Sammie's Adventure today..

[DaniBearxx]

So today I was cleaning Sammie's aquarium and like I do every Saturday while I'm cleaning her cage I put her in her hamster ball to roam and get some exercise. I guess I got alittle distracted and careless while I was cleaning and didn't keep as close of an eye as I usually do on her. My grandparents were in the living room and they'll keep an eye on her too for me while she's in her ball, so I wasn't too worried. So after awhile, I got worried because I hadn't heard Sammie bump into anything for awhile. I looked around my house and couldn't find her ball, so I started panicking. I looked underneath the coffee table in my family room and the ball was empty and the lid of the ball had popped off. My cat was inside so I was freaking out because Sammie was nowhere to be seen. My grandpa and I searched the house up and down and finally we found her huddled up in a corner getting ready to bolt. Well I guess she smelt me and ran up to me and I picked her up and put her back in her cage. I was in panic attack about to cry mode trying to find her. Lol, so I guess is it safe to tape her ball shut?

But, on the bright side Sammie is finally starting to let me hold her more. I've owned her for about a month, and she was really timid about being touched at first. Last night my boyfriend got her out and was sitting in the floor with her just holding her. (I was majorly jealous because she never lets me do that with her! ) I picked her up earlier and she sat in my hand for a while before freaking out from unknown causes so I gave up for the day not wanting to cause her any more stress after her escape today.

[JinjaMakes]

Harry's ball gas two doors or openings so I tape one shut and use that.
I also ran some tape around the join in the middle.

I'm glad you found her!

[fluffydd]

I'm glad you found her safely.

It is ok to tape the ball shut. I used to do that when Fluffy was running in hers. I just made sure the tape didn't go over any of the ventilation holes.

[Vectis Hamstery]

Oh goodness! I'm glad she's safe and sound. When I use hamster exercise balls, I also sticky tape the door(s) shut too. One too many unplanned free-range hamster in the past

[Alopeke]

I'm going to have to do that, Othello did the same thing this morning. Looked down at my feet and he was on them! xD

[DrKMcK]

I think every hamster owner who has put their hammy in a hamster ball has had this experience. It's hair raising when it happens. I know my heart drops whenever a hammy escapes. So...now I make sure that when I put a hammy ball together I crazy glue the center join on the outside. (I had a hammy pop the ball in half bouncing off the furniture). Then once it's all dry and washed off, when a hammy goes in and the door is closed, I use two pieces of tape...one on opposite sides of the door. One piece is not enough, I had a recent episode where I didn't realize that one side wasn't completely seated correctly and, of course, I only put one piece of tape on and hammy got out. Glad your little furry is safe and sound

[DaniBearxx]

Thanks guys