#mouse death

it was just sitting in the sun not really doing anything. as we talked it kinda just slowly walked away from the voices but we could tell right away something was wrong. its eyes were closed or like maybe it didn’t even have eyes in the first place. i picked it up with a glove but there was literally nothing there to feed it

i just kinda sat with it for a little bit and since it didn’t seem scared of me at all, i decided to bring it home and feed it something. we usually get mice at our house every year around this time and i just pick them up in a container and take them outside so my cat doesn’t get to them first, so this was nothing new to me.

i brought it home but it wouldn’t eat anything i tried giving it. fruits, vegetables, seeds, it wouldn’t eat any of it. i knowww i probably should’ve worn gloves but by now it really wasn’t moving around at all so i just kinda sat outside in the sun petting it, not really knowing what to do.

then it like started wobbling around all of a sudden. i tried to get this on video but it stopped right as i started recording. it seemed like it wanted someplace warm cuz it was burying its nose into my clothes so i was gonna let it rest in my pocket.

right after i took the video and began petting it again, it died in my hands at exactly 5pm.

i have no idea what happened. i don’t know if it was a baby, i don’t know if it was super old, i don’t know if it had been poisoned or starved to death. i have no idea what happened but i’m happy i was there comforting it in the sun in its final moments.

i took it in the backyard and buried it next to a tree we planted when my dog bella died almost two years ago. my other dog hershey was there and helped me dig the hole, just like last time. the sun barely hit the backyard and i felt bad about that. but once i was done burying it, i noticed a tiny patch of sunlight shining right where i buried the mouse.

and that was it. idk i just wanted to talk about what happened earlier. i’ll miss the little guy but im happy i could be there with it in its final moments, and it wasn’t alone