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MIButterfly

(3,652 posts)
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 09:52 PM Monday

In a few days, I'm going to get a nice wooden box with Holly's ashes in it

and a plate with her paw print and name on it.

I have Bootsy's ashes in an ugly maroon-colored tin can with black paw prints on it and scotch tape over the top. I guess my former vet used a much cheaper cremation service.

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In a few days, I'm going to get a nice wooden box with Holly's ashes in it (Original Post) MIButterfly Monday OP
... SheltieLover Monday #1
So sorry for you and Holly. We had Mom's two cats cremated and got wooden boxes with a brass plate and photo holder for eppur_se_muova Monday #2
That sounds nice. Mines ashes Figarosmom Monday #3
I hope I'm not out of line suggesting this, and I apologise if I am. HeartsCanHope Tuesday #4
Thank you, HeartsCanHope! MIButterfly Wednesday #5
If there is someone you trust that can transfer the ashes for you, that would help. HeartsCanHope Wednesday #6

eppur_se_muova

(42,990 posts)
2. So sorry for you and Holly. We had Mom's two cats cremated and got wooden boxes with a brass plate and photo holder for
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 11:06 PM
Monday

each. It really does brink back good memories to just catch a glance of them occasionally, and be reminded of their lives with us.

Figarosmom

(15,156 posts)
3. That sounds nice. Mines ashes
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 11:19 PM
Monday

Are in white tins with red paw prints. And a ceramic paw print from my dog Muzzy.

HeartsCanHope

(1,833 posts)
4. I hope I'm not out of line suggesting this, and I apologise if I am.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 12:09 AM
Tuesday

You could always find a better box or lovely china urn and put Bootsy's ashes in it.

You can get nicely engraved little plaques online, too. I've done that for my furbabies when I didn't like

the box their ashes came in. Something to think about when you feel ready. Sending love and light.

MIButterfly

(3,652 posts)
5. Thank you, HeartsCanHope!
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 11:16 AM
Wednesday

You are most definitely not out of line for suggesting I could find a better container for Bootsy's ashes. As a matter of fact, I did look at boxes and urns online for several months after she died. The problem is I have never looked at her ashes and I never will. I just can't look at them. It's almost a phobia. Maybe one of these days, I will look into it again and buy a nicer container as long as I could get someone else to move the ashes into it. It's something to consider anyway.

Thank you again, HeartsCanHope.

HeartsCanHope

(1,833 posts)
6. If there is someone you trust that can transfer the ashes for you, that would help.
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 10:28 PM
Wednesday

The only reason I'm butting in, (so sorry,) is it really helped me to feel better. It still hurts that my

furbabies are gone, but I feel better that I got to choose where their ashes are instead of someone

else choosing for me. Can't explain why it feels so much better, but it does.

Love to you, MIButterfly, and lots of scritches and love to Martini.

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