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mrebecca
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Serious question about pets.
mrebecca
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Ok, so where I grew up, we owned the property, so we could do whatever we felt like doing, as far as digging or planting or building goes.
So in that yard, there are about 15 or so pet graves.
Seriously. There are at least four hamsters, there's a frog, an iguana, a couple of rabbits, countless, countless fish that I didn't have the heart to flush, and who knows what else.
When our dog and cats die, they'll be buried somewhere special in our back yard.
So I was wondering...
If you rent, live in the city, or have some other living arrangement prohibiting you to be able to dog a hole in nearby ground, what do you do when your pet dies?
Do pet cemeteries exist? How expensive are they?
Cremation?
Taxidermified?
Shove it in a garbage and hope it doesn't stink by garbage day?
I'm honestly curious.
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Re: Serious question about pets.
A nearby vet has a pet crematory on site and I know a lot of people who have sent all sorts of animals there. I'll probably go that route and keep the ashes until we buy our forever home.
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Wow, that's really nice of them to do. The paw print thing would be really special.
I think I would pass on this part.
We've had pets cremated.
Yes, definitely.
I personally think it would be cool to take my cat to a taxidermist when she dies, and like, make her the base of a lamp.
How cool would that be!?
But would it still get fleas?
I live on 2.5 acres and I have no desire to bury pets on my property. It seems unsanitary or something. I wouldn't bury humans there, so why my dogs?
We do not have a pet, but this has got me thinking about what we will do when we do and it passes away.
Growing up, we had a few dogs, but for different reasons, we had to get rid of them. My sister had a hamster that she "forgot" to feed and I honestly do not remember what my mom did with it.
I do know the vet in our area offers cremation.
We rent a townhome; when our kitten died we had her cremated.
My backyard was the same growing up, complete pet cemetary.
When we move in a few months we will own a nice sized back yard, but I think I might still do cremation (for pets like cats and dogs). We want to put a pool in etc. and don't really know how we'll shape up out backyard over the years, so I don't want to have to dig up any pets that are resting peacefully lol.
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Cremation. I have my cat Precious sitting in my closet, lol. The place I took her gave me her paw print and, if I wanted, pieces of her fur.
ETA: I had to put her down due to cancer but the vet wouldn't allow us to take her unless we cremated her. You cannot legally bury let remains where I live.
Isn't 2.5 acres like, all of Rhode Island?
I wouldn't bury a dog in a human cemetery.
I would, however, bury a human in land that wasn't a cemetery.
I think I'd really rather have my own special resting place than lie with who knows how many people forever and beyond.
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TTC since May 2006. After 3 failed Clomid cycles, 2 failed Injectibles/IUIs, 2 failed IVFs and 1 failed FET, we moved on to adoption!
Last ditch FET resulted in BFP, and identical twin girls!
But you could make something really nice ...
In our area it's illegal to bury a pet that has died. If the pet dies at the vet's office (ie: being put to sleep or something else) they will cremate it and you can bring them there if they die at home. When my childhood dog passed away we got his ashes and spread them in his favorite park. I think keeping them would be a tad creepy.
Lots of cities have pet cemeteries these days.
You should definately check the laws in your area. It could be illegal to bury any pet even in your own property. I wouldn't bury an animal on someone else's property.
I'd take the pet the any vet and they can help you make cremation arrangements.
I used to work at a vet. We had deceased animals cremated. You can get a private cremation or a group cremation. Private meaning that you would get your pet's ashes back in an urn. Private cremation I think it cost $80. Group cremation was much cheaper. We bagged and tagged the animals and put them in a freezer in the back. Once a week the cremation service would come by and pick up the animals.