I know, a morbid question but, a few of mine have been buried over the years with a favourite blanket or towel. One is buried under a Helleboros with her old friend, who was cremated back in January (weather was too bad to even think of digging a hole).
The one thing that upsets me though, is the fact I never brought Liquorice's ashes home I couldn't even face saying goodbye, I loved her too much. I still get upset when I think of her. Her ashes were spread in a Pet Cemetery in Lancashire.
Please do not let that upset you. As I have no garden mine are cremated and the ashes scattered in a pet cemetery too. You loved Liquorice with all your heart and gave her a wonderful life. That will never change.
When one of my girls Tia died it was after my dad had died (I think or he was very ill, I've blocked that period out of my mind!) She was PTS whilst on operating table as they decided she was too far gone. She had growths inside but they couldn't remove them for some reason. I didn't want her back as couldn't deal with it so I just got the vets to "dispose" of her. I feel bad now but we all do what is best for us at the time and to be honest I don't think they'd hold it against us! They had brilliant lives and that's all I think they will care about!
We don't have a garden so they have an individual cremation and I keep the box, we have a fair few sadly. For some I have put something special in the box, Nigel has a bit of his favourite Thomas fleece and a sachet of Dioralyte. A lot of the boxes are sealed though.
I feel very lucky in that i have my very own pet cemetary at the bottom of my garden where i can sit with all my beloveds. I am very morbid too as i take pictures of all my babies when they are gone, i cant explain why i just do and i look at them from time to time.
when my cockatiel died i got a large garden pot, buried her in it in a small bit of fleece and planted a lovely yellow rose in it (she was a lutino so pure yellow with orange cheeks). The rose is still going strong now and always reminds me of her...
Everyone has their own way of grieving and no one should be ashamed of how they cope.
We have a garden but not enough bedding area to bury in so when we lost Cash we got him cremated and put his ashes at the bottom of a lovely pot and bought an azalea to go in it so it would last and last. This also means if we ever move we can take him with us - my childhood pets were buried at my parents houses and I always remember feeling awful when we had to move and leave them behind as it were.
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I couldn't even face saying goodbye, I loved her too much. I still get upset when I think of her. Her ashes were spread in a Pet Cemetery in Lancashire.
