Brought him home for the last time

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I've just picked up my cat's ashes he was hit by a car the saturday before last and thankfully some kind people took him to the vets to be scanned, so I received the call I never wanted. I'm glad that I know but just so devastated. He was only 3

The vet said he wouldn't have suffered which is a relief. The lady that found him and took him to the vet said he looked peaceful, just like he was sleeping.

I planned to scatter his ashes and plant something pretty to remember him, but now I've got him home I don't know if i could scatter him or if I should get him a nice box and keep him in the house with us. Wondering what other people have done with their cat's ashes, I want it to be something special for him, he deserves it and it's the last thing we can do for him.

Thank you

I'm so sorry to read this, OP. I think if he liked being in the garden planting something in a favourite spot would be lovely.

I also lost my beloved cat two years ago and was wondering what to do with the ashes.
I have found a perfect spot in a forest where I walk, at the moment it has bluebells flowering and that is where I am going to put him. I think it would be a perfect peaceful spot and it is a place i go to regularly.
Sorry for your loss. He sounds like he was loved.

When our beloved cat died two years ago, we had the ashes put into a little wooden urn thing, with a plate on top which says his name. I liked the idea of scattering the ashes in his favourite spot in the garden but we knew we would be moving and I didn't want to leave him behind, so now the box is on a nice sunny spot on the living room window ledge. I'm so sorry about your cat, it's so difficult when they pass, especially when so young x

Sorry for your loss OP! 💐

I had some of my cats ashes made into a glass pig, from the Bath Aqua glass company. (I'd brought a pig for a friend and always liked it, so it seemed ideal) The rest of her ashes are still in a box. I will scatter them when I buy a house. It felt right having her back in the house again though. So she might stay in her box!

I'm so sorry, OP. He sounds like a lovely and much-loved cat, and it must have been so hard.

I agree with scattering the ashes in one of his favourite places. Perhaps you could keep just a handful to stay with you, too?

I'm sorry for your loss.

William is on the window sill. We were going to scatter him in the garden but I couldn't do it. He'd lived outside for most of his life (he was a stray who adopted us and moved in with DM) and I couldn't bear the thought of him outside in the cold.

Two of our cats were run over by the same woman at the same time outside our house last year, so I know how you feel. But I bet he had a damn good life and how many cats could say that (excluding all cats known to minute of course)? I feel for you. Have you ever heard of the Rainbow Bridge _ Google it

Thank you everyone, I'm thinking I will get him a nice box and keep him in the house, I just cant bring myself to scatter him

Mine are in little urns from the crematorium, I chose the hearts with paw prints.

My darling boy was put to sleep yesterday. When I get his ashes back I will be keeping him near in a box for a while then come summer perhaps scatter him in a sunny spot. Sorry for your loss. It hurts.

I'm so sorry for your loss xxx

My boy's ashes are in a box. I was going to scatter them in Spain, as I adopted him while I was living there, but now I'd rather keep them. They're on a shelf next to a photograph of him.

I'm so sorry for your loss op. I struggled with this when my boy got run over. I ended up having his ashes put into a little wooden cat urn and he sits in my lounge, which is very comforting.

Not a cat, but a dog OP but my DP's lost their dog last year and they have kept his ashes in a beautiful urn in their living room. It has brought them great comfort having him close. So sorry for your loss

Thank you everyone, so sorry to everyone who has lost their pets as well, it's just the most awful feeling. I bought him a nice box with his name engraved on it, he can stay with us now.

I've still got Maia's ashes in my cupboard. I was going to scatter them in my friends beautiful garden. But I can't bring myself to do it. Feels right to have her in the house.

I’ve got this dilemma, our cat was sadly PTS a month ago due to illness and we’ve got his ashes in a scatter tube although the vet said it’s also ok for burying as it’s bio degradable. I always thought we’d bury him in the garden and plant a nice bush as he loved running around in the garden and when he was older and having a little snooze in the sunshine out there. But now I’m not sure about ‘leaving him outside’ 😢

I lost my 3 old boys within a year of each other. They are all in sleeping cat shaped boxes, they stay cuddled up together by the fire. Just like when they were alive. Couldn't bear to scatter them. When I moved they went on the front seat of my car and not in a box in the van!

Unfortunately they've now been joined by the 2 kittens and a horse - it's getting a bit snug now!