Pro - Does anyone else's nest boxes get soaked in rain?

[Old Speckled Hen]

I just collected my beloved Collie Puck's ashes and staring at the box in the garden made me go all wobbly. Aren't we daft

I shall take them down to Bushy Park where he walked for 17years but a bit of me wants to keep them with me.

What do other folk do?

[lillybettybabs]

I have all mine on a shelf in the pet room as i just can't part with them .

[Chucky Mama]

I still have the ashed of Loopy my old dog on the shelf. We lost her about 8 years ago. The plan was to bury them in between the goal posts where she liked to lie in the sun (was not popular during football matches as she was a rubbish goalie ). We never found the right time to dig up the turf. To be honest, I don't think we will have ashes back again.

[Goosey Lucy]

I still have the ashes of my beloved Kushka who we lost nearly a year ago. We're not settled permanenently in the house we're currently renting but when we are I'm going to buy a catnip plant and scatter her ashes underneath.

 

And I still go a bit wobbly when I look at her beautiful box

[Jools]

I can't let go of any of mine. I have a chest with various boxes of ashes, collars, leads etc. My OH tried to scatter the ashes of his gun dog at his favourite stand at Easton Neston fifteen years ago but couldn't do it. We took the ashes of one of our terriers on holiday to Skye with us a few years ago in case we decided leave his memory there with all the other happy ones. He's still in the chest too.

 

I've wondered about having them made into jewellery, but I suspect they'll be mixed in with the ashes whichever one of my husband or I that go first and be scattered together in a favourite place .... still to be chosen!

[Old Speckled Hen]

I think I will look for a nice container for him, maybe a nice wooden box from the county show in September.

[Jools]

We used to joke about my best friend in the world Stanley because he was a tiny JRT (with an attitude the size of a planet). We said he'd only need a match box to hold his ashes when his time came, so when his time came I was determined to find something appropriate for him. For three years he lived in the cardboard box he was returned in, inside the cupboard by my bed as I just couldn't find anything fitting. Then a couple of years ago, at Holker Festival, I found a very plain oak box with a sliding lid - what was in effect an oversize match box. I burst into tears, bought the box and that's where Stanley now resides.

[Old Speckled Hen]

Bless................

When my daughter's first gerbil shuffled off his mortal coil she insisted I had his ashes back.......she knew about these things

The crematorium charged me as much as a small dog; I was flabbergasted. He was kept in a large glass locket for years. I think she still has it

[Seagazer]

Ah I am sorry I'm sure whatever you do will be fine. Don't rush though.

 

When my lovely old Sally (dog) died we had her ashes in DD's bedroom for a while (she was away at uni). She insisted we bury her ashes which we did in the garden roughly where Sally used to like sleeping. I do wish that I'd placed her ashes in a tub now so that I could have taken her with me if we move.

 

Molly, (cat) died unexpectedly and so I kept her ashes for a few months until everyone moaned at me to bury them.

 

YS still has his rabbit AJ's ashes on his bedroom windowsill, that's about 2 or 3 years ago now. I think he's probably forgotten that they're there.

[kerryegg]

Many years ago I accidently paid for an expensive cremation for a beloved pet and was very upset when the vet presented me with the ashes in a lovely pottery jar. I hid them at the back of the wardrobe. Many years later on the day of my mothers funeral my husband searching for his never worn decent shoes found them and assumned it was my late father! This resulted in me getting upset about my mum, my dad and the dog and everyone else trying to pretend it wasn't funny.

When the truth came out we scattered them in her favorite bit of the garden.

Really a matter of personal choice but I think ashes should be scattered as soon as possible after the cremation.

[bigmommasally]

When we lost our Pepee we buried his casket of ashes in a square wooden planter under a standard rose bush called "Little white pet". We have a brass plaque on the planter with his name dates etc. This way if we ever move we will be able to take him with us. I love the rose tree as when it comes out in bloom the soft petals really reminds me of Pepee's lovely soft fluffy coat.

What ever you do with his ashes he will always be with you in your heart and that is what matters.

[beach chick]

oh dear, this has reminded me... my Sparky-cat's ashes have been in the kitchen cupboard coming up for 2 years now, and I meant to bury them when I planted my new border. Unfortunately, I did the border a month ago - and forgot the ashes!!! I have got to find a home for them, it just seems a bit weird to hang on to them...

[Raina]

We lost our Cat,TC August 2007 and we've still got his ashes.

 

He was our first pet to get cremated....His ashes are now ontop of our bookcase (One of his Favorite spots to sleep)

 

[franklyrabbit]

Your photo makes it all the more real - reading these posts brings back lost loved ones to my mind - not a bad thing at all as lots and lots of lovely memories, but very sad nonetheless