Funny you should mention that. Before the rabbit, we had an elderly cat my wife had since college. Half Maine .... Cat, big sucker, and not quite right in the head after getting hit by a car and falling down a laundry chute. Still, kinda nice cat that got along with the Pomeranian we had at the time. So it passed away at age 18. We knew the time was coming and wanted to bury him in the family pet cemetery up at the family weekend house. Unfortunately he passed away on a Monday. We couldn't get up there until Friday. Mom and daughter crying. What to do?
Dad gently wrapped him in 2 fluffy towels, double bagged in plastic and stuck him in the freezer. I thought it was the best solution. What else could I do with a dead cat for 5 days?
My wife and daughter refused to eat from the fridge and we lived on delivery for a week.
My daughter once at a tender age grew quite attached to one of our cows, which we lovingly called "The Red Cow".
I told her many times not to get attached to that cow, as it was soon to be called "dinner".
Well the day came and the red cow disappeared, and she went about her daily life without issue until we brought new meat home from the locker plant.
At which time she decided the meat was especially red, and and she asked if this was the red cow sitting on her plate.
Yes, I replied, it's the red cow. She started bawling at the dinner table and refused to eat meat for a week.. lol.. poor thing.
But hunger finally won, and I think she grew up a little after that.. I felt kind of bad, but that's what our animals were for, we either sold them for slaughter or slaughtered them for food.. it's just life.
But decidedly more difficult to eat your pet. Or in your case eat food near your pet.. lol..