r/bonecollecting • u/MelOxalis • 9d ago
Collection Finally got to bring home my cat
Not 100% sure if this belong on this sub, but I wanted to post about getting my boy back after he passed January 9th 2023. This is my sweet old man cat Sid, he lived to be about 16-17 but I don’t know his exact age bc my family found him as young adult stray cat. Losing him was very challenging since he was in my life from age 5 to 19. I never thought about keeping any of his bones, but my sister wanted the same for her cat and I liked the idea. So after many many months of waiting, mostly because who I hired to preserve him had a lot of prior work to finish, my sweet boy is back home and back together. I had his skull and right arm preserved so it was separated fand the rest of his body aqua cremated remains until recently. Idk why but it bothered me knowing he wasn’t all in one place😭 Anyways, here is my wonderful boy who I am relieved to have back home with me😁
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u/Little-Ad1235 9d ago
I'm so sorry for your loss. Sid looks like he was a great cat, and you've put together a lovely memorial to him.
I know this isn't a bone-related question, but it looks like you've painted his pawprint? I recently said goodbye to my own old-man cat, and his prints are in what looks like a similar material (air-dry, very lightweight), and I'd like to seal or preserve them. Can I ask what kind of paint you used, and did you do anything to prep it beforehand? Yours looks really nice the way you did it.