My cat was just put to sleep at a vet a couple of days ago for kidney failure, I am just curious.
2006-11-27 14:04:10 · 22 answers · asked by TNT 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
Most vets have a service that takes the animals and usually cremates them. Most vets though will allow you to take your pet home . Some of the services also allow you to have your pet individually cremated and the cremains returned
2006-11-27 14:07:01 · answer #1 · answered by leftygirl_75 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all, I'm sorry for your loss, I lost my 20 year old kitty in May, also to kidney disease. The vet that euthanised him gave me some brochures for several companies that handle pet remains. While I was deciding what I wanted to do, they held his body there at the vet. I decided to have a private cremation, which means his body was cremated alone and his ashes were returned to me. I buried his remains in my family's yard and made my own headstone with one of those stepping stone kits. Or you can have your kitty cremated with other pets and you receive back some of those ashes. Some people don't have their pet cremated, but just bury the body. I guess a lot of people bury their pet in a pet cemetary. If you decide not to make your own arrangements, the vet has a company come and remove the remains. They are cremated with other pets and buried together. I'm surprised your vet didn't offer you any options. Maybe you could call them & ask what they've done with your kitty's body. In any case, I beleive that our pet's spirits will always be with us. Take care.
2006-11-27 14:26:12 · answer #2 · answered by babydoll 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should ask your vet. Sometimes they are buried with the bodies of other pets. The last two cats I had put to sleep were cremated.
I loved my cats very much and mourned their loss. I still miss them. I had no way of burying them, and I was too upset to bring their bodies back home, anyway. When they were buried with other pets, I knew that those animals were loved too, and it did not bother me. Somehow, I knew that the owners had made the right decisions regarding their beloved pets, that they were no longer suffering or in pain.
I felt the same about cremation. I was saddened by my loss, yet relieved that my pets were not in pain or discomfort. I felt that euthansia was a final act of kindess and love. To me, what happened to their remains did not matter.
That may sound callous, but truly, I loved my cats. All lived to be 14 to 16 years old. They brought me much joy and pleasure, and I loved them in return. And they knew it.
2006-11-27 14:18:44 · answer #3 · answered by Joyce A 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is something to ask your vet.
In most cases, cremation takes place. There is a fee to have the pet cremated, and a larger fee to have the remains sent back to you. Some vets (old school) have crematories in the clinic and take care of it right there.
Sorry for your loss. That was a hard decision, I'm sure.
2006-11-27 14:09:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My 22 and 1/2 year old cat was euthanized on Friday. The vet said her body would probably go to the crematorium at our local humane society.
There are times I wish I had gotten the ashes from my other cat who died three years ago. I have a cat sculpture in my garden and I think of him when I look at it. I think I will get something like that in remembrance of Cameo.
2006-11-27 14:18:20 · answer #5 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your vet should have asked you what you wanted done. If nothing was said then your cat was properly cremated.
I had a cat that had kidney decease and I did not know it. She was about 22 years old and ended up being about 3 pounds.
2006-11-27 14:36:23 · answer #6 · answered by Aliz 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This depends on where you are located. Here are to cold hard facts..
Some go to mass burial- the dump
Some are cremated- the incenerator at the local a/c
Some go to vet schools for research
and last but not least some go to rendering plants to be made into petfood. No lie!
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2006-11-27 14:11:28 · answer #7 · answered by doggie_poopie 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I don't know what happens to pets bodies when put to sleep.
My vet came to our house to put our cat to sleep and we buried her in our back property with her favorite blanket and toy.
2006-11-27 14:47:28 · answer #8 · answered by Hedicat 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are cremated unless you make other arrangements like a burial. The vet should ask you what you want to do.
2006-11-27 14:07:08 · answer #9 · answered by Michael S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We took ours home and buried it in the backyard. I assume if you leave it with the vet they cremate the remains and dispose of them as a biohazard in accordance with the law for such.
2006-11-27 14:07:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋