5 Super Easy Ways to Dispose a Dead Kitten
Many of you would have come across seeing a dead cat or kitten at least once in your lifetime but seeing your own kitten's death is not only devastating, but sometimes could be traumatizing as well. Handling a dead kitten is important when it comes to disposing of its body and knowing the basics will help you not only do the right thing for your pet kitten, but also would help in minimizing the grief as well. Below are five easy ways one could dispose a dead kitten.
1. Burning (Cremating)
Burning or in other words cremation has its advantages as well as its disadvantages but cremating your dead kitten has its advantages as well. After cremating your dead kitten, you can use the ashes or even keep it as there is no shelf life for it as opposed to burial. Burying a dead kitten should be done within a few hours before it starts decomposing and this would leave cat owners with little time in arranging a good funeral for their pet. Cremating a dead kitten does not have that disadvantage and the cat owner can take the ashes and give a more memorable goodbye to his/her kitten or simply keep it as remembrance without scattering it. Some of the disadvantages of cremating a dead kitten is that it could cause air pollution by releasing CO2 but this could be minimized if you burn the dead kitten behind your garden without using crematorium but you have the choice to decide which is more suitable for your kitten. To burn the dead body of a kitten, simply wrap it with cloth which easily burns and place the dead kitten under a dug grave or somewhere which is steep and pour kerosene and burn it and once it is done, simply pour sand over it and bury it and this would prevent any smell emanating or any animal trying to drag away the body.
2. Disposing using a plastic bag
If you find a dead kitten in your yard, then the easy way to dispose of it is to put the dead kitten in a plastic bag and put it in the bin. This is a simple strategy and the garbage disposal will do the needful to dispose the dead body of the kitten. The main disadvantage is that some people put the dead kitten in a plastic bag and just keep it somewhere near their yard or throw it away. Plastic bags take many years to decompose and the dead kitten will also take a relatively longer time to decompose and this could attract other predators like foxes or ravens to tear the plastic bag and messing it everywhere leaving with a bad odour emanating as a result of the slow decomposition of the kitten. This method, although easy, could still cause environmental pollution if not done properly.
3. Bury the kitten
Burial of a dead body dates to thousands of years and this is among the most well known methods among pet owners simply because it gives you the opportunity of having a memorial place of your dead kitten. Burial of a dead pet kitten helps in preserving the memories with a designated spot so that the pet owner could spend time near the burial area. Memorial through burial can be done even in your house garden and this would help you in creating a living memorial for the pet kitten and a connection of love and solace as well. Burials are less expensive than cremation and are more environmentally friendly and would keep other animals from trying to take away the carcass of the dead kitten.
4. Ask help from animal control
If you happen to find a dead kitten near your house, You can contact animal rescue and in most cases within 72 hours in the united states and the dead carcass would be removed from the garden. This is another easy way of disposing of a dead kitten but if you are a cat owner and if the dead kitten is your pet, disposing it like this is not accepted by some cat owners but the choice is yours.
5. Kitten stuffing (Taxidermy) to reduce grief
Grief stricken cat owners try to sometimes stuff their pets after they are dead to keep the memories alive. This is comparatively rare and a bit expensive but for a dead kitten, the cost would be far less as compared to larger animals. The controversy surrounding stuffing dead animals is based on the legality of it or how ethical it is. When it comes to legality, it is perfectly legal in most countries and when it comes to ethics, this is based on the subjective opinion of people and one man's food is another mans' poison. Taxidermy is a good coping strategy for some people who are traumatized by the loss of their pet and Some even take more creative steps in preserving their dead pets. Take Dutch artist Bart Jansen for an example who stuffed his cat "Orville" who died in a car crash and created a helicopter by stuffing a motor in the cat's stomach and fixing the blade on the paws. Taxidermy could be motivated dude to the deep attachment you have towards your pet and a psychologist by the name of Sam Carr who is a lecturer at the university of Bath explains the attachment theory as follows,
Pets are “there in every page of your narrative. When you lose that kind of figure, there’s a trauma.” It is a kind of bereavement, which demands some formal response. But there isn’t one. “I’ve never met anyone who either skinned or stuffed their pet,” says Carr, “but I can imagine it offered some kind of respectful way of commemorating their life, maybe a tribute or a celebration.”
(Full article link https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/dec/04/how-to-dispose-of-a-dead-pet-is-taxidermy-the-very-best-option)
Conclusion
Ways of disposing of a dead kitten differs from one owner to another or even on the individual. It is devastating and traumatizing if your pet kitten or any kind pet died and choosing the proper disposal method is your choice. If you happen to have just found a stray kitten which is dead in your yard, this article would also help you make a well thought decision. Whether you are a pet owner or not, disposing a dead kitten will help in solving physical as well as psychological issues arising afterwards.
1. Burning (Cremating)
Burning or in other words cremation has its advantages as well as its disadvantages but cremating your dead kitten has its advantages as well. After cremating your dead kitten, you can use the ashes or even keep it as there is no shelf life for it as opposed to burial. Burying a dead kitten should be done within a few hours before it starts decomposing and this would leave cat owners with little time in arranging a good funeral for their pet. Cremating a dead kitten does not have that disadvantage and the cat owner can take the ashes and give a more memorable goodbye to his/her kitten or simply keep it as remembrance without scattering it. Some of the disadvantages of cremating a dead kitten is that it could cause air pollution by releasing CO2 but this could be minimized if you burn the dead kitten behind your garden without using crematorium but you have the choice to decide which is more suitable for your kitten. To burn the dead body of a kitten, simply wrap it with cloth which easily burns and place the dead kitten under a dug grave or somewhere which is steep and pour kerosene and burn it and once it is done, simply pour sand over it and bury it and this would prevent any smell emanating or any animal trying to drag away the body.
2. Disposing using a plastic bag
If you find a dead kitten in your yard, then the easy way to dispose of it is to put the dead kitten in a plastic bag and put it in the bin. This is a simple strategy and the garbage disposal will do the needful to dispose the dead body of the kitten. The main disadvantage is that some people put the dead kitten in a plastic bag and just keep it somewhere near their yard or throw it away. Plastic bags take many years to decompose and the dead kitten will also take a relatively longer time to decompose and this could attract other predators like foxes or ravens to tear the plastic bag and messing it everywhere leaving with a bad odour emanating as a result of the slow decomposition of the kitten. This method, although easy, could still cause environmental pollution if not done properly.
3. Bury the kitten
Burial of a dead body dates to thousands of years and this is among the most well known methods among pet owners simply because it gives you the opportunity of having a memorial place of your dead kitten. Burial of a dead pet kitten helps in preserving the memories with a designated spot so that the pet owner could spend time near the burial area. Memorial through burial can be done even in your house garden and this would help you in creating a living memorial for the pet kitten and a connection of love and solace as well. Burials are less expensive than cremation and are more environmentally friendly and would keep other animals from trying to take away the carcass of the dead kitten.
4. Ask help from animal control
If you happen to find a dead kitten near your house, You can contact animal rescue and in most cases within 72 hours in the united states and the dead carcass would be removed from the garden. This is another easy way of disposing of a dead kitten but if you are a cat owner and if the dead kitten is your pet, disposing it like this is not accepted by some cat owners but the choice is yours.
5. Kitten stuffing (Taxidermy) to reduce grief
Grief stricken cat owners try to sometimes stuff their pets after they are dead to keep the memories alive. This is comparatively rare and a bit expensive but for a dead kitten, the cost would be far less as compared to larger animals. The controversy surrounding stuffing dead animals is based on the legality of it or how ethical it is. When it comes to legality, it is perfectly legal in most countries and when it comes to ethics, this is based on the subjective opinion of people and one man's food is another mans' poison. Taxidermy is a good coping strategy for some people who are traumatized by the loss of their pet and Some even take more creative steps in preserving their dead pets. Take Dutch artist Bart Jansen for an example who stuffed his cat "Orville" who died in a car crash and created a helicopter by stuffing a motor in the cat's stomach and fixing the blade on the paws. Taxidermy could be motivated dude to the deep attachment you have towards your pet and a psychologist by the name of Sam Carr who is a lecturer at the university of Bath explains the attachment theory as follows,
Pets are “there in every page of your narrative. When you lose that kind of figure, there’s a trauma.” It is a kind of bereavement, which demands some formal response. But there isn’t one. “I’ve never met anyone who either skinned or stuffed their pet,” says Carr, “but I can imagine it offered some kind of respectful way of commemorating their life, maybe a tribute or a celebration.”
(Full article link https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/dec/04/how-to-dispose-of-a-dead-pet-is-taxidermy-the-very-best-option)
Conclusion
Ways of disposing of a dead kitten differs from one owner to another or even on the individual. It is devastating and traumatizing if your pet kitten or any kind pet died and choosing the proper disposal method is your choice. If you happen to have just found a stray kitten which is dead in your yard, this article would also help you make a well thought decision. Whether you are a pet owner or not, disposing a dead kitten will help in solving physical as well as psychological issues arising afterwards.