{"id":1053,"date":"2022-02-21T21:58:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T03:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/903pets.com\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2022-06-04T09:38:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T15:38:50","slug":"where-to-find-a-lost-hamster-indoors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/903pets.com\/where-to-find-a-lost-hamster-indoors\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamster Escaped – Where To Find A Lost Hamster Indoors Fast [Statistics]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Oh no! Your hamster pulled a Houdini and has escaped. I know exactly how that feels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don’t fear. After so many hamster escape stories have been shared, we took our knack for data and found the most likely spots to look. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes when dealing with your prized furry companion escaping and becoming lost, it is easy to not think fully and clearly. Take a deep breath. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We put together the list below as a checklist of all the locations you should check as a starting point. This list came from all the locations where hamsters were found in many hamster lost and found stories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just take this list and go room by room. But, read further down to see which rooms to start with first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lost hamsters are found in the bedroom 37% of the time and in the kitchen 30% of the time. Looking in both of these rooms greatly increases to potential of finding a lost hamster even days or weeks after they have gone missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You know we love data. So, when it comes to finding a lost hamster, we wanted to know how to speed up the odds of finding that hamster quickly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, we reviewed over 140 lost hamster stories across a number of hamster groups and analyzed the data about where they were found. Voila! You now have the data on where to look for your lost hamster, first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Looking in the bedroom and kitchen yielded 67.61% of all found hamsters in our study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Not only did we analyze the rooms where hamsters were found, be we looked at the specific locations. This may help us understand even more specifically where we should look for a lost hamster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n By far, the back of a closest is the most likely place to find a lost hamster (17%), followed by behind or under the stove (8.83%), and behind\/under the refrigerator (7.13%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can track a lost hamster when it comes to snack on treats you leave out by using baking flour poured around the treats to see hamster footprints in and out of the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Most resources recommend placing a line of flour or cornstarch across the threshold of doors or around treat baits in a strip about 2 inches wide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We also like the method of using a flour sifter to evenly create a layer of flour about 12″ around the treat. This method has the benefit of much more square feet of tracking footprints than a single line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Baking flour will be easier to vacuum up than corn starch after you’ve found your hamster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another popular option for tracking a lost hamster is to use tinfoil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You do this by laying out tinfoil under and around treats you set out as bait. When your hamster comes to nibble on the treats, they will make a significant sound on the aluminum foil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Just set the trap and then sit up and wait during the night for that distinctive sound. <\/p>\n\n\nRoom Hamster Found<\/th> Lost Hamsters Found (Weighted)<\/th> Likelihood To Find A Lost Hamster<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> Bedroom<\/td> 45.7<\/td> 37.00%<\/td><\/tr> Kitchen<\/td> 37.8<\/td> 30.61%<\/td><\/tr> Living Room<\/td> 10.7<\/td> 8.66%<\/td><\/tr> Laundry Room<\/td> 8.6<\/td> 6.96%<\/td><\/tr> Basement<\/td> 7.7<\/td> 6.23%<\/td><\/tr> Everywhere<\/td> 7.6<\/td> 6.15%<\/td><\/tr> Bathroom<\/td> 4.5<\/td> 3.64%<\/td><\/tr> Dining Room<\/td> 0.5<\/td> 0.40%<\/td><\/tr> Garage<\/td> 0.3<\/td> 0.24%<\/td><\/tr> Office<\/td> 0.1<\/td> 0.08%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody> Grand Total<\/strong><\/td> 123.5<\/strong><\/td> 100.00%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tfoot><\/table> Lost Hamster Search Locations – Where Should I Look?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Location<\/th> Lost Hamsters Found (Weighted)<\/th> Likelihood To Find A Lost Hamster<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> Back corner of closet<\/td> 21<\/td> 17.00%<\/td><\/tr> Behind\/under the stove<\/td> 10.9<\/td> 8.83%<\/td><\/tr> Behind\/under the refrigerator<\/td> 8.8<\/td> 7.13%<\/td><\/tr> Under the bed<\/td> 7.7<\/td> 6.23%<\/td><\/tr> Inside wall<\/td> 7.6<\/td> 6.15%<\/td><\/tr> Under sofa<\/td> 6.5<\/td> 5.26%<\/td><\/tr> Laundry basket or hamper<\/td> 6.4<\/td> 5.18%<\/td><\/tr> Under bedroom dresser<\/td> 5.3<\/td> 4.29%<\/td><\/tr> Basement<\/td> 5.2<\/td> 4.21%<\/td><\/tr> In dresser drawer<\/td> 5.1<\/td> 4.13%<\/td><\/tr> Inside shoes\/slippers<\/td> 5<\/td> 4.05%<\/td><\/tr> Back of kitchen cabinet<\/td> 4.9<\/td> 3.97%<\/td><\/tr> Under the dishwasher<\/td> 4.8<\/td> 3.89%<\/td><\/tr> Back of Pantry<\/td> 3.7<\/td> 3.00%<\/td><\/tr> Bathroom cabinet<\/td> 3.6<\/td> 2.91%<\/td><\/tr> Hot water heater (Under or behind)<\/td> 2.5<\/td> 2.02%<\/td><\/tr> Oven warming drawer<\/td> 2.4<\/td> 1.94%<\/td><\/tr> Trash can\/bag<\/td> 2.3<\/td> 1.86%<\/td><\/tr> Behind the clothes dryer<\/td> 2.2<\/td> 1.78%<\/td><\/tr> Inside couch\/sofa<\/td> 2.1<\/td> 1.70%<\/td><\/tr> Under bed inside the box spring mattress<\/td> 1<\/td> 0.81%<\/td><\/tr> Under recliner<\/td> 0.9<\/td> 0.73%<\/td><\/tr> Behind the kids toy box<\/td> 0.8<\/td> 0.65%<\/td><\/tr> Inside towels<\/td> 0.7<\/td> 0.57%<\/td><\/tr> Inside blankets<\/td> 0.6<\/td> 0.49%<\/td><\/tr> China cabinet\/hutch<\/td> 0.5<\/td> 0.40%<\/td><\/tr> Inside potted plants<\/td> 0.4<\/td> 0.32%<\/td><\/tr> Garage<\/td> 0.3<\/td> 0.24%<\/td><\/tr> Bathtub<\/td> 0.2<\/td> 0.16%<\/td><\/tr> Behind desk<\/td> 0.1<\/td> 0.08%<\/td><\/tr> Behind Bookshelf<\/td> 0<\/td> 0.00%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody> Grand Total<\/strong><\/td> 123.5<\/strong><\/td> 100.00%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tfoot><\/table> How Can I Track My Lost Hamster?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Flour As a Tracking Agent<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Tinfoil Flooring<\/h3>\n\n\n\n