left food in there with some soft bedding, chances are this is where i would find him later on.
if you find him and try to catch him then do it with slow movements. this will have less chance of startling or scaring him and if you hold out some food to him, you may be lucky enough to have a hungry hamster that will take it from you with no trouble.
just chasing a hamster around the room serves no purpose and there is the chance that you may step on him by accident. hamsters are delicate and will probably not survive this kind of treatment. if he seems to be 