If you were to move to a new house, would you unearth the grave of a beloved pet you had buried in the back yard and bring the body with you to be buried in the new back yard?

I worry about this sometimes... My parents have lived in the same house for almost 30 years... All of my childhood pets are buried in their backyard.. If they were to move, I would have a lot of trouble with this. I would not dig them up.. but I would try to buy the house from them. It is that important to me.

I wouldn't bury a pet in the back yard in the first place. I'd be too paranoid that something would dig it up.

They I do not think you have to worry about it Mom & Dad are gonna stay put.

I think my fond memories of the pet might be sullied by the memories of disinterring its rotting carcass.

No

Ewwwww... I find that really necro-fetish-istic. If your parents are buried in your hometown, when you move out would you dig them up and bring them along as well? I guess I see pets (dead or alive) as more relatives than something I own to disinter and pack up along with the VCR and microwave.

I seriously doubt it. But when I moved out to an apartment from the evil step fathers house I dug up the tiny bones of a baby sparrow I tried to save and took them with me. There was no gunk on them.

Why would I do that?

I brought the "coffin" I had made for my ferret Lister with me when I moved to the States. I never bothered to open it, but I imagine there was very little left.

Oh ya.. I forgot about that. When my iguana died my dad mad a black coffin for her, I wrapped her up in there and said I would always keep her with me. I think I left it somewhere, who knows. I feel bad for the person who found her.

A beloved pet died, and we took him to the house where he had been born and got permission from the new owners to bury him in their back yard.

My family's pets are all buried in unmarked graves in the family cemetery, which will probably stay in the family for a few more generations, by which time no one will remember they are there.

I would never buirry a pet in the first place

but I might dig up my child's placenta, if i remembered where it was.

You're supposed to eat it anon, not bury it. Duh!

Neither would I move into a house where other pets have been buried. I've seen the Amityville Horror!

Get A Life!

My oldest cat is dying and we're gonna move within the next 6 months or so and I've had a hard time deciding what to do. We already own the land we're moving to but this particular cat has never been there so I just don't know.

picklesmom: there is always cremation.

Burying pets in the back yard? Come on!

Yeah, come on. Just flush them through the toilet!

Depends how long the pet has been dead and how long I have grieved-probably not.

I have buried many cats and a few smaller pets in many different yards over the years, but I wouldn't go so far as to move them with me.

We are having a burial tomorrow actually......

Twist: Who died?

Our beautiful rat Gillian died of old age.

I'm sorry to hear that... I have had 5 rats.. They were all so cool...

The other two aren't doing so well either...UG!

Are they shaky and thin? How old are they?

Yes, they are shaky and thin. They're getting pretty close to 3 years old. Poor ol' geriatric rats.

and one has a tumor
but we are keeping them happy...well fed and as comfortable as possible....

I wonder what it is that causes them to shake exactly.. that is the worst thing.. watching them die... mine all died around that age too

Probably some kind of frailty associated with the nerve, muscle and bone degeneration of old age....either that or they are afraid of the cat

I had a rat in a 70 gallon aquarium without a top.. when my cat was a kitten, she slept in it curled up with my rat.

My aunt and uncle buried not only their dog's ashes in their backyard, but Grandma's ashes as well. I know they don't plan to move anytime soon, but it's odd to think about.