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    Ok.. This may be a funny story, so bear with me.

    About a week ago, Dan came darting out of the bedroom into the living room, going on and on that he had just seen a Gerbil or Hamster in the bedroom. He said when he looked away and then looked back again, it was gone. I was calling him batshit crazy and all that, because, well, we don't have a Hamster or Gerbil, or any pets whatsoever. I thought he'd lost his mind.

    Fast forward to about an hour ago... Dan had the baby so I could catch a couple hours of sleep until his next feeding. He came out, woke me up, and said "I SAW IT AGAIN, AND IT'S UNDER THE COUCH!"

    I immediately jumped up. I took the baby, and Dan lifted the couch up. There, in the corner of the couch that was on the floor, was something that looked like a Hamster. It ran into the kitchen. We have a pantry that doesn't have a door, and I have the trash can in there... It ran behind that. When Dan moved it, it ran behind the stove. There's a gap in between the wall and the cabinets. It ran behind there when he moved the stove. I had Dan make all the noise he could, banging the cabinets, the walls, etc...

    We don't know where it went now.

    What do I do? I've NEVER in my life had this type of thing happen. I also have no fucking clue where this thing came from. We live in a Duplex, but I don't think the people on the other side have/had a Hamster.

    I can't have it running around my house, especially with the kids. It could be carrying a disease. Its crap also carries disease whether or not it is carrying disease itself.

    Is this something that I can call Animal Control (The Shelter) for? I'm at a loss here. I'm sleep deprived enough, and now I can't go to sleep knowing that Dan's not crazy.

    Someone please help. What do I do?

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    Animal control will probably just lay down traps.... which you could do yourself. I suggest live traps. Its nicer to the lil guy.
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    A nice trap baited with peanut butter....

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    DCon, baby, Dcon...
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    I would still ask the niebors if they have lost any little guys lately - does it look wild or domesticated ? To get him you can get a mouse trap the naughty or nice ones - your call LOL .

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    I used to have hamsters and gerbils. Get a small rodent size have-a-heart trap. You can usually borrow one. I think the spca may let you rent one. Catch the little bugger in the trap and bring him to the wild.

    Hey I used to live in TN, but it was a totally different part.... maybe that is the gerbil that ran out of our house when it escaped one day. I've never heard of one living that long though!!!

    After having so many pets in cages, I decided I never wanted caged animals again. I've made exeptions for birds, but never again rodents, whatever life they lead I'd rather it be free.
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    Napalm always worked for me. It tended to destroy the house, though.

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    LOL @ some of the responses.

    I bred Hamsters when I was a teenager (and sold them to the local pet store). I'm not really afraid of it, I just don't want it in my house around my kids.

    I didn't sleep too well knowing that this thing is running around my house.

    So just a few minutes ago, I was outside and saw my neighbor (not the one on the other side, but in the duplex to the left of us). I asked him if the ones next to me have Hamsters. He said "Yes, they have like 5 or 6 of them". So I told him that he needs to call or go over there and tell them to come and get this thing out of here. Of course, we have to find it first, but they'll have to do that. He told me that the baby is the one that's lost. It's definitely a baby that I saw. Now we have to find the damn thing. Grrr.

    I'll let you all know how it goes. Dan would've snapped its neck if he had caught it, so I'm glad he didn't find it afterall.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Prester_John
    Napalm always worked for me. It tended to destroy the house, though.
    Nah Napalm is for the yard. Guess who never has to mow the lawn again? lol


    Luckily none of mine never invaded the house. Oh and if Dan did kill it, you just don't let them know.

    Oh and if all else fails and you can keep it out of your children's access there is always rat poison. However that can have consquences. Like dead rodents in the walls.

    If you did not just have Hunter, I'd recommend a cat. Although our doberman did take are of a hamster one day... well maybe it was the silky terrier. We will never know for sure, but my cousins left one in the ball.... and well we all went out. Pour little guy probablly died of a heart attack, running in that big ball and not getting out, till it was too late.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Casual Observer
    DCon, baby, Dcon...

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    This happened to me....our hamster escaped & got into the wall, & somehow survived for months...when I found him the little f*cker bit me. So don't grab it.

    Live bait traps. & Fragrant tasty foodstuffs.

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    Oh believe me, D-Con crossed my mind a few times. Sorry, but my kids trump a rodent any day. I'd even thought of lacing the carrots with rat poison. But of course, I do have Delia running around and the last thing I'd want is for something to happen. She does love carrots, afterall.

    I just have no fucking clue where this thing is now. They're nocturnal for the most part, so I may have a good chance of finding it today during the day. He could be snoozing somewhere all nice and cozy. But I'll wait for these 2 little girls to come over and search for it. I'm also going to ream their little asses out for letting the damn thing get out. And if they've got 5 more, they better make damn sure they keep a lid tight on that cage. Because if this shit happens again, I'll be calling an exterminator.

    I may get all the neighborhood kids together, including the 2 girls. Then, if they find it, I'll order a pizza for them or something.

    I'm thinking it's in the Master Bedroom, since that's where Dan saw it first. And I think that's a shared wall with the other side. We don't have many shared walls, that may be the only one. And it was in the Bedroom this morning when Dan brought the baby out. It had darted into the living room and under the couch.

    I don't know.. I'm hell-bent on finding this thing though. Grrr.

    I did a lot of apologizing to Dan though.. Heh. For the past week, I've been asking if he'd seen the imaginary Hamster, and if it was hanging out with the Pink Elephant again. I was going to call the guys in the white coats.

    My oldest daughter's Hamster when she was about 4 years old ("Trashabelle" ~ She named it.. No idea where she got the name) used to get out regularly. We'd find it most times. But once it went missing for a whole week. One night after I'd come home from work, I turned the TV on and was watching it. I heard scratching coming from inside the TV. Yep, the damn thing had gotten inside the TV. It was a floor model kind. So I had to wake my Daughter up, and get her to lure the Hamster out with lettuce. It worked, thankfully.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rhiannon
    Oh believe me, D-Con crossed my mind a few times. Sorry, but my kids trump a rodent any day. I'd even thought of lacing the carrots with rat poison. But of course, I do have Delia running around and the last thing I'd want is for something to happen. She does love carrots, afterall.

    I just have no fucking clue where this thing is now. They're nocturnal for the most part, so I may have a good chance of finding it today during the day. He could be snoozing somewhere all nice and cozy. But I'll wait for these 2 little girls to come over and search for it. I'm also going to ream their little asses out for letting the damn thing get out. And if they've got 5 more, they better make damn sure they keep a lid tight on that cage. Because if this shit happens again, I'll be calling an exterminator.

    I may get all the neighborhood kids together, including the 2 girls. Then, if they find it, I'll order a pizza for them or something.

    I'm thinking it's in the Master Bedroom, since that's where Dan saw it first. And I think that's a shared wall with the other side. We don't have many shared walls, that may be the only one. And it was in the Bedroom this morning when Dan brought the baby out. It had darted into the living room and under the couch.

    I don't know.. I'm hell-bent on finding this thing though. Grrr.

    I did a lot of apologizing to Dan though.. Heh. For the past week, I've been asking if he'd seen the imaginary Hamster, and if it was hanging out with the Pink Elephant again. I was going to call the guys in the white coats.

    My oldest daughter's Hamster when she was about 4 years old ("Trashabelle" ~ She named it.. No idea where she got the name) used to get out regularly. We'd find it most times. But once it went missing for a whole week. One night after I'd come home from work, I turned the TV on and was watching it. I heard scratching coming from inside the TV. Yep, the damn thing had gotten inside the TV. It was a floor model kind. So I had to wake my Daughter up, and get her to lure the Hamster out with lettuce. It worked, thankfully.
    You could always pack up your things and move to a house where there are no hampsters in the walls. That would solve your problem nicely and neatly.

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    LOL Nah.. Driving those neighbors and their rodents out is more fun.



    Besides.. WE were here first.

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    You could search the baseboards behind/under furniture for chew marks and/or holes. This will at least tell you where he's been.

    At night can you hear anything? Like scratching and stuff?

    I would suggest baiting traps behind the couches and shit though I KNOW infants can do the imaginable, however my suggestion against dcon is that that shit can get caught in the animals paws and shit and carry it around the house, it's too much a risk. Not to mention when it dies, it could be in the walls, which is fine for a mouse.... but a Gerbil? or Rat? Holy shit the smell would drive you batty.

    Buy raid. And one night Spray the EXTERIOR of your house with it. Just a good swipe. The potent smell will drive him INTO the house.... set live traps up before you go to bed since he's most likely to come out when there is no activity. Remove the live traps in the morning befor the Dealster gets up.

    Best solution really. NOW The cheapest life traps are these glue strips. Strong as hell and cheap. Put peanut butter on it and leave them out, then store the unused ones.

    Hope this helps.

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    So.. I grabbed one of the girls from next door. Had her search the house and she couldn't find it. Apparently, she has EIGHT Hamsters, not including this one. She told me......

    "If you find it, you can kill it. I don't care."

    I tore her a new ass for letting the thing get out and into MY HOUSE in the first place.

    Then I told her that if Dan finds it, which he'll be searching for it later, he'll most likely shove it in a box and take it for a drive, then let it out somewhere. Or, if he's in a bad mood of course, he'll kill it.

    If he can't find it tonight, I'm getting Glue Traps and laying them out. I know they work quite well because my Ex and I had a little field mouse get in our Navy Housing Unit years ago. The thing got caught on the Glue Trap, and then my Ex took his heavy work boot to it. Sounds horrible, I know, but my oldest kids were very small at the time too, and we weren't taking chances.

    It's obviously found a good hiding spot for the time being. But when Dan gets home, all bets are off. He'll tear the place apart to find it.

    Oh.. I also learned that it's probably female.. and could be PREGNANT! So yeah, it's gone, no matter how we have to get it gone.

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    Ever think out asking the hamster nicely to leave?

    "hey, um, if it would be cool with you, Mr. Hamster, we would appreciate it if you left. Not that we dont like having you crawl in our walls and scratch all the time, we love it in fact, but well, its the kids. It's just best that if they were older before they experienced a hamster running amok in our house. Lipschitz is very clear about this. No offense intended".

    If that doesnt work, use the court system and get an eviction notice.

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    PJ.. LOL

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    Lol Rhia, I couldn't help it, all I could do was laugh the whole time I read this...I'm REALLY gonna laugh if the pink elephant comes outa the wall too I had a mouse in my room when I was growing up, never could find the little bugger, til he jumped out of the drawer on me. Damn flying meeses. I'd say the glue traps are your best bet too, good luck finding him
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    aww dont kill it. it's not the animals fault. what kind of brat says you can kill her former pet.

    im sure your kids wont catch anything from it. sorry this seems so dramatic to me.

    please get a humane trap

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    It's not dramatic really. Rodent feces is known to carry a shitload (no pun intended.. heh) of viruses and other fun stuff. Just breathing that shit in can make a person, especially a small child, sick.

    Like I said, Dan will probably take it for a drive down the street and let it out somewhere. We're not keeping it that's for damn sure. And it sure as hell isn't going to be walking around free in my house.

    As for the little brat, I'm calling the Rental Company on Monday and letting them know about this. They have 2 dogs, a cat, and however many Hamsters. I have no idea what else they have in that place. I tore her a new one, like I said. She apologized, but that's not good enough. And she's got 8 more Hamsters in that place? What if they get out and decide to come over too? Fuck that. I'm not taking any chances.

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    If you catch it, take it to the SPCA. Don't dump it off somewhere. Hamsters aren't meant to be in the wild, and introducing a non-indigenous species to a wild population of other rodents could result in god-only-knows-what. It could breed , it could introduce diseases to the other rodents--might not sound like a big deal, but it could be to the animal populations that feed on the rodents. Think of the food chain.

    Also, I agree that it isn't the animal's fault it had irresponsible owners. That little brat sounds like she needs a good spanking and a lecture on responsibility and respect toward animals. I feel sorry for you having to live beside a pack of hillbillies like that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rhiannon
    It's not dramatic really. Rodent feces is known to carry a shitload (no pun intended.. heh) of viruses and other fun stuff. Just breathing that shit in can make a person, especially a small child, sick.

    Like I said, Dan will probably take it for a drive down the street and let it out somewhere. We're not keeping it that's for damn sure. And it sure as hell isn't going to be walking around free in my house.

    As for the little brat, I'm calling the Rental Company on Monday and letting them know about this. They have 2 dogs, a cat, and however many Hamsters. I have no idea what else they have in that place. I tore her a new one, like I said. She apologized, but that's not good enough. And she's got 8 more Hamsters in that place? What if they get out and decide to come over too? Fuck that. I'm not taking any chances.

    For some reason I think they have more pets than the contract would allow. *Most* rentals don't allow lots of pets etc, and what most families do is maybe get permission for one and hide the rest. lol

    Not good for a duplex though.

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    Thanks, CRB. I've changed my mind. If we do catch it... I don't care what fucking time it is tonight, it's getting delivered right back over there. This thing was not my responsibility, and now that it's in MY house, it's become MY responsibility. That pisses me off to no end, because we choose NOT to have pets of any kind. And now we have an uncaged one running around our house. I'm definitely calling on Monday and reporting them to the Rental Company. I'm sure they're breaking the rules of the lease too with all these fucking pets. I wouldn't have a problem with it, if they kept THEIR pets in THEIR house.

    Paintbaby---Redneck doesn't even describe these people. They are more redneck than redneck. These people came from Mississippi after Katrina. They weren't even in an area that was hit by Katrina. They just up and moved here, even though the other side of the duplex should have gone to someone who WAS affected by Katrina. I was nice enough to let them use my vacuum when they moved in. Know what they vacuumed up with it? Roach carcasses. Nice, right? Not to mention the fact that they asked to borrow it for a little while. I'm thinking an hour or two. Nope. I had to go and knock on their door at 11:00 PM to get it back. I made Dan changed the bag OUTSIDE before he brought the vacuum back in the house. Grr. I hate people enough as it is, but I definitely can't tolerate THESE people.

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    I say buy a shitload of glue traps, invite the neighbor hood brats over for pizza and stick em all in the glue traps.
    When ya find the rodent, bake it into a pie and feed it to the brat next door.

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