Can a hamster live in a cardboard box for a day?

Maybe it will die like in the middle of the night but I'm not sure, unless you punch some holes in the box and give its food, it might not die.

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I supposed it could but it's more likely that by morning they will have chewed their way out of the box and gotten somewhere that you can't find them. They love to chew so that's like extending an invitation to them to chew their way out.