He might have just overstuffed his mouth, trying to make a bed or something. Do mice have pouches? I have hamsters, but don't do small animals with tails, so I've never had a mouse, rat or gerbil. I don't think that he would kill himself. Maybe he shouldn't have had that gravel in his cage, Jasper's Mom, since they have a tendency to pick stuff up like that. He probably just blocked his ability to breathe or something. At least you can't blame it on Moses!! Poor Honey and Lilly aren't so lucky!

You remind me of me, agonizing over things that happened a long time ago. A member on the cat board actually recognized this in me and sent me the sweetest email about letting it go.