When oscar died int he night we found bif sitting lone about two feet away from the crate door. then we saw her go into the crate and try and wake him up. we put his body on a clean bath towel and she came over and kept nudging and licking him to try to see why he wouldnt move..but when she looked at me i know it sounds daft but it was like she knew but just ddint want to accept it.
she got lower and lower in herself..shes never been a people bunny either..and finally on the fifht day she sstopped even trying to move..she refused to come out of the dog crate..turned her nose up at food etc. my brother had come over from bognor and he said omg shes laid down to die..and she had.
just then jo turned up with bertie to borrow to see if he could help her...he lost his missus 5 motnhs earlier.
he went up to her and wahsed her like he was trying to wash away her pain..and she responded to it too..made us cry.
but then she turned territotial on him a few hours later. it got her eating drinking moving and i do truly belive he saved her life. when bandit was dying and we didnt know she wouldnt snuggle with him or have anyhting to do with him but sat nearish him looking at us. then we realsied omg hes dying.
when he had been pts i popped her ont he table to be with his body..she sniffed him once and then jumped into my arms snuggling right up under my chin. she was very very quiet for a while but somehow her and bertie who was grieving for willow still..rebonded themselves.
willow died here so i guess it was easier to tell the response.
i think we are grieving as much as them..they try not to show it as its weakness that may make them too distracted to see predators. but they do grieve...like people each int heir own way.
just see how he goes...take one step at a time.
theres nothing else you can do.....time is the only thing you have on your side in these times xxxxx