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To get my cat stuffed anyway?

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LeatherAndLace · 05/10/2016 17:46

My lovely cat is nearing the end of his life. I've always loved taxidermy but never owned any as dh hates it. He absolutely refuses to 'allow' me to get our cat stuffed.

Aibu to do it anyway?

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LineyReborn · 05/10/2016 18:42

OP, I'm going for a miniature Valley of the Kings in the back garden, with rockcut tombs, tiny marvellous gold artefacts inside them with the mummified cats in decorated coffins, surrounded by intricate wall paintings which the kids can knock up one afternoon in the Xmas holidays with glitter

ErrolTheDragon · 05/10/2016 18:42

My dog would make a great draught excluder if they could do soft stuffing. But really no, any of you old enough to remember the Tales of the Unexpected 'The Landlady'?

If you really wanted to have a pet stuffed, I would think curled up eyes shut as if asleep would be the only vaguely acceptable pose.

RockinHippy · 05/10/2016 18:47

YABU

I love taxidermy, love animal skulls & the likes & have several bits around the house. I even have a human one (Tibetan Ritual Skull)

But there is no way in hell I would stuff any of our pets, they are family & it's about as disrespectful as it gets of their memory

& I would divorce DH in a flash if he ever pulled that one

StillMedusa · 05/10/2016 18:50

Stuffed dead animals rarely look anything like their live counterparts... an urn would be nicer.

On a really REALLY tasteless side note... a few days after my Dad died, my brother and I visited a few funeral places to get an idea of costs.
One was very posh..and kept trying to force on us as many expensive extras as possible. When it got to looking at the swanky coffin brochure, the page opened at coffins STARTING at 4k each.

'Fuck me' 'I thought, 'At that price I'd want him stuffed and mounted in the living room.'

Then I heard a snort (my brother) and a gasp (the funeral person).
I hadn't just thought it...I'd said it out loud Blush
We made a very hasty exit after that.... Grin

dobbythefuckingjizzelf · 05/10/2016 18:51

Don't think I would if I was you OP as it won't be right and won't be your cat anymore

No matter how good the the taxidermist they won't capture your pet as you remember them

I still have my Alsation but she is in a lovely decorative wooden ashes box as I had her cremated and when our Springer goes she will be cremated the same

FoundNeverland · 05/10/2016 18:51

We had our cat cremated and he now sits on the fireplace in a sleeping cat shaped casket.

Fully recommended it.

TondelayaDellaVentamiglia · 05/10/2016 18:59

I spend my life mincing about stepping over giant dogs, so I keep saying I am going to have the made into rugs when they go...like the tigerskin rugs in big stately homes.

Stanky · 05/10/2016 19:00

I miss my old cat. He was my big fluffy baby, and I'd love to cuddle him again. But it just wouldn't be the same without the warmth, the musical purr and the stupid gormless expressions.

dybil · 05/10/2016 19:08

Well I thought it was disrespectful and creepy, but this cat seems quite happy

To get my cat stuffed anyway?
BastardGoDarkly · 05/10/2016 19:14

dybil I actually lol'd then (I never lol) Grin

GipsyDanger · 05/10/2016 19:17

Actually pissing myself at googly eyes and the cat hat 😂

kate33 · 05/10/2016 19:20

Yes, that would be me Errol the D. Once seen never forgotten. Shock
Taxidermy has become popular again hasn't it op and even if it wasn't it's totally up to you. I think it would upset me more to be honest though.

ErrolTheDragon · 05/10/2016 19:36

I've just remembered hearing Alan Alda explaining the title of his autobiography 'Never have your dog stuffed' ... IIRC, when his childhood dog died one of his parents for some reason asked if he'd like it stuffed, and he said yes... His friendly pooch returned with a vicious snarl.

I think his advice is applicable to cats too.

SaucyJack · 05/10/2016 19:41

Just do it without telling him the cat has passed.

If your cat is as lazy as mine, I doubt anyone would notice anyway.

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LeatherAndLace · 05/10/2016 19:45

It must be more popular as I've seen a class advertised where you can learn to do it yourself. He won't allow me to do that either. Sometimes I wish I married someone a little weirder but he does keep me on the straight and narrow.

Oh god that cat dybil! He looks very, erm...alert.

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LeatherAndLace · 05/10/2016 19:46

Heli-cat

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ghostyslovesheep · 05/10/2016 19:46

choose your stuffer carefully

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JunosRevenge · 05/10/2016 19:52

This thread...

GrinGrinGrin

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LeatherAndLace · 05/10/2016 19:55

This almost makes me want a pet ostrich.

To get my cat stuffed anyway?
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PinkSquash · 05/10/2016 20:01

Angel cat?

To get my cat stuffed anyway?
PinkSquash · 05/10/2016 20:03

OH won't let you have it stuffed? Turn your cat into a handy bag instead!

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IWillTalkToYouLater · 05/10/2016 20:10

I was just trying to find that image pink. I find exceptionally creepy and just a bit hilarious.

GoodGirlGoneWrong · 05/10/2016 20:11

I want my dog done when he passes away, but at 4K I may just get him burnt....Shock

IWillTalkToYouLater · 05/10/2016 20:15

In answer op, yes, you would be unreasonable stuff your cat against the wishes of your dh who is presumably emotionally attached to the living cat and who would have to share a house with a stuffed cat he strongly objects to.

Notso · 05/10/2016 20:33

YANBU I love taxidermy. I really want a stuffed crow but DH won't let me.