Dez, I'm almost blind from the tears blurring my eyes. I know all too well the guilt & shoulda/woulda/coulda game that you're playing with yourself over this incident. (Mine involved a washing machine lid...I don't even want to say anymore lest I spend the rest of the day crying over something that I learned after many, many tears that it didn't change what happened.)

Give your 2 little ladies an extra set of from all of us and have an extra for yourself. It is VERY FORTUNATE that all 3 of them didn't end up there.... that's more than one soul can bear to handle.....

I'm so sorry for your loss. Be comforted in knowing that your grief is being shared by many all across the country.

Im sooo sorry for your loss! Accidents do happen so dont blame yourself!
If you ever need to talk feel free! Im here for you!

I'm so sorry for your loss!....be strong for your other babies and the lil ones on the way.....xoxoxoxo

Thank you all again for your words. You don't know how much they have meant to me and how much they have helped. It is wonderful to know I have great peeople behind me. I buried Striker this afternoon after I returned from delivering the rehomes to their new mommy. I took him out of the box I had put him in to wrap him in a nice fleece blankie. I hadn't looked at his face when I took him out of the toilet but I just had to today. I just had to have that affirmation that yes it was him and he was gone. He looked so peaceful...it was just like he was sleeping and hard to believe he was gone. He looked so beautiful. I just cried over him and told him how sorry I was. I wrapped him in the fleece blanket gently and placed him in the box. I put a note in there telling him how much I love him and how wonderful he was. I buried him deep in my flower garden where I plant flowers every spring. He will have beautiful flowers on his resting place every summer.

From a song by Chris Rice....

And with your final heartbeat
Kiss the world goodbye
Then go in peace, and laugh on Glory's side, and
Glide to Jesus
Glide to Jesus
Guide to Jesus and live!

oh i'm sooooooooooo sry i still remember the day you got him and how happy you were. I remember the post well. I just hope that one of his babies looks just like him so that maybe you can keep one in place of your beloved little guy, that way you can always remember him and the legacy he left. RIP little guy. ((hugs))

I am so very sorry for your loss ! The most important thing to remember is it's not your fault ! Accidents happen all the time and although this is horrible that you are the one dealing with this pain you are saving endless amounts of suggies from suffering the same fate by sharing your story ! Thank you for reminding everyone how important it is to take the proper precautions with suggies and toilets !

My heart aches for you. I am so sorry that you have to deal with this unexpected loss. I wished there was a way that when things like this happen that God could take away all the pain. It's hard, but please know, that all of us are sending you tons of love and comfort.

I'm really sorry for your loss. Your heart must be in pieces. I've lost my first glider 12 days ago and the pain is still there. I understand how you feel

Oh Dez I'm so sorry. As many have said it was not your fault.Some times things happen that we don't understand,but little Striker knows he has a Mommy that loves him and he waits at the bridge for you. When I saw the picture of them in the cracker box it was just too cute, I even printed a copy of to show my family. I,m praying for you and the girls

Oh Dez, I'm so sorry for what you're going through - your loss of Striker and the guilt you're feeling. We were out of town all weekend and I'm just now getting here. This was the first post I read, and my heart is breaking right with yours. I fell in love with that little Striker from the minute I saw him. He is such a beautiful boy, and a sweetheart from the beginning. Please don't blame yourself. I know how much you love your gliders, and that you would never purposely do anything to harm ANY of them. It was an accident. I'm glad that Sophia and Gypsy (and the babies) are safe. I know all of you must be missing Striker so much. As everyone else has said, please don't be so hard on yourself. I know that's much easier for us to say than it is for you to do, but try. You gave him a wonderful life, two beautiful girl friends, lots of love (and mealies) and in the end a beautiful resting place. He knew how much you loved him - I'm sure of it. Now he's at the Rainbow Bridge jumping and playing with all those that have gone before him.

If there's anything I can do for you, please let me know. You've got my phone numbers if you need or want to talk. Again, I'm so sorry Dez. Give everyone extra kisses for me, and here's some for you.

Dez, I'm so glad it didn't rain enough to stop you from burying Striker yesterday. I hoped the weather would hold out for you. That's the first step in trying to move on some. It'll take time, you know this already I'm sure, but now you can start and he can be in his resting place to have eternal peace.
Thank you again for bringing the girls to me yesterday. I'm sure that was hard considering what had happened in your own life. I want you to know how much I appreciate you still taking the time to do it. It was also great to finally meet you after seeing you on here for months.
Anyway, I'm not going to take up Strikers spot here for my own stuff. I just wanted to say thank you for everything you've done when I'm sure it wasn't the easiest time in the world for you to be doing it. *HUGZ* I'm sure everyone's told you this a million times, but I'm going to say it once more...if there's anything I can do, or you just want to talk, you have my numbers (hubby found the home phone while we were gone yesterday too ) so you can call anytime. I'm here a lot.

I'm so sorry.

I am so sorry about your Striker. I was at work and reading it and I cant stop crying. I wish I could help you with your pain, I know it has got to be so hard for you. At this time you need to cry and get it all out on how you feel. Then after that is when you can start healing. I am a new mommy and Rikki is everything to me already and I have only had him a very short time. Maybe 2 weeks and we are so close already. I hope your healing time goes fast and you remember the good times with Striker. And please dont blame yourself.. he would not want that at all. take care
mrsshoe
sarah
xoxoxox

I am very sorry that happen
I bet he had a great life though
My best wishes go out for you and your family/pets

I felt so terrible when I read this. Striker was the first baby sugar glider Jason and I ever raised and sold. It makes us so sad to know he is gone, he was the sweetest little guy. I can't believe this happened.

Dez, I am SO sorry for your loss, and as everyone else said - accidents do happen. I'm sure your little boy knows you loved him very much, but his curiosity just got the best of him. I remember the picture of him in the cracker box was one of the first I saw on GC and I fell in love, it shows just how endearing our little suggie are.

You all are so kind! It's been hard...it still is. It's still hard to believe he is gone and I'm still dealing with the what if's and the guilt and having to think of what he had to go through. I think sometimes this would have been so much easier if he would have just passed quietly in his sleep with no pain and no fear. I know I can't go back and change things but god knows I wish I could.

Dez, i know theres nothing i can say to help the way you are feeling. All i can say is that Gypsy and Sophia are LUCKY to have you because you care so much. And so was striker.

I am sooo sorry hun.

I am so sorry. I have to go into the bathroom after anyone else uses it at my house - because I seem to be the only one who understands how important it is to keep the lid closed. I really need to buy the stuff to make ladders. I have become nearly neurotic about checking the lids, and I still find that I forget, too. Striker was a gorgeous boy and he knows his mommy loved him so much.

we are so sorry for your loss...we too have lost one to drowning (3 inches in a watering can) and know the personal grief.....take comfort in the friends you have here and hope thru your experience, another can be prevented....a huge huge hug to you and yours

My heart is so broken for you right now. I wish I could think of anything to say to make it hurt a little less. You are all in my prayers. Striker was and always will be one super-stunning and fantastic suggie! And he will always love you. SENDING BIG HUGS!!

I'm so sorry for your loss, I want to cry when I think of how horrible it must have been for you, and how I would have felt to find one of my babies like that. But please remember that it really was an accident, and not your fault. Bad things sometimes happen to very good people, it's horrible, and I hate it, but life can sometimes be very unfair. I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry to hear about Striker. He was a beautiful little boy and I know for a fact that the time he spent with you was the best a glider could have asked for. You gave him a wonderful, loving family, and even if it was short, his life was obviously blessed. So many gliders out there live long, unhappy lives with people that don't know how to care for them, but you obviously did everything right by him. I'm positive Striker was so happy with you. I'm so sorry you're having to go thorugh this. You're in my thoughts and prayers : (

Is this suppose to be a joke?

It's not a very good one "suggie-slayer."

Isn't that called a "troll" on the internet now? Or something like that? Someone (with too much time on their hands and a distinct lack of respect and maturity) who just comes into a forum and writes something stupid to get people mad?

We are a tight knit caring family here at GC. That was that member's first and last post.

So sorry. Thanks, Eddie.

Thanks, Eddie & Karen & all the rest of you wonderful admin! What would we do without you guys?

I'm sure a lot of others besides me notified and I am so happy to be a part of a place like this that cares so much about people and their beloved gliders. Thank you!!