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I love the idea of my kitty helping my garden grow, but I'm just not sure about the chemical makeup of cat ashes.

Please no rude cat remarks.

2007-03-30 09:19:28 · 10 answers · asked by skeezycheeses 2 in Home & Garden Garden & Landscape

10 answers

Any kind of animal (or human) ashes are perfectly safe. They are totally sterile and are mostly carbon with a small proportion of natural minerals. The intense heat of cremation has totally sterilized anything harmful.

2007-03-30 09:22:17 · answer #1 · answered by charmedchiclet 5 · 1 0

Go for it. They will add nutrients to the soil. I had my dog cremated and gave the ashes to my sister to do likewise, buried under his favorite tree (she looked after him the last year of his life as I was not allowed a big dog where I lived ... and it was heart-breaking). I personally think it's a great way to remember a loved one.

2007-03-30 16:24:02 · answer #2 · answered by OP 5 · 1 0

It's totally natural, it's not a "chemical makeup".

I'm just curious what a "rude-cat remark" would be... like "meowwww you" or something?

2007-03-30 16:22:50 · answer #3 · answered by LD 4 · 0 0

ahh Sweet idea. Your cat will be seen in everything you grow. No it wont hurt your garden.

2007-03-30 16:23:05 · answer #4 · answered by carpentershammerer 6 · 0 0

Don't you just want to keep kitty in a traditional urn? What happens if you ever move and it's still buried in the garden? Not to be tacky, but maybe roadkill would be a better fertilizer option and your pet something you want to hang onto. Just a suggestion.

2007-03-30 16:22:15 · answer #5 · answered by Bunny Lebowski 5 · 0 3

it will be carbon and calcium so safe to place in your garden. plants will use pretty much any remains and will use the ashes for a benificial purpose

2007-03-30 16:22:44 · answer #6 · answered by gsschulte 6 · 0 0

Ashes to ashes and dust to dust the kitty is gone do what you must.

2007-03-30 16:22:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Quite a good idea, actually.

2007-03-30 16:22:07 · answer #8 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0 0

Pick a nice tree that it liked.

2007-03-30 16:23:32 · answer #9 · answered by Cactusflinthead 2 · 1 0

it will help the soil be fertile yes. good idea!

2007-03-30 16:21:38 · answer #10 · answered by molly chica 2 · 0 0

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