I had 2 cats they were brothers just under the age of 1 and last thursday 1 of them got run over, my initial reaction was to retrieve the body wait for my girlfreind to get home from work then break her the news and get the poor little fella buried asap.
My thought was to hide the dead cat (CHUCK) away from his brother (BABY) as i thought this might upset him seeing his brother lying there lifeless, since this the couple of days after baby has not seemed to miss his brother and got lots of attention. But now 5 days after the accident baby seems to be looking for chuck so i looked on google and read a article that says theat we should have shown chuck to baby to give him closure and for him to realise that he is dead. Hindsight is a great thing as i now wish i had done this.
5 days after the accident now and baby was off his food yesterday and seems restless he comes in the house then goes back out i think hes looking for chuck. apart from giving him lots of cuddles and attention is there anything that i can do for baby, as obiously showing him chuck is truly out of the question now. i know i have messed up but i wasnt thinking straight the day of the accident, if theres anything i can do to help baby get over it ill do it.
My thought was to hide the dead cat (CHUCK) away from his brother (BABY) as i thought this might upset him seeing his brother lying there lifeless, since this the couple of days after baby has not seemed to miss his brother and got lots of attention. But now 5 days after the accident baby seems to be looking for chuck so i looked on google and read a article that says theat we should have shown chuck to baby to give him closure and for him to realise that he is dead. Hindsight is a great thing as i now wish i had done this.
5 days after the accident now and baby was off his food yesterday and seems restless he comes in the house then goes back out i think hes looking for chuck. apart from giving him lots of cuddles and attention is there anything that i can do for baby, as obiously showing him chuck is truly out of the question now. i know i have messed up but i wasnt thinking straight the day of the accident, if theres anything i can do to help baby get over it ill do it.