The scariest thing your hamster has ever done

[Hammie-O]

Winnie was actually involved in a second escape after the first. She chewed through the ceiling of her cage (after id thoroughly reinforced the walls and floor!)

On her second rampage she climbed up a chest of drawers and into my snail grave yard. I had aquarium snails before hamsters. I cannot believe she ransacked the graves of my previous pets

& I cannot believe she broke out of her cage twice. It was meant to be a big upgrade from an older cage. (Which was fine at the time I bought it, but times have of course changed).

 

[Yorkie]

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Winnie was actually involved in a second escape after the first. She chewed through the ceiling of her cage (after id thoroughly reinforced the walls and floor!)

On her second rampage she climbed up a chest of drawers and into my snail grave yard. I had aquarium snails before hamsters. I cannot believe she ransacked the graves of my previous pets

& I cannot believe she broke out of her cage twice. It was meant to be a big upgrade from an older cage. (Which was fine at the time I bought it, but times have of course changed).

Awwwww,she is so sassy

 

[Maz]

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Winnie was actually involved in a second escape after the first. She chewed through the ceiling of her cage (after id thoroughly reinforced the walls and floor!)

On her second rampage she climbed up a chest of drawers and into my snail grave yard. I had aquarium snails before hamsters. I cannot believe she ransacked the graves of my previous pets

& I cannot believe she broke out of her cage twice. It was meant to be a big upgrade from an older cage. (Which was fine at the time I bought it, but times have of course changed).

Goodness - is that where you found her? In the snail graveyard? She maybe saw it as something to dig in . Winnie the grave ransacker . I’m so sorry also as it is a lovely little memorial. Hopefully easily rectified. It sounds like a lot of work reinforcing her cage but it seems you got there!

 

[Hammie-O]

Awwwww,she is so sassy

Yeh she's much more demanding than my previous boy

 

[Hammie-O]

Goodness - is that where you found her? In the snail graveyard? She maybe saw it as something to dig in . Winnie the grave ransacker . I’m so sorry also as it is a lovely little memorial. Hopefully easily rectified. It sounds like a lot of work reinforcing her cage but it seems you got there!

Aww it's alright, I took it in good humour. I admire her adventurous spirit.. and the memorial has since been restored to its former glory.

It certainly was, I did think it was a bit flimsy when putting it together, but it was quite expensive, so I thought surely she couldn't break through...

I later realised that the cage was designed and built by a company that specialise in garden furniture/outdoorsy stuff. So it's been a bit of a lesson in reading Amazon descriptions properly and not assuming things will be fine!

My previous cage was as a smaller cage from Omlett which was beautifully designed, but too small for today's standards.

 

[Socks' Mum]

The power of their incisors is quite unexpected

 

[Maz]

Aww it's alright, I took it in good humour. I admire her adventurous spirit.. and the memorial has since been restored to its former glory.

It certainly was, I did think it was a bit flimsy when putting it together, but it was quite expensive, so I thought surely she couldn't break through...

I later realised that the cage was designed and built by a company that specialise in garden furniture/outdoorsy stuff. So it's been a bit of a lesson in reading Amazon descriptions properly and not assuming things will be fine!

My previous cage was as a smaller cage from Omlett which was beautifully designed, but too small for today's standards.

I think we've all been there with cage issues! I had one with a large door on top that had a huge gap and used to have to put a peg on it .

 

[Maz]

I forgot also that Tino once jumped out of the cage. Tricked me! He walked in leisurely in his tube and as I took my hand off the far end he suddenly turned about and ran full pelt and leapt out - landing on my floor cushion (which is why it's there). This was not long after a cage change so maybe he was a bit skitty. He was fine after that and I did manage to get him to walk back into the tube again