deceased animals?

[outcold720]

hello,
My mouse Neville died today and I didnt want to bury him becuase it thought some animal would dig him up so I cremated him and I was wondering what you do with your deceased pets? do you bury them? cremate, flush them down the toliet?

[SnakeyeZ]

I have a few in the freezer. Not sure what ill do with them exactly. Some...even get fed to other animals.

[Lrptls]

sorry to hear your mouse died =(
i like the idea of burying dead things. if they stay in the ground, they decompose and become organic matter in the earth which means plants and other beautiful things can grow. they have cycled back into the earth like animals in nature do. if they are eaten i look at it almost the same thing, they went to use- a hungry animal was fed. this sometimes can be bad like if your pet dog were to dig up your lets say pet bunny or something, you might not want to see that. when i die i want to be put in the ground- no box for me.

[Newt]

its nice to live out in the country
we have a pet cemetary by our garden and all the animals i have get buried there

[JimmyDavid]

when my big python died, i felt terrible. I thought the best way to remember her would be to keep her skin.
My friends always joke around, saying when will i make some boots or something. I tell them i will keep the skin like it is for as long as i live.

[Lrptls]

wow jimmy, sorry for your lose as well, must have been one beautiful snake. iv thought about having that done with some of my snakes, i was kind of 50/50 on it and asked a few friends what they thought, they were all against it so it pushed me away. perhaps ill just keep the shed skins (iv already kept alot of skins of old snakes that i no longer own or have passed away)

[JimmyDavid]

thanks. Yes, she was amazing when alive. Here she was trying to fit in the tub (not a chance). lol.

[K1LOS]

how old / big was she jimmy? what was the cause of death? It was a beautiful snake, and a shame she is gone.

Geoff

[Dirty]

Sorry to hear about that. That skin is amazing though. Did you take it to the taxidermist?

[JimmyDavid]

Thanks everybody. She was around 21 feet and a bit over 300 pounds. 5.5 years old. Cause of death : trouble with regurgitation
Yes, the taxidermist did a very nice job with the skin.

[impy]

what was she? I cant tell

[JimmyDavid]

A female burmese python (python molurus bivittatus)

[Rosy-enthusiast]

How did you move it into the washroom? That thing looks huge. Was she aggressive? Regurgitation can cause death? Didnt know that!


Rosy-enthusiast

[Brock]

I'm with Jimmy on this one, having some memorabilia is what I would do as well. I haven't had any of my reptiles die yet in the last 5 years, but my veiled chameleon is past her lifespan by almost 2 years. I'm thinking of making a bracelet out of her skin or something like that, maybe even just having her skin done professionally and put on the wall, the rest of her will be burried in the ground.

I'm sure some people think that is cruel, but, come on. Another thing I would like to do if I can find someone who is able to, is to have the bones placed into a real-life position of the specific animals, I've seen those on TV and think they are very neat.

-Brock

[K1LOS]

where do you get stuff like that done?

Geoff

[Brock]

I would imagine a taxidermist, or if you have a friend who knows how to do it? My grampa knows all this stuff.

-Brock

[JimmyDavid]

There are professional people that prepare leather and such. If you do some research on your local area, maybe you'll find someone.
rosy, while very rare on lizards, regurgitation can sometimes kill your snake. In special if we are talking about a big item. Snakes are prepared to ingest big things, gradually and slowly. They are not prepared to do the reverse: spit out a big item very quickly. So it can sometimes lead to internal injuries.