Squeak Squeak Plop
I keep having a dream where I'm in my bedroom, and in it is the school desk with the aquarium used as a rodent cage. There's the same neglected mouse, but maybe it's a hamster, waiting to be fed. They're hanging on to life and I feel so bad I haven't given them attention. I always feed them right away and they go straight to the food. Maybe a part of me is afraid they'll bite me because they're so hungry, so I don't touch them.
Every time I have to wonder if I really did neglect my last mouse this bad? It's strange I can't remember. I know I didn't give it the best life (not cleaning the cage as regularly as normal and forgetting to check the food bowl at least once), and I guess that has stuck with me. It has been over a decade since I've had a pet mouse (I think Johanna and Butterscotch were the last, but I can't remember who died first), so it's weird that this comes up from time to time in my dreams.
Every time I have to wonder if I really did neglect my last mouse this bad? It's strange I can't remember. I know I didn't give it the best life (not cleaning the cage as regularly as normal and forgetting to check the food bowl at least once), and I guess that has stuck with me. It has been over a decade since I've had a pet mouse (I think Johanna and Butterscotch were the last, but I can't remember who died first), so it's weird that this comes up from time to time in my dreams.