Re: Vet Records/Morbid question
Excellent idea phawyren! I will donate all my sons old blankies he has and I love to croqet...I will make blankies and donate them. I love how your vet had little cofifns for the past pets. It is sad that they wrapped poor Dukee in a Science Diet box. Great idea about the blankies. Thanks Kayte and Crackers
Re: Vet Records/Morbid question
My husband thinks Dukee died the same day he had the surgery and they wanted to make the bucks for having him over the weekend. He is using some curse words right now. Not a happy camper. I just told him about my experience with the Vet trying to get copies. Normally, don't tell him everything unless there is a need. Didn't want to start anything. I have a question and probably morbid: Is there anyway they can find out how longpet has been dead before they are returned back to their owners. I know they can on humans. What I think is funny is that he was put in a Science Diet box and it was tape very well. You would have to use a knife to open it. I didn't open the box to look at him really didn't want to see him that way. I wanted to remember as he was. Maybe I should have. Terrie Mohr-ForkerTAZZY'S ANIMAL TRANSPORTSSIAMESE COLLIE RESCUEDonations accepted at:https://www.paypal.com/http://www.tazzys-siameses-collies.petfinder.org/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wasiameserescuehttp://hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/myhomepage/petmemorial.htmlhttp://www.felineleukemia.org/http://www.hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/index.htmlhttp://www.petloss.com/
Re: Vet Records/Morbid question
It is not unusual for vets to wrap an animal in a box/plastic bag for the family. My vets do it and I have had others do it. It is a matter of people often do not want to see the little one after he has left and secondly there are bodily changes that may be unpleasant for the people to deal with. Like I said, my vets do this for me then I remove my little friend and put him/her in a box of my choosing for burial. I am not happy with the vet's refusal to give you copies of the files. However, I do not find the box to be a problem. He may well have been trying to do you a favor by fixing Dukee's body for burial. Did you talk to the vet or a vet tech re getting the records? It is terrible that you are having to deal with this now. Please do not drive yourself crazy by doubting yourself. 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 4:21 PM Subject: Re: Vet Records/Morbid question My husband thinks Dukee died the same day he had the surgery and they wanted to make the bucks for having him over the weekend. He is using some curse words right now. Not a happy camper. I just told him about my experience with the Vet trying to get copies. Normally, don't tell him everything unless there is a need. Didn't want to start anything. I have a question and probably morbid: Is there anyway they can find out how longpet has been dead before they are returned back to their owners. I know they can on humans. What I think is funny is that he was put in a Science Diet box and it was tape very well. You would have to use a knife to open it. I didn't open the box to look at him really didn't want to see him that way. I wanted to remember as he was. Maybe I should have. Terrie Mohr-ForkerTAZZY'S ANIMAL TRANSPORTSSIAMESE COLLIE RESCUEDonations accepted at:https://www.paypal.com/http://www.tazzys-siameses-collies.petfinder.org/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wasiameserescuehttp://hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/myhomepage/petmemorial.htmlhttp://www.felineleukemia.org/http://www.hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/index.htmlhttp://www.petloss.com/
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 likehe 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 whohad 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 SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.htmlFind 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
Re: Vet Records/Morbid question
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 knowyou 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 likehe 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 whohad 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 SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.htmlFind 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
