This guy is a lot like his mother in a lot of ways, a marathon runner, champion climber, and an escape artist ( I bet he’d like to). But he doesn’t bite and is less edgy than she was.

I haven’t taken any hamster portraits for months, not since the massive loss I had last July. During the 95 deg plus heat wave my colony suffered massive losses while I was away for the weekend taking part in a wedding.  He’s a survivor though, and he’s the last of three generations of hamsters. His name is Sunflower, why? Because the color of his fur looked like that of a sunflower seed when he was a babe.