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[Lil' Dice]

I'm thinking of how I'm going to lay my two cats to rest when they die.
Based on your experiences, where do you bury your pets and how much does it usually cost?
I just know my girlfriend will be distraught when it happens.
Then again, I may just have them cremated and spread the ashes somewhere.

 

[Gantz]

Cremation. Burial is such a waste for both humans and animals.

 

[Jdw40223]

You could do it mob style and bury them yourselve ... in the backyard or the location of your choice. That's what I did when my bird died. However, the cats are a bit bigger and the holes will need to be large; still can be done.

 

[Mama Smurf]

We've buried cats in our back garden before. Of course, we've moved now, and I sometimes wonder what the new people's reaction will be if they remodel it or something and come across cat skeletons.

 

[Azih]

Dumpster it MAF Style.

 

[pnjtony]

yeah, i'm all for dumpsters

 

[hXc_thugg]

Fashion a small boat that is scaled to the pets size. Put paper or cloths covered in kerosene in the boat. Lay the pet in the boat and light it on fire, then send it off to sea.

 

[pnjtony]

 

[Forsete]

You could do it mob style and bury them yourselve ... in the backyard or the location of your choice. That's what I did when my bird died. However, the cats are a bit bigger and the holes will need to be large; still can be done.

We have done this with three cats. Our bird, who died in 1999 sometime, is still to be buried. Though, he is now mummified (he looks exactly like when he was alive), so I think we will keep him on the shelf in the garage for a few more years.

I could never dump a pet in a dumpster.

 

[evil ways]

If it's something large like a cat or dog I double bag it then drive it to the nearest dumpster, usually the KFC or Taco Bell down the street.

 

[Chopin Trusty Balls]

Use it as a gun silencer,seriously just put in the dumpster or if you are hardcore enough crimate it.

 

[Firest0rm]

I had a baby chic once, lived with my for one day and died the next morning. My mom just threw it in the trash . We also had good number of fish, which all started disappearing when my dad got us a new fish that seemed to enjoy snacking on the rest.

 

[Lil' Dice]

Nah, that's too white trash...

 

[Chopin Trusty Balls]

Nah, that's too white trash...

Well you can put the urn on the fireplace right between your grandparents.

 

[Lil' Dice]

Well you can put the urn on the fireplace right between your grandparents.

That's even more gaudy. Like i said before, if i were to cremate them i would spread their ashes somewhere.

 

[Folder]

From my wonderful wife:
(She feels strongly about this topic - taking a break from M&LSS)
"First you have to say goodbye, then get a really sweet box, then pick loads of nice plants and tuck them into the bottom of the box all cute, arange the dead animal, add more flowers and fill the box with things it enjoyed. The sob all over it, then kiss it, then present it with gifts, then bury it with a proper gravestone."
I personally am up for the dumpster, unless there's kids involved.

 

[fennec fox]

What makes a box really sweet? Is an old cigar box okay?

 

[Pimpwerx]

Get a nice shoebox, wrap it up carefully. Then find a nice open stretch of road and throw the box out the passenger side window. :lol Sorry. Choose a box small enough to fit them in, and maybe put the animal in a freezer bag or something for the smell. I don't know about anyone else, but unless you're gonna bury it really deep, the smell will come up, and animals will try to dig it up. Don't really want that. PEACE.

 

[Koopa]

I did a bural at sea with my last dog, It was a 16 year old beagle.. I layed him down on a nice bed of flowers, the toys he loved and what he slept on and doused him his lighter fluid and lit a match, letting him float into the sunset, then I went and bought another one the next day.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

both of my dogs from when i was a kid that died are buried in the backyard. And both were bigass German Shepard mixes. Im thinking the new owner could be in for a nice suprise if my parents ever sell their house and he decides to dig up the yard.

 

[Drinky Crow]

Homemade trebuchet, with a firing range long enough to reach the 405 at rush hour. What a way to go!

 

[Phoenix]

We have done this with three cats. Our bird, who died in 1999 sometime, is still to be buried. Though, he is now mummified (he looks exactly like when he was alive), so I think we will keep him on the shelf in the garage for a few more years.

I could never dump a pet in a dumpster.

Wait. You couldn't put one in the dumpster but you can leave it to rot on the shelf in your garage? :lol

 

[Mama Smurf]

From my wonderful wife

Wedding photos please.

 

[Cherubae]

I had to bury my old cat in the backyard of my apartment. I covered him in some fabric, threw in a Sacajawea dollar coin, a few other coins, some toys, and buried him. Doing the whole thing by myself was difficult to do I didn't want to leave my 16-year-old cat in the backyard of a strange apartment complex, but I didn't have anywhere else to put him.

His body is still back there right under my kitchen window.

 

[Heezzi]

 

[Fifty]

Classy.

 

[Gibbo]

^ For fishes, I'll do what Hezzi does.

For small animals such as hamsters, I tie them up in a plastic bag and throw them into the bin

As for larger animals like my 2 late dogs, I paid the vet a fee of around 20 bucks to bury them

 

[cubanb]

grab a shovel and start digging

 

[SickBoy]

As of right now, we have the ashes of our two fairly-recently departed cats in nice containers in our house. I don't know if it's a permanent arrangement or not. When our eldest cat died just over a year ago, we had her cremated, got an urn of sorts, put the ashes (in plastic) in it, along with all sorts of stuff she really liked. We were stupidly emotional over it, and it still moves me to think about it.

Our younger cat died an untimely death this year due to a sizeable tumor in his digestive tract. At our new vet, they deal with a local group that will put the remains in a personalized/engraved box. So that's where he is today.

 

[Lil' Dice]

As of right now, we have the ashes of our two fairly-recently departed cats in nice containers in our house. I don't know if it's a permanent arrangement or not. When our eldest cat died just over a year ago, we had her cremated, got an urn of sorts, put the ashes (in plastic) in it, along with all sorts of stuff she really liked. We were stupidly emotional over it, and it still moves me to think about it.

Our younger cat died an untimely death this year due to a sizeable tumor in his digestive tract. At our new vet, they deal with a local group that will put the remains in a personalized/engraved box. So that's where he is today.

That's the type of reply i was looking for. That's a cool way to deal with deceased pets that you loved at some point.