what do you do when they are gone?

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I knwo this isn't a nice thing to think about or talk about, but i was jsut wondering what you do with your piggies once they cross the rainbow bridge. Been thinking about this as at the moment we stay in a flat and have no where to bury them if anything was to happen.
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Sometimes vets deal with them for you. Some people put them in the bin, which I think isn't very nice. Sort of like 'Oh well, it was only a guinea pig.'' but then some people don't have a choice if thats the only way.
I have always burried mine. :)
 
I am in a flat too and so can't bury either.
When Scruffy died last year the vet cremated her for me.
 
i am hoping i move before anything happens (touch wood) but you just never no. I'd never put my piggie in the bin. I was planning on plant pots once we get our house. I will need to check with my vet if they do anything like that, i no they do for dogs etc but not sure on small animals. xx
 
aww its only natural for you to wonder if theres no garden
we'll probably bury ours if we're still living here when their time comes
 
I got Cuzzy cremeted but felt there was no closure. I will bury in future and have a little service. I do hope that is not for a very long time.

I've just been in the shed and was gabbing away about getting Milo to them all and Pudsey comes up and starts wheeking in my ear like he is talking back, would be devestating to loose any of them. They are me little mates! :smitten:
 
When I didn't have a garden I buried them with my other pets at my parents house. I now have a garden of my own, can't help thinking morbidly that it will be rather full of pigs over the next few years! :'(

Most vets will arrange for the body to be taken away, I think they go to a mass crematorium unless you pay lots extra to get the ashes back, but I agree with S&T - it's nice knowing where they are! I say hello to Willow and Mr Pig when I water the garden!

Sophie
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Just emailed my vets to ask about this. I like to be prepared just in case. I might even stock up on plant pots as I could leave the pots at my mother-in-laws just now and then move them with me when we buy a house. oh its a horrible thought. xx
 
sophiew said:
Most vets will arrange for the body to be taken away, I think they go to a mass crematorium unless you pay lots extra to get the ashes back

Sophie
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My vet says when they are cremated, if you don't want the ashes back, they are scattered in the pet garden of rememberance
 
We have "piggy pots". When we lost our original pair we buried them in the garden and planted a shrub on top of them, however, when we were thinking of moving the girls got really upset at the thought of "leaving" Roger and Rusty behind - hence the piggy pots. I buy a very large, heavy pot and a nice shrub, I pop some soil in the bottom on the pot, wrap the piggy in a tea towel or something similar and place them in the pot and then add soil and the plant. They sit up by the bunny pavilion and are a lovely reminder of our special friends. 0:)
 
That's a nice idea, never thought of using pots but it does upset me to think my parents might move and we'll have to leave our dearly loved dog and 2 pigs buried in the garden....

Would need a big pot for a dog though!

What if the plant in the pot dies... hate the thought of disturbing the body!

Sophie
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I think I am going to go and stock up on 7 large pots. Just incase! Its a lovely idea that way they are always with you. Do you have the names on the pot? i think i would. x
 
It depends on your piggies names but sometimes you can get plants called after people - Mum has got a Sophie rose in her garden, and also a Megan and a Rebecca plant for my sisters. Not that we're dead, but you know what I mean! I also found a Sophie strawberry plant the other day.

Not so good if like me you name your pigs after characters from Buffy the Vampire Slayer - but Willow, RIP, is buried under my willow tree.

Sophie
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That pot idea is awesome. I've never though of anything like that. As of right now I have buried three guinea's, Dutchess, Max, and Ella. Also buried were my first gerbils, Chip and Dale, the babies of theirs that didn't make it, and Clio my European Green Toad. My parents can never move!
 
I haven't lost a pig yet (touch wood) but when my rabbit died, the vet cremated him for me. I then went out and brought a bird bath and a pot rabbit to remember him by :smitten: I buried my gerbil and goldfish though O0
 
When we lived in Norwich the vets cremated them as we didn't have the space for them But now they are in my forever garden with plants ontop
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All my little angels now!
 
I couldn't bury them in my tiny garden either as its all chipped - but they could go in my mum and dad's garden (along with all our budgie's and goldfish from over the last 30+ years).
 
Angeladeedah said:
I couldn't bury them in my tiny garden either as its all chipped - but they could go in my mum and dad's garden (along with all our budgie's and goldfish from over the last 30+ years).
Lol my parents garden is like a pet cemetery
 
My girl Toffee is buried in the flower bed in my parents garden (too many cats round my house)

My boy Jaffa is in an urn that sits in my bedroom beside his piccie - we were in the middle of moving house when he died and didn't have anywhere to bury him so I paid to have him cremated (which cost me about £70 but was worth it!)
 
our back yard is like a pet cemetery with guinea pigs, rabbits, cats, birds and dogs buried there. even now when i am outside i talk to them, neighbours must think i am more mad than they thought when they see me talking outside to no one 98) i like our fur babies close by it is a small comfort to know they are there and that i can talk to them.
they are always with me as is my parents and i talk to them as well as my furry friends (parents are not buried in back yard!) we always have a small funeral, say a silent prayer, throw dirt and a flower on the coffin and sadly cover with dirt. 0:) 0:) 0:)
 
i have this problem at the moment.

as ive been a student for 3 years and have ot really settled into 1 house properly, i move house every year, so i have nowhere to put munchie. i didnt want him to just be tossed into a bin, i wanted him to have a nice sendoff but I'm not sure how ill be doing that yet. i have had him cremated at the vets, i need to go and pick him up this week, but once he is back i have no clue what ill do with him :-\ apart from maybe cry a lot at what he has become :'( but its still better than a bin :'(
 
Billie had an individual cremation that the vets organised.

He now sits in his casket in the kitchen where he used to live and we still watch Eastenders together like we used to :smitten:
 
Billies Mum said:
Billie had an individual cremation that the vets organised.He now sits in his casket in the kitchen where he used to live and we still watch Eastenders together like we used to :smitten:

that is so sweet :'( :'( :'( bet you two have a good chat everyday like we do we our departed furries 0:) 0:) 0:) OH has a phobia about crematon people and pets :o :o :o
so glad you and billy still do things together :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
 
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