We love a stowaway pet story, and here’s one that really bowled us over this week. As teen cricketer Tyler Ivey unpacked his bat and pads from his kitbag after arriving for an away game, he was stunned to hear his team-mates shouting about a "rat" running around in the changing room.
Tyler, 15, took one look at the rodent scampering across the floor and realised it was his pet hamster Gerbus. He had been asleep in his bag for the team's two-hour journey from Holsworthy in Devon to Liskeard in Cornwall. Adventurous Gerbus had snuck into the bag while Tyler was cleaning out his cage that morning.
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