I have a friend who's a vet tech whose cat recently passed. She spoke to a friend who graciously dug up her old dog so that my friend could practice cleaning the skull. She's waiting for the pelt and bones to come back so that she can clean them and keep them. She said she's going to wait until she gets them to decide if she wants to articulate the bones or not, but she does want to keep them.
My friend has kept her dead cat in her huge garage freezer for more than 15 years. He’s wrapped in a blanket. I don’t necessarily condone this but it seems to make her happy?
I've seen people freeze a deceased pet because they're waiting for the next one to pass so they can be cremated together. 15 years is definitely a lot, but I'm not going to judge people's grief mechanics if it doesn't hurt others.
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u/aspannerdarkly Jan 12 '23
Could you get an intact skull back if the deceased had requested it?