As a vet, you will strive to keep your patients healthy and happy. Unfortunately, there sometimes comes a time in a pet’s life where they are too sick or senior maintain a good quality of life. In other scenarios, a pet may be taken too soon following a premature illness or accident. Either way, your client may turn to you for support and advice for what to do next.

Keep reading to learn all about pet cremation, including private cremation, regulations around scattering ashes and how to choose a pet urn, so you can help your client in their time of need.

 

 

What's the difference between Private and Communal Cremation?

Private Cremation commemorates your pet’s life by way of:

• Cremation in their own private chamber
• Return of your pet’s ashes
or
• Dispersal of their private ashes back to earth Private Cremation also allows you to honour your pet with a beautiful keepsake reminder alongside a memorial product to embrace their ashes.

Our brochure and website offer the following options:
• Wooden Vessels
• Memorial Urns
• Garden Urns & Plaques
• Jewellery
• Keepsakes

 Our thoughtful team will take special care of your pet throughout their journey with us. Their journey is commemorated with our Cremation Certificate, Poem and signature XO Candle.

 

Communal Cremation offers the following for your pet:

• Cremation in a Communal Chamber with other pets
• Dispersal of their combined ashes back to earth

It is important to understand that your pet will be cremated alongside other pets in one designated Communal Chamber and that ashes will not be returned home.

Memorial products and keepsakes are not available with Communal Cremation.

Find out more about our 7-Step Pet Tracking System and Vet Portal here

 

Frequently Asked Questions:
Your questions answered

The death of a pet is likely to be as traumatic to your family as losing a human loved one. Pets are important members of the family, therefore end of life decisions you make about pet cremation service are likely to be the last thoughtful thing you do for your pet. You'll no doubt be full of questions, and that's where we're here to help. 

This section is designed to guide you through the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) about choosing pet cremation services.

FAQs

Resources, Help & Advice for Vets

 Pet owners often look to vets and vet nurses for advice, support and compassion during the darkest of times. Whether you're responsible for administering euthanasia or simply guiding your clients through the unexpected death of a pet, we're here to help you on your journey. Take a look at the links below for more help and advice for vets.

Supporting Your Clients

Pet Loss & Grief Brochure

Pet Bucket List

Building Emotional Resilience

Explaining A Pet's Death To A Child

Looking After A Senior Pet

How Do You Know When It Is Time To Say Goodbye?

When Your Pet Dies - Some Ways To Cope

Loss & Grief - A Simple Explanation

How Our Thoughts Govern How We Feel

Dealing With Compassion Fatigue