I’ve owned cats for probably 75% of my life. I know how you feel.
I had to bury my 10 year old cat last year. I think I buried her 2 feet down. Nothing has disturbed her.
Aw, I’m sorry to hear that. I think digging her up and peeing on her might accomplish both goals: burying her and having no critters dig her up.
Do it. And let the English see you do it.
Yeah, I was only joking about peeing on the grave…stones on top usually do the trick.
[quote]anonym wrote:
Yeah, I was only joking about peeing on the grave…stones on top usually do the trick.[/quote]
Now you say something.
What do you think she’s doing right now?
awww sorry about your cat. That’s quite the long life though. It’s funny how it’s possible that one can have a pet cat that spans the time from young adulthood to almost middle age. If I got one now at 26 it’s possible I’d be pushing 45 by the time it died if it lived as long as yours.
Um, er…, ah,
BUT IT IS A CAT!
I T-man would flush the thing down the toilet and buy a dog.
I’m very sorry for your loss. It’s unfortunate you’re having to revisit the burial process and try to decipher if it’s adequate. I would venture to guess that all depends upon where you live and the type of wildlife in your area.
Not to make you feel bad, but I had this exact same situation happen to me when my 18 year-old cat died. I buried him in a pre-arranged place, about 2.5 feet deep, then covered the spot with two large (about 20 lb.) flat rocks. On the morning of the second day I was shocked to find his grave open and his body scattered in bits and pieces nearby. A Coyote had dug around and under the rocks. At first I was a bit horrified, but I reminded myself that my cat (as I knew him) was gone … it was just flesh, bone and fur. I gathered up the pieces and reburied them, and placed 5 or 6 very large rocks around the site. Coyotes are scavengers and opportunists that can smell “food” underground to great depths, which is why they are so good at catching voles and vermin. The Coyote came back several more times and scratched around the rocks on surface of the grave, but I suspect there wasn’t much scent by then and it decided it wasn’t worth the effort. But hey, even the buzzards gotta eat…
Again, I’m so sorry for your loss.
Cappy
I had to put our cat down a couple weeks ago and I buried it in the side yard. Let it rest, it is unlikely anything will bother digging it up.
Sorry about your loss.
Human piss won’t deter a scavenger. Pour a bottle of ammonia on the grave site, anything that can smell the body won’t be able to stand the ammonia. You may need to reapply once or twice after heavy rains.
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I looked in the thread of universal advice and I didn’t see this one covered so I feel semi safe posting this. Feel free to mock me though. I’ll just weep in silence on my side of the keyboard.
A couple of weeks ago my 19 year old cat died. That’s not the problem. Despite the fact that we miss her, it was somewhat expected. She very graciously passed away on the hardwood floor creating a minimum of mess. She always was considerate.
My problem is that I strained my lower back burying her in the backyard. It was damn hard digging the hole. (On a side note - how do people bury corpses in the woods. My daughter said that is the genesis of henchmen) I’m now not certain if she’s buried deep enough and the local wildlife will dig her up and do unspeakable things with her. I worry about this but at the same time, I’m somewhat reluctant to start foraging around to find her shroud wrapped corpse to bury her deeper.
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Should’ve payed to have her cremated like I did with my cat last year. All that digging can lead to overtraining and possible injury.
Best thing you can do now is set traps around the gravesite so the live critters will pay for being nosey.
Sorry for your loss, O.
But if you want to avoid exhuming her, as well as eliminating the possibility of scavengers getting to her shallow grave, just place a large heavy piece of slate or shale over the site for a season. Once she’s decomposed, she probably won’t attract the scavengers.
I’m sorry about your sweet kitty, Ouroboro. That was a cute picture of her, and a freaking awesome one of you.
Sorry to hear about your cat.
Recommendation go to a place far away with the body. Stack a big fire with a platform at the top. Start the fire and burn the remains. Give your cat the honorable ceremony it deserves for years of loyalty to your family.
Hopefully if the fire burns long and hot enough there will be nothing but ashes left and nothing for other animals to molest.
As others have said you should burn it. A T-man would give a loyal pet a huge fucking Viking funeral pyre.
That being said I wouldn’t be too worried it is a cat after all and who cares about evil animals that have no souls? Fuck just choked on my water after writing that…damn evil cat mojo.
I’m sorry about your cat.
DickBag had some wisdom on the subject a while back. It’s posted here:
http://www.T-Nation.com/tmagnum/readTopic.do?id=1407850
Don’t do the plastic bag thing. I’ve always had an issue with burying things in hermetically sealed coffins/bags because it basically kicks the Lion King/3rd grade science class theory of life in the nuts. Let the body of the deceased return to oneness with nature.
I feel a little dirty now. This is my one newagey foible.
[quote]Testy1 wrote:
Sorry about your loss.
Human piss won’t deter a scavenger. Pour a bottle of ammonia on the grave site, anything that can smell the body won’t be able to stand the ammonia. You may need to reapply once or twice after heavy rains.[/quote]
Excellent advice. You can add some garlic salt for good measure.
Sorry about the loss.
I have two cats that are almost 4 years old and when I bury either of them I will stand guard with a shotgun!
sorry for your loss 
thats the oldest you could possible expect a cat to live really… the world record is 27 years old.
I would put a large piece of wood like a piece of ply wood over the area and put rocks over it that way any critters would have to dig a long tunnel or lift the board… unless its a determined bear it wont happen.