Elderly Cats

[LondonMrsA]

Please forgive me for a morbid post!
My Cat is 12. She had a kidney removed last year due to renal cancer. She is full of beans. Happy. Well. Good appetite. Snuggly. Playing etc. etc.
If/ when she or her sister pass away; if it is at home, how do I get her to a Pet Crematorium? Do they come out? Will I have to take her?
Does anyone have any experience of this please?

Is there one near you that you know of? It would be worth googling and having a look at their website. There are a couple of different ones in our area. One will collect and then deliver the ashes included in the cremation costs if you live within a certain distance. If you live further away they do charge extra. The other one will collect and then you have the option to have the ashes delivered or to collect them yourself. I hope your two will have many happy years left before you need to make use of these services.

My last cat is buried in our garden. He has daffodil bulbs planted on his grave in a spot he used to like to sit in the sun.

Thank you. We found another lump tonight.

So sorry to hear that

Sorry to hear about your poor old lady.

In my experience, the vet has always arranged cremation (not cats but dog and various exotics). Unfortunately not that many animals die at home in their sleep and the kindest thing, when the time comes, might be euthanasia, so the vet will be involved anyway. We had one bird that died at home that we took to the vets to deal with the remains as we didn't want to bury in the garden too.

Good luck xxx

Sorry to hear that. It's so hard when you know they're on their way out.

Your vet will likely have an arrangement with a pet crematorium. You can bring your cat's body to them, they'll take care of it and make all the arrangements, including - if you want - getting the ashes back to you.

We've done this twice with our vet over the years.

Fingers crossed your cats have plenty of time left with you. X

12 year old isn't that old for a cat. One of mine is 16 my eldest was 19.

She’s still hanging on. Thriving, in fact. Funny little Puss. 😆

Cats can live a long age. When my cat was 19 he suffered with his arthritis pretty bad plus he got cancer so I took him to be put down at the vets. You will know yourself when its her time.