Completed June 23, 2015 – no, not in a single day; she was the portable-kit creature at the last two art shows, and just needed posing, nose, whiskers, and general touch-up today.

After a couple of years trekking with the menagerie she’s off to a home of her own at last. Write to the Salamander to discuss construction of a cousin if a golden hamster needs to be in your future.