Ain't Nobody Here Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Making the tea tonight, I opened the cupboard in my kitchen where I keep my vegetables. This was looking out at me . Oscar had made a lovely little nest out of the brown paper bags my veg are stored in and had been snacking on my turnips . Part of his cage had been left open (no-one's fault, it's a design fault, I reckon ). He'd made his way down off the piano, down the sofa across the floor to the kitchen and I can only imagine went down the side of the washing machine and through a hole where the pipes go . Thank goodness we were having carrots for tea tonight . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa33 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 He's very gorgeous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Gosh glad you found him, we had a baby rat escape and he lived inside the piano for a few days Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purple hen Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 How clever of him to find the food. Glad you found him . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Clever little Oscar, I love it when they make beds out of things like that. A bit of a suprise though I imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamebird Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 I would have loved to have seen your face when you opened the cupboard and discovered Oscar. What an adventure for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Aaah, bless him, glad you found him! Ours escapes from her ball - she's not clever enough to hide though, she yomps around in the middle of the room so she gets recaptured Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted October 10, 2008 Author Share Posted October 10, 2008 I actually let out a little shriek . I thought it was a mouse . Then I recognised his little face . I'm glad he wasn't "yomping round the room" . We're still not sure what Riley would do with him if he was left alone with him . He has a tendency to lick his lips when Oscar's around . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 I think I would have screamed as well. We used to have a hamster that escaped, we'd always know because Sally used to bark to get our attention. They're quite tricky to recapture if they fancy an adventure. I'm glad Oscar was found safe and well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omletina Kyckling Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 We had hamsters when I was little, and when I went to uni, I decided mum and dad would miss me so I bought them a hamster and new cage....they adored her and spoiled her rotten - she was called Rosie....I think a lot of the cages have loose catches and Rosie managed to get out one night....she ate through mum and dad's amazingly patterned 70s carpet in the corner of the lounge and got down through the floorboards under the room....they were really worried about her and decided to leave some water in a bowl in the cage, hoping she'd come out for water....one night, dad got up in the middle of the night after about 5 days and she was in the cage, drinking and all quivery! She was absolutely black from being under the floor, and I remember dad trying to scrub her feet in the kitchen sink, it was so funny!! They are such lovely pets! Yours is a cutey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 They are so naughty,aren't they? When Hubby & I first lived togather we had a hamster & he escaped one day. We couldn't find him for ages & ages,but eventually found him under our bed,upstairs 9the cages was downstairs). he had chewed the carpet into fluff for a nest &, get this,had been back downstairs to collect 6 large walnuts from our nut bowl & taken them up to his nest. he had also been into the kitchen & started to chew through the fridge lead ,which caused it to short out a ouple of weeks later,meaning all the food was spoiled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emma Tarpey Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 AWWWWW hes gorgous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Every time I open this post little Oscar's face makes me smile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellekatz Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 We had one in DD bedroom once - Meg - and she was a real escape artist. Found her more than once curled up with the beaney babies on the window ledge!! She was really cute and friendly though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omletina Kyckling Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 My cousin had a gerbil and it disappeared behind their gasfire, so my uncle had to dismantle the whole thing....it took him hour but the gerbil was nowhere to be seen. When he turned around it was on the sofa, watching him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 My cousin had a gerbil and it disappeared behind their gasfire, so my uncle had to dismantle the whole thing....it took him hour but the gerbil was nowhere to be seen. When he turned around it was on the sofa, watching him! I can just imagine the look on his face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 My cousin had a gerbil and it disappeared behind their gasfire, so my uncle had to dismantle the whole thing....it took him hour but the gerbil was nowhere to be seen. When he turned around it was on the sofa, watching him! I can just imagine the look on his face The uncle or the gerbil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 A really cute picture, glad he was found Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 My cousin had a gerbil and it disappeared behind their gasfire, so my uncle had to dismantle the whole thing....it took him hour but the gerbil was nowhere to be seen. When he turned around it was on the sofa, watching him! I can just imagine the look on his face The uncle or the gerbil I can picture the gerbil behind sitting with Clootie's avatar expression on his face, chewing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I can picture the gerbil behind sitting with Clootie's avatar expression on his face, chewing. I agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 I used to keep a group of four female gerbils in a big glass tank in my classroom. They were lovely friendly little girls, they used to come out for cuddles and were looked after by my tutor group. They usualy sat at the side of the room chewing while lessons went on, just like Omletina's cousin's gerbil. One day one of them turned out to be not a girl and the lesson was stopped in its tracks by him getting very intimate with one of the others . When not one but three litters of babies arrived soon afterwards I realised this must have gone on for some time. It took a major effort to home all the babies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
