What is the record for a gerbil surviving "on the lamb"?
I lived upstairs from a woman whose hamster was living in the wall for
nearly 3 months! She thought my cat had snuck in and eaten him and did
not even know he was alive until one day he showed up just sitting in
the middle of her kitchen floor bedraggled. He was pretty feral by
then.
Deb Rebel wrote:
> >>Catching hamsters is a LOT easier! [Deb]
> >
> >Gerbils stay near their tank and will return, Hamsters will keep on
> >wandering and end up far away. [g.m.]
>
> I beg to differ on both accounts. A lot of my escapee hamsters,
> I do catch in the hamstery when they waddle up hoping I'll feed
> them. I do have a few that I caught all the way upstairs, but that
> is a rare case.
>
> The little black fellow that escaped and left his mate behind to
> do gerbil things; ran around the downstairs family room, and
> wouldn't let me get closer than about four feet beyond my reach.
> He was curious, but kept moving all the time.
>
> I am hoping that he was the exception to the rule...but.
>
> When he ran straight up my arm and springboarded off my
> shoulder I could have made him into a pancake right there.
> However, after a day and a half of laughing at me and doing
> the 'streak' bit...he fell for a ruse...and was finally cornered.
> I added judicous and strategically placed duct tape to his
> tank screen lid to prevent his next unauthorized AWOL vacation.
>
> P.S. Peanut butter and Sunseeds did *not* tempt him into
> 'coming home' either.
>
> Deb
