round window and a fairly big door. With the wheather getting colder Radar has been taking extra bedding to his house and kinda packing himself in there. Last night my chubby bugger decided to climb through the window instead of moving the bedding away from his door. HE GOT STUCK!!! I unscrewed the house taking him and bedding and whatever else that was in there over to the couch to unlatch the sides for easier access. With all that done I tried to easily get him to squeeze out one way or the other and it wasn't going to happen. The only resort was to cut the window of this house, and every tool was used with no success. By this time he was stressed and yelling and biting. My partner dissappeared and returned with a hacksaw. I said "absolutely not, are you kidding". He was either going to remain stuck or we were going to try this, just extremely careful. I put a thick glove on my right hand so I could control his upper body with losing too much blood from him biting, and took my left hand with no glove and squeezed two fingers in between Radar and the window, and the cutting began. I didn't give a care if I got cut as long as my Radar was free. It took a couple of minutes because we kept making sure where the blade was at all times, and in a flash it broke through and I pulled him out. If it wasn't for my partners quick thinking and determination, Radar might not be here right now. He is doing fine. At first I wasn't so sure because he just layed there in my hands catching his breath and I know he had some shock. I didn't put him back in his cage until he started acting like himself. I'm still keeping a watchful eye on him, not taking for granted that he appears fine. One thing I can say for sure is he'll never get stuck in that window again. I don't want another scary experience like that again, and especially neither does Radar.
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Oct 5, 2010 10:28:29 GMT -4
Glad it worked out. This is why it helps to look over old threads. . . look what happened to me! See the link: Arwen's PredicamentAs for you, have a camera ready!
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Post by Andrea on Oct 5, 2010 16:02:40 GMT -4
Wow, what a scare! Glad he's ok and everything worked out.
I had a Degu get stuck trying to squeeze through a NIC cube, and when he couldn't get out he started freaking and screaming, after a little spazzing he was free. Hopefully lesson learned.
OH, you know your story kinda reminds me of an embarassing one I had with my hamster Miaka.... I had my cousins over for a girls night, we were drinking wine and chatting while Miaka had a free run area in the living room with hamster fence around it. In our drunkiness we decided to try on some pants I had in my room, we were there a while and when we came back to the living room I remember "Oh hamster!" ... couldn't find her anywhere. 3 Drunk girls flipping out and sobering up quickly trying to find this lost hammy (who btw was a HUGE hamster)... we hear this scratching INSIDE my leather couch. Still not to sure how she got in there. I hurt my arm trying to get her out between the frame, and Ry ended up coming to our rescue by flipping the couch, cutting open the bottom and getting my hamster out LOL Another lesson learned.
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lyn
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Post by lyn on Oct 6, 2010 9:49:57 GMT -4
Miaka seems like a little bugger. Not only did your leather couch get into, but all of you lost your buzz. Buzz kill Miaka. Thats a cute story!
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Post by Hamsters82 on Oct 6, 2010 11:23:02 GMT -4
Jeez, that is scary! Good thing Radar is A-OK! That reminds me of when one of my syrians (not sure if it was Sophie or Chewie) that did the same thing, packed in a lot of bedding and then couldn't get out. I dug out the bedding myself where my cutie pie could exit, so yeah I know the panic you're feeling.
Glad everything worked out. After you got Radar out, you said that you put him back in his cage. I'm confused then, isn't there a gaping hole in his cage from where your partner sawed it?
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lyn
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Post by lyn on Oct 6, 2010 16:07:38 GMT -4
There was a little plastic house that screwed onto the bars of his cage. The plastic house is what was cut. We put the house back in his cage because he loves it so much, we kept the roof off .
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Oct 7, 2010 12:37:38 GMT -4
Oh yea. Plastic "town houses" "for hamsters". Not. Not for Syrians. I saw a few get caught before I stopped using them for Syrians. Not big enough.
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lyn
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Post by lyn on Oct 7, 2010 15:41:07 GMT -4
Well, if little Mr. Chubby Butt would have used the door he would have been fine. He blocked the door with his bedding, and instead of moving it he tried to squeeze out of an itty bitty window. We put the house back in without the roof,but what is so funny is he still chooses to use the door instead of climbing out of the gaping hole above him.
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Oct 7, 2010 22:45:11 GMT -4
They like narrow spaces. They feel safer.
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Post by Hamsters82 on Oct 7, 2010 22:59:17 GMT -4
So there is a gaping hole in his cage? Aren't you worried he might escape? Sorry, I can't picture his cage in my mind.
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lyn
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Post by lyn on Oct 8, 2010 2:25:07 GMT -4
I'm sorry, I can see how I confused you. Radar has a three level cage, and on the top floor is a little plastic house that screws onto the bars. It's removable. The little plastic house is totally encased in the cage itself. The house has a door, a window, and a removable roof. When we cut the window we also removed the roof to prevent any problems. So he is still safely in the main cage, but the little plastic house has been changed. Instead of climbing over the top of the house where the roof used to be, he still chooses to exit through his door. I hope I cleared this up for you. Believe me Katie , if my hammie had way of getting loose I would flip out.
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Oct 8, 2010 11:33:41 GMT -4
I am not saying he could get out, but in my case long ago Syrians affected some incredible escapes including knocking over a wheel, standing on it tip toe, gnawing through a Sterilite top, and doing a chin up. . . and OUT!
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Post by Andrea on Oct 8, 2010 11:56:05 GMT -4
I did not read anything confusing.
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lyn
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Post by lyn on Oct 8, 2010 13:25:27 GMT -4
I know Tom, these little hammies can be the best acrobats. Both of my Syrians climb their cage like little monkeys. There is a pair of steps in their cage and most of the time they climb up the side.
Andrea, I owe you a big, tall coconut rum mixed drink served by Eeyore himself! : )
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Oct 8, 2010 18:27:00 GMT -4
BTW, no hamster I ever had who got out ever was not found.
Keep in mind, they want to FORAGE, not escape. If they get out they may, hours later, return after the search for food. I have seen it happen. Once one was trying to get back in a Habitrail already occupied by her sister who I moved in that morning. The story is quite old and might be on the first page or two of the Hamster forum from early 2004; maybe not.
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