Pretty much...
I remember how I felt when I had to wrap and bury my hamster...and I know she was a rodent, but she had her own personality and was just as good a pet as a dog or a cat. I had discovered her early that same morning, laying in the bottom of her cage in the living room, with her eyes open.
Though I was sad that she had died, it bothered me even more that she had to die with her eyes open....which meant that it wasn't in her sleep or anything as peaceful.