Ask a Mortician- Home Death & Wake For Your Pet

*~*~* RIP, The Meow *~*~*

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Theme by David Forrest
Flying Kitten Titles by Oliver Franklin Anderson
Meow Photos Mara Zehler & Jillien Kahn
Ending Song "Time of My Life" from Dirty Dancing (obvs)

[dana]

Here I am, crying. Over a cat that died 3 years ago. A cat I never met.

[lilog]

Caitlyn: *has a wake and home euthanasia for her pet* Caitlyn: *describes how she could have fenced with her cat's rigor-mortis'd body* ah, the duality of man

[crowmoon]

Now I'm crying about a cat I never met, 5 years posthumous.

[BannanaOnFloor]

We had a funeral for my brother's hamster when he passed away. Our Scottish neighbor caught wind and he broke out the bagpipes to bid his tiny fluffy soul fairwell

[pisces]

a cat purring as it dies is like the perfect death for a cat

[TisNessie]

Me reading Home Euthanasia: um no.
Caitlyn: she was purring as she died
Me: 😭 yes

[austincolwell]

this was posted in 2014, its 2020 and im crying wow

[izzygd]

The Meow died almost 6 years ago and here I am, crying my mf eyes out

[Wlfmoonster]

My 18 year old cat died on January 31st, 2019. He jumped off the bed in the middle of the night, curled up on the floor and passed peacefully in his sleep. I chose to have him cremated so that he can always be near. He was my faithful companion for half of his life. He was taken back and forth to the SPCA by previous owners who couldn't handle his issues. When he came home with me I promised him that I would never leave him or give him up.

[elsie]

"Death isn't an emergency- it's a permanent condition. You can't mess anything up." This gave me a lot of comfort, thank you <3 x

[brooksiefan]

Good night The Meow. Thank you, Caitlin. That was respectful and dignified, the way sister soldiers deserve!

[nyotauhura]

Nearly 7 years on, and The Meow's death makes me teary eyed.

[RB-]

I recently lost my cat and the part where she began blow-drying the cat had me flip-flopping between hysterics and racking sobs haha

[TheNovelSanctuary]

Totally just started crying at my desk

[sarahh.]

The only reason I didn’t commit suicide in high school was because I knew my cat would miss me. Watching this video made me think about what would happen when she dies and I was bawling my eyes out. This cat sleeps in my bed every night, she’s 7 years old so I know I have several more years with her but it didn’t change the fact that one day she’ll no longer be here. If I’m home she follows me around and when I’m not home she follows my mom around. This cat means the world to me and I would hate to see her go.

[ameliabrittain]

Not me literally tearing up and crying when she said the Meow was purring in her lap while being put

[rachelclark]

At the beginning of this video I had tears running down my face. That is until you were describing blow drying your dead wet cat at 2am. I don't mean any disrespect but that cracked me up. Mainly because I could see myself doing something like that.

[hrenie]

Rewatched ths video recently. Wanted to add my experience with one of our cats. He (Trouble) died when the ground was frozen so we had to store him in an Igloo cooler in our garage. As the weather warmed, we DREADED opening the cooler so he stayed in there from January to May. We finally put our grwn people panties on a dug the hole in our back yard. We braced ourselves for the impeding miasma of death stench but were amazed to find that there was none and, aside from a slight recession of his eyeballs, he was purrfectly (couldn't resist) intact. No goo nor odor. I was going to write a testimonial and send it to the Igloo offices but felt that a "keeps corpses fresh" angle was probably not something that marketing would be interested in

[jdfsxjy]

Meow lived a long and jovial life, growing ripe with old age and died with dignity on your lap. (I know this was like 2 years ago but this vid made me tear up so I thought why not) ~R.I.P

[ga]

My dog was put down today and my mom desperately wanted to take her body home, so I explained to her that she could. But my (nurse) sister said that we absolutely couldn’t because she’d start decomposition, as if I hadn’t already considered that. I brought it up more than once because my mom seemed under the impression that she couldn’t, but kept repeating how badly she wanted to take her home and sleep next to her one more time. My sister ended up snapping at me for bringing it up more than once. I didn’t want to pressure her or anything, I just brought it up again because it honestly seemed like it was what she wanted but didn’t realize she could do! I was just trying to help.
I had also discussed a home wake with my mom years before and my mom seemed to love the idea, but in the moment my traditional nurse sister and the vet told her it was best to just cremate her right away without taking the body home.
I’m just frustrated that nothing went as planned and my say meant nothing. And on top of that, she did not go without suffering.
I know this video is years old so no one will see this, but I just wanted to get this out there somehow.