recommendations?

I don't but I want the answers too

it's not an animal but Possessed by a Cotton Ball is hella similar

My Rat Is An S-Class Awakener
^^ this maybe? has the same pet turning into a person/romantic interest trope.

That one is hilarious. I love the mc banter

I actually know of one with the exact plot of dying and getting reincarnated into a story as a bird like this one

https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/i_ve_become_a_crow/

thank you all! ill check this one and the other ones that got recommended out!

https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/shouwaru_boukun_kishu_to_nagasare_senba/

This one mc is reincarnated as a horse lol, but the story is so lovey dovey

This one is not bl but it's so funny and cute

https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/i_ve_become_a_crow/