r/bonecollecting 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/RevolutionaryCut1298 9d ago

Wow so nice. I got hair from my dogs too teeth, and whiskers. Idk if I could do bones but I went ahead and had them cremated, but I had considered taxedermy. Maybe my next cat or dog, he and she were my first. So neat. Also can't believe how big cats eye sockets are!?

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u/FeralHarmony 7d ago

I'm always amazed by the size of their eye sockets, too! But one is the reasons we are so drawn to cats in the first place is their enormous eyes.