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.

[pastafreak]

My response was not so much to the OP as to others who do not seem to understand the attachment some have to their pets.

[Brinjal]

Just bury him and when you redo your garden dig up the bones and re bury them in the new space. He will have long decomposed over a year. Funny how people can just bin their pets. Not nice. Mind I got heaps of abuse because I sent my old horse to the lions.

[AB Editor]

I'm surprised at the insensitivity of some regulars here. It's pathetic.

What..the? - I'd go with the plant pot.

[carolegif]

Did you realise you have to get permission from DEFRA before you bury a pet in the garden? I didn't until I buried my two cats one this year and one last. Broken the law so many times with budgies, hamsters etc.
Bury him in the garden and by the time he is dug up again he will be just remains.

[EDDIE51]

Pastafreak, you would have a bit of a problem fitting a horse in a recycle bin !

[rowanwitch]

Use the flowerpot idea but sink the pot into the soil so worms etc can get into the compost that way you will get near normal decomposition and be able to move the plant/bones etc to a final place when your garden is complete. BTW the string bag would be too coarse as some GP bones are incredibly tiny you would need to make a bag out of fine polyester tulle or something

[jomifl]

If you are planning to put a tree or shrub in your future garden why not buy it now and put it in a large tub and bury your pet at the bottom of the tub. When your garden is finished just plant the tree and pet together and being under a tree your pet won't get disturbed again.

[Philtaz]

Ab Editor,
So my post and question about it is removed when I'd insulted no one, yet personal insults on another thread are allowed to stand?
http://www.theanswerb...uestion1134431-2.html

Seriously?

Could you answer a question please Ed? If I ask you to de-activate my account, will all posts therein be removed from this site too?

[pdust]

if its just deactivated they will all stay phil...

[pdust]

erm you did mean you own posts didnt you?

[ummmm]

Yep, they will stay. Your answers will disappear if you get banned.

Are you really going to de-activate over a deleted thread?

[pastafreak]

EDDIE51
Pastafreak, you would have a bit of a problem fitting a horse in a recycle bin !

EDDIE...I wouldn't put any animal in a recycle bin!

[rowanwitch]

I recycled dead pet fish by leaving them where I fed the magpies and crows... would have done the same if I'd kept small animals anything guinea pig size or larger would be cremated I wouldn't want the ashes back... The body was just the 'box' the animal lived in. .

[what..the?]

Thanks for all the answers, I decided mainly due to the urgency what with the hot weather to bury him direct into the ground and hope that area won't be dug up, I very much like the plant pot idea and might try that in the future if another pet dies before the garden is laid out but I don't currently own a big plant pot being new to gardening otherwise I would have def considered that option. I hope this post maybe of use to others in a similar situation, I hope after at least a year I will either leave the bones there or if dug up I will try and keep any bones I find to replant. Thanks again for all the answers from a pet lover x

[jomifl]

Rowan it is amazing how efficient the magpie patrol is, any small dead animal is removed within an hour of having been put in the patrol zone.