In that case, it's better to bury the body deep. However, if your pet was 'put to sleep' via lethal injection, the sodium pentobarbital in their body can hurt and kill wild animals who consume it. The protein in the meat and the calcium in the bones benefit local fauna, and there are several species of insects that need dead bodies to reproduce. Depending on the cause of death, the most environmentally-friendly thing to do might be to simply leave the body in the woods for it to 'return to nature,' i.e., to be eaten and decompose as animals in nature do. You don't have to touch or see your fur-baby's lifeless body again.ĭepending on the laws in your city, you can also just bury the animal yourself in your yard. However, the upside to cremation is that it doesn't take much direct action on your part-the vet may simply forward the body to the crematorium and then you get a classy little urn back. Furthermore, when you do that, you don't always know if you're actually getting your pet back in the urn, or a mix of all the pets they cremated that day.

If you had never heard of cremation before, you may consider burning your loved one's body to ashes to be a disturbing idea as well. If your pet is larger, you can send them to Compassionate Composting in Auburn, Maine.Ĭomposting may seem like a gross thing to do with Fido, but there isn't much that you can do with a dead body that isn't gross to someone. Poignantly, they can also send you a bag of your pet's mulch with a sapling in it, so you can plant a tree in their honor. They can send that fertilizer back to you in a bag, or for a cheaper price, they can send some scoops of several animals that were composted together. If your pet is under 100 pounds, you can send the body to a company called 'Rooted,' where they will bury the animal and turn it into fertilizer. But you don't have to settle for those options any more.įor starters, you can consider a particularly earth-friendly option: sending the body to a company that will compost the remains. You may be left to wonder-what do you do with the body? Typically, when your pet dies at the vet, the veterinarian may transfer the body to a pet crematorium, or they may release it to you to bury yourself. Think about it now, but it is not an experience I want to repeat.Someday, hopefully far from now, your dog, cat, or other pet will cross the Rainbow Bridge. I had no alternative, I had to accept the situation as it was. I felt as though my eyes would never be clean again, but as Water run through my eyes again and again. My eyes, but I kept them open the entire twenty minutes of the “super” part of I could not think of a way to truly sanitize How can a person clean their eyes? What was I going to do? I had to go through my usual routine, I knewīut I always had my eyes shut tight during a super-shower. Zed), into the bathroom and stood there in hysterics. I stood there for a few seconds trying to The worst part was that some of it landed in It dropped to the cement floor, and it hitįlung the wet cat food back up into my face and hair. Was opening a can and it slipped out of my gloved hands. If the floor in the house was contaminated, As soon as I brought the cans of cat food homeįrom the store and put them on the shelf they became defiled. Nasty!īut I digress – back to the feeding. I remember petting him with gloves oneĮvening, he was shedding, and I ended up with fur all over my arms. Zed thought foot petting was perfectly normal and liked it he wasn’t Would pet him with the gloves on my hands. Petted him it was with my foot, but at times if I had my gloves on anyway, I Was inherently filthy, including my poor kitty, as much as I loved him. Everything associated with the cat feeding Nevertheless, this is why it is doubtful that I will getįellow germophobe, you would never forget this if it happened to you. If there is anyone who needs a cat to pet, If I ever will get another cat they are too much trouble. I cannot say that I wouldn’t still like to do that, but it has now been

Out and find a new kitten to soften my sorrow. I must sound like the type of person that would run right I became quite adept at balancing on one foot

That’s right – I never petted him with my hands. Since we both had our germy, little feet on Obviously he was an outdoor cat, but on very cold nights I would let himĪfter all, his feline feet touched only the floor, which is – as is wellĮstablished – unchangeably, perpetually unsanitary anyway.

I want my dead cat back