I vacuumed the mouse
Jul. 31st, 2005 03:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kirkcudbrightThe title sounds funny, but it's not. Number Six is a wild mouse, so the cleaning protocol goes like this: remove bedding from one side of the aquarium, vacuum up the poops, seed husks, and whatnot. Add fresh bedding, move the nest over, remove the other half of the old bedding, vacuum. This time, as I started the vacuum, there was a little blur of motion from the nest, and he disappeared. All in the literal blink of an eye.
Let's just say that the Kirby gets its power by putting the vacuum fan right at the end of the hose, and everything passes through the fan on its way to the bag. There's a "boot" below the bag, to catch big or heavy items (so you don't have to sift through the bag to retrieve that priceless ring, for example). There I found...the remains.
We trapped him on Nov 3, the day after the election. He was too wild to make a great pet, but he was a good mouse, and so cute. I feel terrible about this, not least because I had taken responsibility for his care and upkeep. His parents, siblings, friends, and relations, we released into the state forest. They've all no doubt been eaten by foxes or owls or something by now, but they were responsible for their own survival.
What else can I say? It was accidental, instantaneous, noiseless (damn near imperceptable), and very very final.
Let's just say that the Kirby gets its power by putting the vacuum fan right at the end of the hose, and everything passes through the fan on its way to the bag. There's a "boot" below the bag, to catch big or heavy items (so you don't have to sift through the bag to retrieve that priceless ring, for example). There I found...the remains.
We trapped him on Nov 3, the day after the election. He was too wild to make a great pet, but he was a good mouse, and so cute. I feel terrible about this, not least because I had taken responsibility for his care and upkeep. His parents, siblings, friends, and relations, we released into the state forest. They've all no doubt been eaten by foxes or owls or something by now, but they were responsible for their own survival.
What else can I say? It was accidental, instantaneous, noiseless (damn near imperceptable), and very very final.
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Date: 2005-07-31 07:19 pm (UTC)I feel terrible about this, not least because I had taken responsibility for his care and upkeep.
i know that feeling. it's terrible. ugh.
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Date: 2005-07-31 08:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-08-01 01:41 am (UTC)sorry :(
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Date: 2005-08-01 03:46 am (UTC)