Yeah, he was an old man.

Thanks mord.

Thanks Jans

We just put down a 21 year old not too long ago. It's always rough. Condolences to you and family.

Of course this is very raw for me, as I had to have Ritchie put to sleep only two months ago now. He was 15, but a kitten at heart. Damn, I miss him every day. Still, I have his tiny little coffin in my room and pet it every morning and night. What are the arrangements for your cat, blank? Are you burying him or having him cremated, or what?

We buried him in his blanket next to his brothers. I don't believe in cremation really. I did it to my for my dog but that was because it was winter and the ground was frozen solid. I wasn't going to shove him in a freezer til the earth warmed.

I didn't realize you could get coffins for pets. I'm not surprised but I never even entertained the idea.

Thanks.

Wait, the cat's not in the coffin, right? But then why have a coffin in the first place if you're not going to put anything in it? But you can't just have a dead cat in your room for two months. Wut.

i thought the same thing initially. maybe it's like an urn?

That's fair enough. Over here you can have your pet cremated privately (they give you a cert to show that he or she was treated separately; of course you pay for this) and then they deliver a tiny little coffin/casket with the pet's name on a little golden plaque on it. It's actually quite comforting, I find: almost like he never really left.
No of course not, his ashes are. See above.
Not an urn as such: it's made to look like a coffin but yes essentially an urn.

http://www.trollheart.com/ritchiecasket.jpg

It looks like Ritchie is the guy in the pic behind the coffin. Sends the wrong message imo.

Ritchie is obviously a DVR.