Runaway Pets: How To Keep Your Rodents From Escaping?

Rodents are remarkable for slipping out of apparently secure cages. These pet rodents—hamster, mouse, guinea pig, gerbil, chinchilla—don’t just run on exercise wheels, they often run away too!Here are some tips for keeping your pet rodents where they should be, safely away from harm.

How To Keep Your Rodents From Escaping?

• Rodents are escape artists extraordinaire. Many pet owners underestimate how crafted these rodents are. Those believed to be safe in their cages have been discovered wandering the roads or house, where they may be stepped on, run over and eaten by predators. Check on them regularly, or avoid leaving them unattended for long hours/days.
• Cage doors must be securely locked, not merely latched. The bars of the cage should be the narrowest possible. Hamsters may look roly-poly, but most of that bulk is all fur, easily compressed for squeezing between bars.
• Hamsters, mice, guinea pigs, chinchillas, and gerbils love to gnaw because their teeth are constantly growing. Always use cages made from metal or fiberglass that cannot be chewed through. Wood won’t hold them no matter how thick they are.