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Has anyone ever had a pet seperatly cremated?
And if so, how much did it cost?
And if so, how much did it cost?
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how do you mean?
like you bury the legs and cremate the body?
I think it's usually around £200 btw
As in, i want my pet cremated seperately from other animals so i can keep her ashes to scatter
I wouldn't have thought so seeing as you get the ashes back and stuff?
I know they do it at night, but i assume/hope they do it one at a time!
they just take a shovel full and fill it in the urn... They make you think it's your granny, when for real you have an rapist, an alcoholic and the dog you hit with your car last week inside
Yeah, I really thought this was what happened. Surely it would be more economical to wait until you have quite a few to cremate then stoke the furnace?
What pet was it?
When did she die?
She currently has end stage heart failure.
Im just back from the vets (i thought she was being euthenased today...but apparantly she's not suffering so i didnt see the point yet) and it costs £69 for the cremation and £12 for euthenasia. Really, really steep prices for a tiny ferret that weighs less than the average guinea pig...
I'll let her die a natural death so long as she's comfortable. But i think i will want her to be cremated as i have nowhere to bury her.
Horrible
Oh sweetheart, I'm sorry. Hope you're OK *sends some hugs*
they're gas fires, not coal
Hello again,
I have some decisions to make and need some assistance!! The ferret is still clinging onto life but has stopped eating now, and will definatly get euthenased tomorrow.
It costs £12 to get her euthenased which is fine. The thing is, i have nowhere to bury her where i am (im not at a permanent address and its all concrete anyway) regardless, i want her buried at my family home under a nice bush so i can visit the grave and stuff in the future.
The plan was, to get her euthenased tomorrow then drive back to my family home (which is 3 hours away...) to bury her.
BUT! I have two important appointments on tuesday and wednesday so i cant do that. Yet i cant have her body hanging around for 2 days till i am able to drive back.
Im not completely up for the idea of having her cremated. Seems almost disrespectful to burn my beloved pet's body, somehow? Not sure if that makes any sense. Not only that, but the cremation costs £60 which is way over the top.
Seems like paying for a cremation is the only option, because then i can bury her ashes when i next go home. But im not sure i agree with it and will regret it and feel guilty
Any opinions...thoughts...advice?! What would you lot do
*many hugs for you*
But at the same time, it would disturb me to smell her body if i was to keep it for 2 days before burying it
boooo:( i hate this decision.
And i also thought it may be nice to have a little pot of ashes for a while and then i can bury or spread them when i am ready to go home to a nice place.
Clearly she wont know that she's been burned, she'll be dead all the same.
The only thing i disagree with now is the price :impissed:
I didn't know that she was going to be cremated, or even that she was being brought home, until the day my mum brought her ashes home. I never really thought about whether I felt bad or not, but I don't think I do. She was dead, and even if there is some "better place" for them, her soul wouldn't be in her body anymore.
*more hugs* because I know how much you probably need them
its true tho, even when a human has a cremation all the days (maybe weeks) bodies get done at the same time. the ashes you get back aint necessarily the ones you want
Hope you're ok anyway, it's still really upsetting, even when you know it's going to happen *hugs*
Freezing isnt really an opnion. I live in a shared house and my housemates are not happy with the idea of a dead animal being in our freezer. Im also not sure that i like the idea of her laying in my freezer for days, dead :no:
Koe, if its not her individual ashes that i get back then i dont see the point in paying so much money for it. How would i find out if its true?
*Sigh* I just dont know what to do.
Yeh, they do. I can remember burying all of my past pets. And my last ferret.
And i think it does help me have closure when i bury them. This pet is the most important ive had to bury so far, as ive become more attached to her than any ive had before, she's gone absolutely everywhere with me for the past 8 years and has seen me through over a third of my life
She was euthenased this morning, it wasnt very nice, but at least she's not struggling any more.
I asked the vets if they can keep her body till the weekend, and they were fine with it, which im really pleased about as i can bury her at my family home and make her a nice grave. I really dont think i was happy about the cremation thing.
Thanks for the the replies and hugs etc.
R.I.P Fidget
I'm glad they could keep her for you until you can bury her.
She looked really cute.
please accept my sincere apologies hun
you've done the right thing though, 8 happy years, probably being spoilt and loved to death, you wouldnt have wanted for her to lose her dignity and die in pain
*hugs*
Ive just been clearing all her stuff out of my room, found her favourite toy and ive decided to bury it with her
I do actually feel really strange, like a part of me has gone. Ive had her since i was 14...im now 22. She's been with me for such a significant part of my life, and its quite strange not having to carry on with her routine, playing with her, taking her with me when i go on trips, or having a cuddle with her when i feel sad.
She licked a tear from my cheek in the vets