Sorry this is so long. About 5 years ago my Dad passed. At that point I had planned to move to CA near my brother, possibly next door. So thinking that I will be moving, got me thinking about all my animals in my graveyard and what would happen to them.. My all time prescious cat I loved above all others was my main concern. He passed about 13 years ago. I was devastated, but back to the story. I wanted to take him with me . The only thing I could come up with was to dig him up. So that's what I did. Luckily I think I found almost every bone. So I rinsed his bones and then bleached them. They came out beautifully. To say the least, I didn't move . But I have placed his bones in a small wooden box beside my bed. In the pics are also some of his fur, a few whiskers(. these were from when he was alive), a necklace, a change purse I beaded that resembled him and a pic of him. I also had a clock made with his pic and I made a little art project with him. ( He was deaf and problems walking)
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Precious.. ☺️... Sounds like something I would have and have done. I cremate all my animals and have for decades just for this reason. Leaving them behind was too difficult. I too have dug a few up many many decades ago when moving (before cremation was an option for me). Losing pets (my children) is as hard if not harder sometimes as losing family members (imho).
@Elisbch I'm glad you don't think I'm creepy and a psycho. I wish I had all my babies next to me in a box. I have a cemetery for all of them. I never knew you could cremate animals up to a few years back.
@melissa001 I really don't know if cremation is available everywhere. I guess that depends on what facilities are available. Mortuaries(?) were reluctant to do it in the beginning decades ago where I lived then but then some started doing it eventually. Now there are companies where I live now that offer cremation service. So in some rural areas there may not be too many choices? I would ask around the different mortuaries(?) to see if they offer that service to people. Some mortuaries here even carry the small boxes for the ashes. They usually have some sort of way of attaching a name to the box. The service (business) I use now, I can buy just about anything I want from them that relates to all of this. The fee for cremation is usually based on the weight of the animal. Fees for boxes and other things are separate.
Oh heavens no I don't think you're creepy or anything like that. 🤗😊
@melissa001 .. that's good you have access to those facilities now!
they're usually not cheap but I always try to make sure that I have money put aside just for this because unfortunately it happens and I can't bare to feel I couldn't have one of my kids cremated. I won't hesitate to run up my credit card a bit to get this done. 😊
