Okay…...WARNING! This is a true ( and sad, horrible story! )
When my daughter was about 4 we got a baby pet rat.
It seemed sick within the first few days, coldish and wheezing.
One afternoon I decided to try to give a steam treatment to the poor thing to help it’s breathing.
I filled a large bowl with water and boiled it in the microwave.
When it was hot and steaming I put the baby rat on a big folded towel on the top rack of the microwave. It seemed secure no danger of falling.
My daughter was outside playing and came to the back door, somehow it had ended up locked and I went to let her in, when all of a sudden…... I heard a little splashing sound!
OMG! Yes, I regret to say it’s true. :-(
Somehow the poor little thing had fallen off it’s towel and into the bowl of boiled water.
Not a happy ending, not at all.
I felt terrible for months.
Talk about literally killing something with kindness.