The Hamster Trials Diary Entry #3:

We were a little concerned, actually a lot concerned, that Momo-Chan might in fact be a Manmo-Kun due to her/his (?) enthusiastic, uh, humping behavior recently.

But it turns out that female hamster will hump each other when they are in heat. So, with a little luck hopefully we won’t be adding any new hamsters to our hamster family.

Steve Howard has published in numerous literary journals. Mystical Meat Machines, a Sci Fi novelette series was released in 2020. He teaches English in Japan and is a semi-professional stand up comedian.