Keeps trying to escape

Update: she didn’t escape last night thankfully. I turned on white noise and dropped a couple drops of lavender essential oil in her cage. I read on here somewhere that can help calm them down. I saw her eat and drink and she used her wheel. I think she’ll be fine but I am looking for enrichment ideas. One idea I saw was to put some herbs in a hedgehog safe container and let them smell it. I think I’ll make a rock box too. I want to get a better tunnel as the one she has right now isn’t very good. Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Another update. She escaped. I found her and she was fine but how do I stop her from trying to escape?

RemiTheHog said:

Another update. She escaped. I found her and she was fine but how do I stop her from trying to escape?

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Think maybe this might be a smell issue, if she doesn’t like the smell she might try to escape. Also can I see a picture of the cage?

I love your cage Setup might borrow some ideas lol, I recommend actually getting something like plastic without the bars for the walls since it’s easier to escape when they are bars.

Thank you! I did think about the bars when I bought it. They’re vertical and she didn’t escape out the top. Instead, she went under it because one of the grids was disconnected. When I realized I fixed it immediately and she hasn’t escaped since. I think she’s stopped trying to too. I left her snuggle bag in her cage which has her scent all over it and she sleeps in that every night. I didn’t think to leave it in before because in her old cage she was sleeping in her designated sleeping area. I believe you were right with the smell issue. Thanks for your help!