Gah! Awoke this morning to discover that the little hamster we're fostering escaped from its cage during the night. We must not have secured the latch properly when we put her back in the cage last night.
The problem, of course, is that she's tiny, and could be anywhere in the basement. We had a quick search this morning, but no luck. I think A. is going to try and get a live trap from Lee Valley today. Short of sitting around all day, watching to see if she pops out, I really don't know how we'd find her otherwise. Hopefully a live trap with lots of food in it will coax her out. I'm a little worried about the lack of water, too. *fingers crossed*
UPDATE: A. found the little blighter when we got home Friday evening. While scouring the rec room downstairs, he noticed a little heap of what looked like insulation next to the radiator. On inspection, when the radiator cover was removed, a tiny whiskery face popped out of a hole in the wall. The hamster had found the spot where the radiator heating pipe goes into the wall, gnawed out a bunch of the foam-type insulation that had been sprayed into the hole around the pipe, and made herself a warm, cosy little nest. We tempted her out with some parsley.
Critters, I tell ya.
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