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cremating?
Well my tabby is getting old, she's healthy except she's fat haha, she is 13 and she's basically like a child to me. Lately I can't help but think about what I will do when she dies, I know I'll be devastated and I hate thinking about it. Basically I want to ask about cremating pets: is it costly? Do you just take the pet to a regular human crematory?
I would just bury her in the backyard next to my dog's grave, but I know I won't be living here much longer [I'm 18] and my parents will probably move soon after.
I also heard about compressing ashes into a diamond, I'm guessing that is really expensive though?
And I thought about getting her stuffed like the dog on Scrubs, but I'm sure that costs too much.
So can anyone tell me about cremation? Or other options, I just will want a good way to remember her and [this sounds dumb but] honor her. Personal experience would help a lot, kinda why I'm asking here in the first place. Thanks for any help.
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Well I think you should take your cat or dog to the vet or look online on ask.com and search why dogs spit up blood you should be able to find out why your dog is spitting up blood.I wish you the best of luck and I hope everything turns out ok.
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You should call around to the local veterinarians and see what the do for their deceases patients. I work at a vet clinic who will take an ink paw print and make a card out of it with the animals name. People really enjoy and appreciate them. I've heard of other clinics who make clay paw prints. There are also kits that you can use at home to make a claw paw print of your pet. You can probably find them at a pet store.
As far as cremation. You need to bring her to the veterinarian to do so. Cremation costs range widely from vet clinic to vet clinic. There are two kinds of cremation, one usually called a group cremation, where you can't get your animals ashed back, and one called a private cremation where you get your animals ashes back. If you get your animals ashes back, they usually provide different choices of urnes and memorial plaques or what not, depending on the clinic and the crematory place. Many places will also let you cremate your cat's favorite toy or blanket with them. It does of course depend on whether it's flame retardant or plastic.
So, basically you should call around to your area clinics for info on this.
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Here are some sites:
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I've found that some sites don't give you the prices, so the two above do have the prices. Diamonds with the ashes in them are A LOT (x 15) more expensive (just to show, you're talking about $3000 - $19000).
Stuffing is fine, as long as you can stand the fact that she won't meow again, no matter how life like she is. Creamating would be the best way I think because you can put her ashes anywhere and honour her in that way.
I hope this helped,
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Cremation is generally done by the vet. Around where I live, it costs about $60. Diamonds, I don't have a clue about, but I wager that is very costly.
If you choose to do like the dog on Scrubs, that is Taxidermy. You will be better off just calling around your area to taxidermists to get a price range. It isn't cheap, but you may find someone who's willing to cut you a fair deal.
If you want to bury her, you could always find a place that is kind of in the middle of nowhere, bury her, and place some sort of marker. Then you will know that you can always go to visit her grave if you want.
As for a way to honor her when the dreaded time comes, you can make a photo album compiled of nothing but photos with her in them. Then you have a way to look back on all of the good memories you shared with her.
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