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Will the vet take a guinea pig who has passed?

Black piggies

Black piggies

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Just taken Lightning to the vet as she had another lump and its fine, but I had been thinking the worst and wondering what to do if I found her passed away. When I was a kid we just took pets to the vet in these circumstances. Is that still the done thing? I'm not keen on the pet cemetery options and don't have a garden.
 
They probably do. I've never taken one of ours, but we did once have to take for appropriate disposal a badger that had expired in our garden after being hit by a car - nobody else would take responsibility for it.
Alternatively, see if there is a pet cremation service near you, you can either keep the ashes or some will store or scatter them them in their grounds. (or is that what you aren't keen on?)
I hope it's a long time before you do need to find the answer though!
 
Black piggies said:
Just taken Lightning to the vet as she had another lump and its fine, but I had been thinking the worst and wondering what to do if I found her passed away. When I was a kid we just took pets to the vet in these circumstances. Is that still the done thing? I'm not keen on the pet cemetery options and don't have a garden.
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Hi!

I am very sorry about your worries!

Vet clinics will still take pets for cremation. You can choose between a proper urn or a scatter container if you want to spread the ashes somewhere; including a flower pot or a container of your own choice.

Alternatively you can google for a pet crematorium in your area without having to go through the vet's. That way, you can avoid paying the vets quite a lot extra.
 
They likely will, but will probably charge you for the cremation. You could also look into a pet crematorium separate from the vet, or see if someone you know with a yard or garden will let you bury there (one of my hedgies is buried at my mom's house because we were in an apartment at the time.)
 
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They probably do. I've never taken one of ours, but we did once have to take for appropriate disposal a badger that had expired in our garden after being hit by a car - nobody else would take responsibility for it.
Alternatively, see if there is a pet cremation service near you, you can either keep the ashes or some will store or scatter them them in their grounds. (or is that what you aren't keen on?)
I hope it's a long time before you do need to find the answer though!
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My goodness a badger is big to have to deal with. Yes thanks Lightning just had a fatty lump, phew. The nearest crematorium isn't nearby and having a long, sad car journey doesn't appeal but it does sound nice having ashes to scatter.
 
Speak to your vet. There are some services that offer a mass cremation where the ashes are scattered at the venue in woodlands or similar rather than getting them back if that's what you prefer
 
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