Re: Vet Records/Morbid question

[Marylyn]

I understand how wonderful it was to get your friend back in this manner.  However, the vets I know very caringly use boxes and, more often, trash bags for wrapping.  I know the vets involved in the trash bag wrapping.  They are extremely caring and if they know you are bringing a box of your own, try to remove the bag.  They use plastic because of the fluids released naturally.  I know this is not really comforting but it is a reality check.  The SD box would not be out of order in my world.  I would prefer all little ones came home differently--that is why I get my own boxes, usually cedar, pine or oak.  Don't think me insensitive.  I have buried too many of my own and they all have granite  markers that anyone would be pleased to use for a child.  Just don't dwell on the box.                                                                   If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures                                                  from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who                                                  will deal likewise with their fellow man.                                                                   St. Francis ----- Original Message ----- From: Jennifer Phaewryn O'Gwynn To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 5:49 PM Subject: Re: Vet Records/Morbid question That's sad, a Science Diet box.... I now cremate, but before I moved up north (where you can't dig graves 7 months of the year due to frozen ground), I'd had a cat that had been euthanised. The vet I used had special cardboard "coffins". They even lined them with baby blankets (I now donate all baby blankets to vets in order for them to provide this to others, because it was such a comfort to me). They were special made boxes JUST for returning cats to owners who wished to take them home to be buried. There was NO tape, and the cat looked for all the world like he were sleeping peacefully. My cremains also come in a plastic "urn", NOT in a box or baggie. I can't even fathom the horrible bedside manner of a vet that would even consider throwing the remains of someone's pet into a old, left-over box from that day's UPS delivery. I never knew any vet did that, I guess I have been very lucky to have very compassionate and caring vets!   Come to think of it, what a great cause we could work towards... if we all made arrangements with our local vets to knit or crochet "baby" blankets for the specific use of giving to pet owners who had a cat euthanised or die at their clinics. I know I have a long winter coming and could use a hobby. I can't even communicate how much difference the simple gesture of putting a baby blanket in my baby's coffin when they brought his body out to me meant.... it was very special. Phaewryn   Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost Spay&Neuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners: http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.html Special Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Find us on PETFINDER! http://petfinder.com/shelters/VT44.html No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.13.19/507 - Release Date: 10/31/2006