gets stuck to cage after eating magnet
A hamster was in dire need of super powers when she got stuck to her metal cage – after chomping on a magnet from a Spider-Man toy.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Four-month-old Smurf was found hanging from the outside of her cage by her mouth after owner Kate Meech returned from a day out with her family.
After being stuck there for eight hours, the rodent was freed by the mother of four, who then saw the outline of the magnet in Smurf’s cheek pouch.
The metal disc had fallen off the foot of a £6 Spider-Man action figure belonging to Mrs Meech’s ten-year-old son, Thomas, before Smurf munched on the 1p-sized metal and squeezed out of her cage.
Mrs Meech, of Northampton, said: ‘Hamsters are nocturnal so Smurf probably got stuck in the night and was left hanging there all day.
‘After checking on her for a few days, I realised that her body started to push the magnet out of her cheek through the skin.’
She added: 'We found the magnet and she just has a little graze on her cheek. But she's back to her normal, loopy self.
'I've warned the children to keep their toys away from the cage from now on
Fri Apr 20, 2012 8:53 am
