Thinking about moving, but my old hamsters over the years ...?

Question

are buried in my back yard. :( I didn't think of it then, but now I don't know what to do. I don't want to ditch them, but then i again who knows if the boxes they were in are gone. What should I do?

Answer 1

I know the feeling. I've moved many times and had to leave my buried pets behind, one was a cat I had for 9 years that got sick and died. He had a blood clot take his life. Did you bury them in cardboard boxes or wooden ones? A cardboard box after only a few months begins to fall apart. Wooden ones may fair better. Are you sure you want to dig them up and move them? I have always said I'll never move from my property either that I now own due to over 100 pets from 13 years being buried here over the years. Some are goats, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, mice, ferrets and more. We remember where every one is buried too. The one thing to do is to ask the new owners if your selling the home to respect their place of burial. We made a garden in our front yard encircled with decorative blocks and buried our small animals there. We planted Tiger Lilies in the garden.

I'm sorry your in this dilemma, but only you will know what to do.

Answer 2

Its hard to leave behind the animals we loved. It feels as if we are abbandonning them, however only thier bodies are there. If it has been awhile since you buried them then they mostlikely have gone into the ground, and are apart of the soil.

What may make you feel better about moving is to take some of the dirt from the area they are buried in, place it in a pot and plant a seed. I always felt great comfort knowing that the animals I had, return to the earth and are apart of grass, and flowers, and trees nearby. I have planted a flower garden and recently a pine tree in the area. The best way to describe how I always felt came from a movie.

"He said[a son] that if they dug his father's body up, it would be gone. They planted a seed over his grave. The seed became a tree. Moses[son] said his father became a part of that tree. He grew into the wood, into the bloom. And when a sparrow ate the tree's fruit, his father flew with the birds. He said... death was his father's road to awe."

This makes me feel as if no matter where I am the things I loved are still around me.

You are not ditching them. It is a grave sight, but their bodies are gone. They are everywhere around you.

Answer 3

Your sweet little hamsters are best left where they are. Why don't you start a journal when you move and make the first entry about the hamsters you've had as pets? That way you will always have a nice memory of them no matter where you are. I used to take my children to a local cemetery especially for pets and we would bury each one, say a prayer and make a little concrete marker for them. It was mostly guinea pigs.

Answer 4

I too buried a animal in my yard and moved. Ask a neighbor to keep an eye on them...and say a prayer

Answer 5

Probably not a good idea to try and move them, but maybe you can plant a tree or bush in their memory over the spot where they are buried. That way, if you ever come back, you can always see the tree or bush and know you've helped with the circle of life. :-)

Answer 6

I know we are about to move and I just started thinking of all the furry creatures burried in our backyard. Don't dig them up. I made head stones out of bricks when they died so I'm bringing those w/ me. Maybe you should make some or some little crosses. :P

Answer 7

well you cant just take your dead hamsters everywhere you move. but instead of taking the real buried hamsters that are dead why don't you before you move leave a good memory of them from you. maybe put their favourite toy they used to play with and write your name on it and place it on his/her grave and they will never forget you and your will never forget them.

Answer 8

well what i think you should do is have a day of memorial for them then jus let them be....there isnt much you can do. they are in a better place and i bet they know how you feel about them.

Answer 9

just move.