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I Will Absolutely Taxidermy My Cat After She Dies

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I assure you she is alive in this photograph

I Will Absolutely Taxidermy My Cat After She Dies

The love that exists between me and my cat, Daisy, runs deep but often feels one-sided. She is my constant companion, the best little roommate, a fickle presence whose affection I chase daily, only to be rebuffed at every turn. It is not that she wanted to be picked by me, necessarily, but she was, and so we are locked in an arrangement that will end only when she shuffles off this mortal coil. A fitting end to my time with this cat, who seems to merely tolerate my presence? Taxidermy, naturally!

My inspiration for this idea is Luisa Zissman, a British equestrian and TV presenter who had her horse, Mandrano, stuffed and mounted after he was put down due to cancer. I read about Zissman and Mandrano while idly petting Daisy, in an attempt to smooth over any hurt feelings that resulted from an earlier grooming session. Zissman’s story stirred something within me. “I can’t describe the overwhelming heartbreak when Madrono died I spent a week in bed and got stress induced vertigo (pathetic I know),” she wrote on Instagram, in a caption accompanying the video of the horse’s reveal.


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Part of my pre-grieving process is to remind Daisy that one day, she will no longer exist. According to the vet, she needs to lose 3 pounds and eat one sardine a day for her hair, but she is otherwise healthy. Still, I know the score. Our time together will come to an end, and I know that I will react in a similar fashion. I will take to my bed, I will be despondent, even as I spend the next few months picking up clumps of cat fur from the rug, the sofa, and the duvet.

Though I have made the joke many times that when Daisy kicks the bucket, I will make her into a little muff, I know that I couldn’t bear the thought of the process. Taxidermy’s process is something I also don’t want to think about, but the end result would be something similar to what you see above. Unfortunately, a quick search revealed that taxidermy is prohibitively expensive, but if British equestrians are getting their horses taxidermied, maybe there is room in the market for a disruption of this vital service, so that more people can experience their pet’s eternal love. People like me.

Daisy’s never really been an active animal per se, preferring to lay down on the ground and sigh heavily, just like her mother. Having a stuffed version of Daisy lurking in the corner of the living room where I sometimes accidentally step on her because I didn’t see her there would be very similar to having the real deal.

Perhaps it would ease my transition, letting me grieve by moving my stuffed cat around the apartment until I no longer feel the need to see her. Then she could live in the closet, back by my sweaters, lurking like a reminder of our pleasant times together, where I chased her love for over a decade, and she simply stared at me, blinked, and went back to sleep.

 

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Never do this. They always look like a freak show. Its the stuff of nightmares not happy memories... And they still sort of smell I dont care what anyone says.
 

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Not judging, but I think there are other alternatives...I'm a bit creeped out by the horse, but they did a good job.

I imagined something like this would be cute to commemorate a lost pet.

 

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Not judging, but I think there are other alternatives...I'm a bit creeped out by the horse, but they did a good job.

I imagined something like this would be cute to commemorate a lost pet.


Cute but I bet this cost an arm and a leg
 

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This is not healthy coping

Let your pet rest in peace instead of stuffing them like a doll
 

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I will have my cat cremated and put in an Egyptian Canopic Jar. I think it would creep me out to have him looking like some type of doll.
 

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They got this new thing out, it's very popular nowadays. I think they call it photography. All the cool people are doing it.
 

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This whole thing is making me feel some kind of way. I love my babies with my whole heart but I really don't think I could do this. :sob:
 

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My dog died last year and we have his ashes. My aunt also bought a pillow with his face on it for my grandma. I think taxidermy is too much.
 

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I love the hell out of my cat and the thought of losing him makes me tear up just to think about it. But I've seen too much bad taxidermy and I wouldn't want to do that to him, have his little spirit haunt me because he's pissed because he gotta spend eternity looking like this.

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No ma'am.
 

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Umm.. no comment. But random— when big animals like this die in controlled environments do they get buried?
 

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Creepy part aside... I wouldn’t even be able to live with someone cutting up and gutting my dog after he passes! That is so traumatizing! At the least I’ll have him cremated. My great-aunt still has her dog’s ashes. I’ve seen cute little boxes and you can also save a piece of their fur. My baby has a beautiful curly tail I’ve had my eye on. Haha
 

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Jeez just get another cat, tf??? Allow that cat to RIP. If you wouldn’t taxidermy your family member then why tf would you do so to your pet???
 

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Jeez just get another cat, tf??? Allow that cat to RIP. If you wouldn’t taxidermy your family member then why tf would you do so to your pet???
I have seen a video of people propping up a dead loved one in a chair to hold a memorial/viewing. Can anyone confirm? I think they were a Latino gangster lololol
 

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Umm.. no comment. But random— when big animals like this die in controlled environments do they get buried?
That's up to the owner. Graves cost. I left my cat with the vet who cremates all the dead animals.
 

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if we had done this to my daughter's first cat I swear it would have clawed it's way back to earth just to give us an unimpressed stare.
 

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Would a cat taxidermy you? They would bury you with the quickness, if they didn't eat your remains first and go on about their lives. It's no for me.
 

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Umm.. no comment. But random— when big animals like this die in controlled environments do they get buried?
Yes. People usually bury their horses on their land.

A (former) friend of mine knew a person who owned a backhoe, and she had them dig a hole and bury her horse in the pasture when she died of old age.
 

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We grieve when we lose relatives too but we don't stuff them full of straw and hang them over the fireplace.

Have a nice painting made of them or something
 

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LOL why?? Just let the poor thing rest in peace. We had paw print casts made when our previous pets passed away.
 

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I have seen a video of people propping up a dead loved one in a chair to hold a memorial/viewing. Can anyone confirm? I think they were a Latino gangster lololol
I've seen this too. It was somewhere in latin america or the carribean and the deceased guy was standing like a wax figure.
 

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