A sad day... Our mouse Sprinkles passed away this morning.→[More:]

She had been sick since late last Thursday night. When I went to give her the morning dose of her meds today, I knew things were bad - she felt cold when I picked her up and didn't have the energy to do anything, even swallow the medicine. I called the boyfriend into the room and he held her until she was gone.

Now I'm at work and feel too sad to do much of anything. The boyfriend is taking it especially hard since she was 'his' mouse and she died in his hands. I wish I could be home with him, but have no idea what I'd do to comfort him.

Little miss Sprinkles was an awesome mouse. She loved to sit on our shoulders and went crazy any time we put seed treats into their cage.

Now we only have Snickers, who will need companions within the next few weeks as female mice don't do well living alone. And given that we'd have to quarantine new mice for three weeks before introducing them to Snickers, we'd have to get them now-ish. I just don't know how to approach the subject with the boyfriend since we're both grieving.

Sad face.