I had to laugh when I read this. We had a hamster that was a terrible escape artist, in fact, we had a couple of them that were bad. The worst part was that with 2 cats and 2 dogs in the house at the time, they were not safe!!! I remember one night, my little girl came into my room (she was little when this happened), and she was crying. I asked what was wrong and she said "Rusty's in my bed". I said "Helen, there is no way that Rusty could be in your bed". And she said "but he is". I asked where the cat was (Mimi always sleeps with Helen) and she said "In my room"! I went straight to her room, and believe it or not, there was Rusty Hamster, standing up looking around in the middle of Helen's bed!!!!! Whew!!!! I got Rusty a new cage the next day!!!!