Casualty of heat

Well... Steve is gone and I came home to find the house so hot at 9p.m. that I just want to scream. But, I went out to make sure our animals have enough food and water. Parker is great (he has the kiddie pool to play in and drink from). Check. The chickens needed some water. Check. But all is not well. Liza has escaped from her cage. I try to catch her. She is not willing to be caught. Oh well, I think, I'll go check on Henry. Henry, however, has fallen victim to the heat, I think. He is dead. I feel terrible that we didn't do enough for him... he had water and the whole bottom of his cage is open and off the ground, but i guess that doesn't help when there's no breeze... it just wasn't enough these high heat days - to be in a cage. I am really bummed - but I admit, I'm not bummed that he's gone. We had already decided that we were going to post them on craigslist to give them away. I'm just bummed that we didn't do enough to keep him alive - like we failed. Ugh :(

This heat is really miserable.