My mouse rescue, Snack, just died. [View All]

I don't know why I'm so upset. It's a mouse. Given how young it was when I started hand-feeding it, I know that it didn't have a good chance. He seemed to be doing really good though. He was crawling around on me a couple hours ago. He was growing and getting his fur. I know that I originally purchased him as food. It's actually hitting me pretty hard.

I'm normally good about detaching myself from animals I'm hand-feeding. I once had a nearly weaned bird die of aspiration *IN MY HAND*. I know how many things can go wrong beyond my control. And I'm crying over this stupid little mouse, that I bought as gecko food. It must have just happened, because it's body is still warm. I'm burying the little guy in my yard tommorow.

On edit: Oddly enough, my Dwarf Frog which has been MIA for the last month, is suddenly out and about in it's fish tank. Where the hell did it hide for so long in a 5g tank containing 2 corydoras catfish, a dwarf gourami, 2 plants, and a plastic castle? At least the frog is doing good.