Do You Do This?
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RandomWiktor
Rabid Betta Activist
My uncle had a bullhead catfish that he caught from a pond when it was only two inches long. It grew up to be at least two feet long, and eventually died one winter when a prolonged power outtage kept the filter, heater, etc. off for five days. The fish was something like 13 years old when it happened, and had had it creamated. Keeps the ashes in a box in his room.
I personally would not creamate my fish because they wouldn't burn well unless they were all dried out, and to do that, I'd have to leave my dead fish lying around for a while to let the water leech out of it. I bury mine instead. I have burried them in with potted plants before; really makes the plants healthy!
I wish I could afford proper creamation for all of my pets, but frankly its expensive. I've had one pet creamted, my rooster Skoggi. When his mate, Krelli, dies as well, I will have her creamted so they can be together in the box I purchased for them.
I personally would not creamate my fish because they wouldn't burn well unless they were all dried out, and to do that, I'd have to leave my dead fish lying around for a while to let the water leech out of it. I bury mine instead. I have burried them in with potted plants before; really makes the plants healthy!
I wish I could afford proper creamation for all of my pets, but frankly its expensive. I've had one pet creamted, my rooster Skoggi. When his mate, Krelli, dies as well, I will have her creamted so they can be together in the box I purchased for them.
Mr.September15
Chuck Norris is the reason why waldo's hiding
Cremate 
...I would never. Thats extremely mean... 
. Well I can never think I would ever cremate any pet. That's weird and it wouldn't really make lots of ash. Just bury it. Flushing it would be hazardous to the enviorment so burying it would be the best thing to do...
-Arrowhead
...I would never. Thats extremely mean... . Well I can never think I would ever cremate any pet. That's weird and it wouldn't really make lots of ash. Just bury it. Flushing it would be hazardous to the enviorment so burying it would be the best thing to do...-Arrowhead
RandomWiktor
Rabid Betta Activist
Might I ask how it is any more "mean" than digging a ditch and letting them turn into wormfood? The animal is dead; it doesn't really matter if you dig a hole, set it on fire, or throw it in the garbage. The life has left the body, so its pretty hard to be mean to a corpse.
Not everyone has the property space to bury a pet, or the money to put the animal in a pet cemetary. And others want a way to remember their pet forever. For those individuals, creamation is a viable option if the owner does not wish to dispose of the animal by throwing it away or flushing it.
Not everyone has the property space to bury a pet, or the money to put the animal in a pet cemetary. And others want a way to remember their pet forever. For those individuals, creamation is a viable option if the owner does not wish to dispose of the animal by throwing it away or flushing it.
Mr.September15
Chuck Norris is the reason why waldo's hiding
True True...
It'd be hard for my to burry something for reasons:
There's like 4-5 inches of snow in my backyard.
My parents wouldn't let me dig a whole in our yard.
There's no place in my yard that my dog and cat + other cats and dogs couldn't get too. Plus my nightbors would think we're weird.
Flushing works for me. No other way really....
There's like 4-5 inches of snow in my backyard.
My parents wouldn't let me dig a whole in our yard.
There's no place in my yard that my dog and cat + other cats and dogs couldn't get too. Plus my nightbors would think we're weird.
Flushing works for me. No other way really....
SRC
Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants won'
um...contaminates what water lol? The water filled with chemicals, urine, feces, and other bodily fluids washed away by baths. I mean...if you look at it that way, what about the water washed down sinks, toilets, and baths from people infected with HIV and AIDS, that might happen to cut themselves while shaving their legs/faces? It's not like they reuse that water.
Not to mention those folks who happen to have septic tanks
that just sits there until it's pumped out and disposed of somewhere (God I hate to think of where they really put all that :barf: lol). The fish is just going to decompose there as opposed to your back yard. And putting plastic in the ground is just as dangerous for the environment, if you wanna look at the economical factor.And exactly how is cremating "mean"? They aren't alive when you do it lol.
Cremating is actually the most resourceful way of disposing of bodies. I think more people should be cremated if you ask me. That way you don't have to worry about them popping up in flood prone areas, no worries about mausoleums being destroyed by natural disasters (or vandelized), it doesn't cost nearly as much as a traditional burial, and if you move you can still have them close to you. Not to mention you can even take them to their favorite place and sprinkle the ashes (like the ocean, a meadow, or the mountains, etc). You can even have ashes turned into a diamond and placed in a piece of jewlery now.
I know I definitely want to be cremated.
I refuse to be stuck in an overly-priced box, have that box placed in another overly-priced box, planted in a small, extremely overly-priced, plot of ground, topped with an extravagantly, overly-priced piece of marble/stone, and surrounded by overly-priced, dying flowers...while my family pays for all of it needlessly.
That honestly makes absolutely no sense if you stop and think about it.
use the bin.
When a fish dies in my house(which hasn't really happened for a few months now) It's usually small and my B-noses or any other scavangers have already ripped it apart, and so they finish it off for me
DD
afireinside
A Shrine To Madness
I don't know. I read it somewhere in a book. Though if the fish is too big, it could get caught in the toilet...
um...contaminates what water lol? The water filled with chemicals, urine, feces, and other bodily fluids washed away by baths. I mean...if you look at it that way, what about the water washed down sinks, toilets, and baths from people infected with HIV and AIDS, that might happen to cut themselves while shaving their legs/faces? It's not like they reuse that water.
Not to mention those folks who happen to have septic tanks
And exactly how is cremating "mean"? They aren't alive when you do it lol.
Cremating is actually the most resourceful way of disposing of bodies. I think more people should be cremated if you ask me. That way you don't have to worry about them popping up in flood prone areas, no worries about mausoleums being destroyed by natural disasters (or vandelized), it doesn't cost nearly as much as a traditional burial, and if you move you can still have them close to you. Not to mention you can even take them to their favorite place and sprinkle the ashes (like the ocean, a meadow, or the mountains, etc). You can even have ashes turned into a diamond and placed in a piece of jewlery now.
I know I definitely want to be cremated.
I refuse to be stuck in an overly-priced box, have that box placed in another overly-priced box, planted in a small, extremely overly-priced, plot of ground, topped with an extravagantly, overly-priced piece of marble/stone, and surrounded by overly-priced, dying flowers...while my family pays for all of it needlessly.
That honestly makes absolutely no sense if you stop and think about it.
When I was little I used to bury my fish in a little boxes and have a ceromony for them. 
Then cry for weeks afterward until the grass grew over the dirt. o_o; I bonded with all my animals greatly, so much that I had to have them properly buried...even my apple snail got buried a year or so ago. 
I, however, want to donate my body (if there are any useable bits) to medical science (transplants and stuff, not for science lab dissection) and have whatever is left cremated and scattered into the wind off of Mt. Fuji.
Then cry for weeks afterward until the grass grew over the dirt. o_o; I bonded with all my animals greatly, so much that I had to have them properly buried...even my apple snail got buried a year or so ago. I, however, want to donate my body (if there are any useable bits) to medical science (transplants and stuff, not for science lab dissection) and have whatever is left cremated and scattered into the wind off of Mt. Fuji.
No you can either bury the fish in the dirt of the pot where the plant is or you can lay the fish on top of the dirt and let it decompose and you can watch the maggots eat away at their flesh.
FishEnthusiast
Fish Herder
My dad has done this before. I will not go into the sordid details of how the fish died, but he had a large pleco, maybe 6" long that died. He tried to flush it!
Needless to say he had to rip apart his toilet as the fish was not only large, but bony too.
If only he had asked me what to do.
ral
Fish Herder
No you can either bury the fish in the dirt of the pot where the plant is or you can lay the fish on top of the firt and let it decompose and you can watch the maggots eat away at their flesh.
DURBKAT!!!
I knew I should have stayed out of here!!! I am about to have lunch 
And I was being serious, well sort of, the Lion King music sort of betrayed humor. You guys are impossible! But funny.
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