burying my dead pet

[what..the?]

hello there my pet died and I want to buy him but the whole garden is being dug up in the next year to two, it wont look anything like it does now I will also create a burial area in the new garden layout, I have no location to bury the current dead pet that won't be dug up in the future. So instead of the usual biodegradable shoebox a put the guinea pig in a thin plastic container thinking that he could be dug up again if needed and reburied within the memorial part of the new garden. I will tie the lid on the box to stop it opening when we re-lift the box. But I just didn't know if this was the right thing to do, we are talking about serious landscaping etc digging out massive amounts of earth etc. I considered putting lots of little holes in the plastic tub and then fill the tub around the guinea pig with dug out earth so the pig can start to decompose so we would keep the bones etc in the tub when we re-lift but if we lift too soon either way (holes or not) I don't know what would be worse. I'd hate for the guinea pig to never to decompose so if we chose no holes I might get someone else if they wouldn't mind tipping the tub out in the hole I estimate it will be a year before we have to move the burial but it might be sooner. Any advice great received.

[EDDIE51]

Sorry but I can't belive this is serious.
When my grandaughters guinea pig died he went in the recycle bin.
what..the the guinea pig will decompose if he is in a plastic bag, box, or any other container with or withouit holes , buried or not. It is just that there will very soon be flys and maggots crawling around the body and it will STINK ! you know what a dead rat or mouse smells like , a guinea pig will be the same.

[craft1948]

I nearly choked...............I saw the word pig but missed the guinea bit.

[NOX]

Some people like to bury their pets EDDIE- my family included- it's really not that weird.

[Mamyalynne]

We buried all our small pets, from Budgies to hamsters and Guinea pigs.

[Mamyalynne]

A) are you?? Have you ever held one purring away and felt it's heartbeat.

B) Why the need for profanities?

[gness]

Gosh. That`s so sad to feel that way Deputy.x

[tamborine]

Put it in a tin that you can label & seal till you're ready to intern it permanently.

[Mamyalynne]

DS, you are either goading or something on those lines, you have an aversion to small pets, don't answer!! Yes what you wrote here and earlier is derogatory.

[Ellipsis]

Deputy_sherriff, the main point is that we're in Animals&Nature->Pets here - this is not Chatterbank and it is an area where people can be upset by a thoughtless response. If somebody asks a question about burying their dead pet, they don't want to hear your opinion on their having love for said pet - they simply want an answer to their burial question. If you don't have one, stay clear.

You've apologised, so probably best to leave it at that ...

[gness]

Perhaps a little thought on how to make suggestions Deputy?

[Philtaz]

If you're gonna do it, do it right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yjok8AgN1o

[slinkycat]

I believe it was Graham who made the helpful freezer suggestion, as for recycling, what kind of bins do you have in your area DS???
Anyway, back to the original question, could you bury him in a relatives or friends garden instead, someone who is also a pet lover?

[pastafreak]

Obviously some on here have never sat under a tree with a little girl as she stroked her dying guinea pig. (been there,done that )
How we treat ill,dead or dying pets has a huge impression on our children. And it makes no difference whether it is a horse,pedigree/mutt,guinea pig or ancient tortoise.