Hamster is trying to escape

[hhss]

Hi,
I have had my hamster for 2 weeks. He lives in the hamster heaven cage.
2 days ago, I accidentally didn't close the cage properly before I went to bed - I closed it but there was a small gap - but apparently big enough for him to squeeze through.

We then found him the next day by laying out food on the carpet.

Anyway, ever since he got back in his cage, he is climbing the bars, biting and trying to squeeze through the gap he got through last time which obviously he can't now as it is closed properly.

He never did this before - he loved running on his wheel, coming out for cuddles, going through his tubes ect. But now he is not interested and just has been climbing the bars for 3 hours. Whenever, I open the cage door he starts climbing up and trying to get out.

Will he get over this? Or has the taste of having the whole living room floor made him always want to try and get out now?

He enjoyed the freedom I would think!
We can’t free range our rodents at night as we have cats, but if you’re worried about poop they are really easy to litter train. Ours will go every time in a little sand bath we provided for bathing. It wasn’t any work, they just liked the feel and it became the preferred place.

@hhss Why don't you get one of those plastic roaming balls to out him in? Then he can run around and explore to his hearts contents.

On another note... a lot of hamster threads popping up recently!

@AramintaLee the balls for hamsters are actually very dangerous & can cause them to lose a foot or even a leg. We took in a few 3 legged hamsters because of this :(

Aww.

Ours had one of those cages that tunnels connect to. I caught the little fecker just in time one day, unscrewing the cap that goes over the hole when the tunnel isn't connected. He was so good at it, looked like he'd done it before