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Unfortunately there are no regulations to this. At least not in my state. On a side note, on the night that Dick died, this same emergency vet's office told me that I was not permitted to take him home with me, and that my only options were either euthanasia or a long-term hospitalization...

 They did inform me of my options: Free cremation where I would receive nothing, and "single pet", which I would pay for and receive ashes. I chose the latter, and later found out the practices of the crematorium and the vet. The ashes I would've received would've been ashes of many different...

Thank you.  I feel privileged to be the type of person who had the ability to connect so deeply with one of these creatures. It's a bond and a love of the purest nature, and I pity people who don't understand and/or minimize it. I live in (lifelong, unfortunately)  western Pennsylvania and...

 I figured I'd post this here. If it needs to be moved, my apologies. Anyway, I thought I'd share what I've just recently discovered about pet cremation. My baby boy Dick passed away a week ago today. I paid (or at least I thought I paid) for him to be shipped off, cremated, and returned to me...

 Oh, and his name...."Dick". I know that's a strange name for a cat, and honestly there was no rhyme or reason to me naming him that. The day I brought him home after I found him on the side of the road, I called him that. I honestly don't know why. It was the strangest thing. There were no...

 Thank you. Dick was beautiful, and he always won over everyone....Even people who otherwise couldn't stand cats. There was something more to him. I don't know what though.....I don't know if I'll ever know for sure. Like I said, he picked me. He's been with me through so many changes in my...

 Thank you. I know it will, but I also know it'll take time. I've made the mistake of bottling things up in the past, and that ends with really bad results down the line. Today was terrible, but it was better than yesterday. Each day it will get a little better. Time stopped for me on Sunday...

 Thank you for your kind words. You're right.....A lot of people don't understand. It's comforting to know that there's a few people out there who do. For years, I lived alone with Dick. He was who I'd come home to every night, and wake up beside every morning.  He became a part of me....He...

The temptation to stay home and crawl under a blanket all day is hard to resist. I'm self employed so I could easily do it, but I won't. I went to work yesterday and held it together all day pretty well. I don't know how I did it. Came home and just lost it. This world just seems empty right...

I lost my best friend last night. He gave me more love, comfort and joy that most of the people who have come and gone in my life. I have no words to describe the way I feel right now. He was so, so much more than "just a cat". I will have his ashes later this week in an urn, and when it's my...

Dick's condition deteriorated last night. I rushed him back to the vet, where they drained his fluid again. The ER vet told me that although they can keep tapping his chest, it just wasn't realistic to keep doing so every 48 hours, as he'd develop more problems from the tapping and would be in...

 They gave him a mild sedative on Friday night when they tapped his chest the second time. The first tap was to stabilize him, and the second was to get the remaining fluid out. The fluid did not re-accumulate while he was in the hospital. His disposition is the same today as when I brought him...