After you cat died.

keith p · Jan 19, 2006

After your cat/cats passed away, what did you do then, did you creamate them, or bury them? I'm just asking because when my cat Phil died we brought his body home and buried him in our backyard with a blanket and his toys, and made a cross to put on top of his grave. I was the only member of my family who touched him after he passed away, (to say my last goodbye) nobody else could bare to look at him after he passed away, it hurttoo much. Is my family the only one who did this, or have some of you buried your pets bodies in your yard.

hissy · Jan 19, 2006

Keith all our cats that have passed, whether kittens or adult are buried here on our land. Regardless of how long they have been here (because we rescue) they are all treated with the same dignity and laid in the ground

princeegrl · Jan 19, 2006

I have two cats buried in my backyard so no you are not the only one who has buried beloved pets in your backyard.

keith p · Jan 19, 2006

I have heard that some get creamated, i've even heard of others being mounted, and im serious about that too....

nebula11 · Jan 19, 2006

I have always thought that I would cremate my kits.......

The reason why is because what if I moved or something....I would be leaving them behind......

Plus they are all indoor cats w/ no interest in being outside....why am I going to put them outside for an eternaty.....

I know thier souls move on over the bridge when they die...But just the thought of leaving them behind breaks my heart.....

I know it may sound loopy...But i always wanted to cremate them and turn them into diamonds.......that way I can keep them safe forever.......plus they will become something beautiful....like they were beautiful while alive.......

Yeah I am out to lunch

blueyedgirl5946 · Jan 20, 2006

We have always buried our cats in the yard. We did move three years ago and the property we sold had several of our beloved cats there. Our cats, Max, died last July and he is buried here where we live now. My husband built a form and poured a concrete marker for his grave. He etched around the outside and then wrote his name and the dates of his birth and death. I held him when he was put to sleep. We brought him home. My husband put him inside an old tee shirt of mine that had cats on the front and back of it. So Max was buried with his head sticking out the neck of my shirt. We felt like he deserved some dignity.

middletown · Jan 20, 2006

Originally Posted by keith p

I'm just asking because when my cat Phil died we brought his body home and buried him in our backyard with a blanket and his toys, and made a cross to put on top of his grave.

What a great honor and rememberance to your cat Phil. RIP Phil.

I do the same, but make special markers with their names on it insted of a cross. I will bury them with their unique toys or items that they have played with or snuggled in
I agree with another post here though. it will be tough if we ever have to move knowing i have left those behind. i know they are gone, but its the thought that will haunt me.
I have never had a cremation, but with my furry buddy Gizmo, when he passes i think that i will have him cremated to take with me. Ill never have another cat like him and dont want to leave him behind. (i hope its years before i cross that decision though)

AbbysMom · Jan 20, 2006

Originally Posted by Nebula11

The reason why is because what if I moved or something....I would be leaving them behind......

When Molly died, our house was up for sale. We did not want to bury her in the yard and leave her behind, so we had her cremated. Also, the people we bought this house from let us know where in the yard their cat was buried.

pui hang · Jan 20, 2006

When Mittens died, we had her cremated and put her ashes in a special granite rock which was cut in two and then one half was hollowed out so that we could put her ashes in there along with some photos of us with her, her favourite toys and a couple of poems that someone wrote for us about her. The half rock was then sealed with a plaque that had her name, the date we lost her, a few lines from a poem and the outline of a cat. We keep the rock in the conservatory because that was her favourite place

We got the rock from here http://www.poffins.co.uk/memorials.html

laureen227 · Jan 20, 2006

Originally Posted by keith p

After your cat/cats passed away, what did you do then, did you creamate them, or bury them? I'm just asking because when my cat Phil died we brought his body home and buried him in our backyard with a blanket and his toys, and made a cross to put on top of his grave. I was the only member of my family who touched him after he passed away, (to say my last goodbye) nobody else could bare to look at him after he passed away, it hurttoo much. Is my family the only one who did this, or have some of you buried your pets bodies in your yard.

my first cat, Medley, passed away at home, so she was buried in the backyard. Mouse, my other RB kitty, passed while at the vet's...i was out of town at the time, so i had them cremate her. i didn't have them retain her ashes, though, & now i wish i had so i could've done something with them.

lorie d. · Jan 20, 2006

Back when I was a child, our 14 year old family dog, Scamp, had a massive stroke was pts by the vet. He was buried in my parent's backyard, and even now,after all these years, Scamp's final resting place is undisturbed and is still marked by the little rough cross my brother made especially for his grave.

My parents tell us that the neighbors (especially the newer ones) ask about that little grave, and want to know who is buried there.

Now that I'm an adult I prefer cremation for my cats who have passed away. It gives me a lot of comfort to know that I will never have to leave them behind or disturb their graves if I move away.

eilcon · Jan 20, 2006

My sweet boy, Willy, was put to sleep just a month before I entered the convent. One of our sisters went with me to the vet then we took his body back to St. Ursula where we buried him in the convent garden. I wanted him to be at peace in a place that would always be part of my life. He was buried with a piece of his favorite blanket and several toys. I still think of him when I pass through the garden to enter the convent. Because of the way it's landscaped, there won't be room to bury the other cats there, so I'll probably them creamated and scatter their ashes in the garden.

miss mew · Jan 20, 2006

All of our pets that have passed have been buried in my parents backyard (fish and hamsters as well) my mom has a really nice knee high fence that surrounds the gravesite, with a lovely garden.

lisakmusco · Jan 20, 2006

Up until a few months ago I hadn't had to deal with this question, at least not as an adult, with the responsibility being up to me. Now I've dealt with it twice in a few months.
Last fall, when a kitten we had rescued from the street did not survive (he didn't even make it through the first night) my husband buried him in a corner of what is to be my vegetable garden. It seemed right.
Yet when Jasmine, who we'd had for 12 & 1/2 years, died last month, the same place somehow didn't seem as proper. She instead was buried in a flower garden, and I am still looking for some kind of stone or plaque to mark the spot.

rang_27 · Jan 20, 2006

Smokey's ashes are currently in a white box from the vet in my closet. (As mentioned in another post I'm having difficulty facing the final placing of the ashes in the urn) If I owned my own home I would have burried her in my yard, but I live in an appartment.

keith p · Jan 20, 2006

I did have one problem though being he was only wrapped in a blanket. Apparently he wasnt buried deep enough, and that summer the ground had alot of flies emerging...........

It's gross yes, but I guess thats mother natures way.

lionessrampant · Jan 20, 2006

I live in an apartment in the city. Needless to say, Lola was creamated. Her ashes are here with me, in her home.

jennyr · Jan 20, 2006

I buried three in the garden, but then we moved and Iwas upset at what might happen. So when my Juniper died in 1998 I had him cremated then put his ashes in a large ceramic pot and planted a juniper bush over him. I have taken that pot with me and my brother is looking after it, with other garden things, till I once more have a garden of my own.

nekomimi · Jan 20, 2006

My cat, Punky, was hit by a car when I was 16 years old. I couldn't bear to gather her remains at that point. My mom, luckily, helped me out and put her body in the grave. I did catch a glimpse of her white paw before she was buried, and that just tore my heart apart. She was buried out in a nice spot in the woods, surrounded by pretty rocks.

momofmany · Jan 20, 2006

Most of my babies are buried in the back yard. I plant catnip over them and its odd, but the catnip growing over their graves is much more sought after in the house than that which is not.

I have had 3 of my cats cremated and placed in urns. These were my soul mate cats that were a lot closer to me than others.

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