Ok is this the weirdest request that anyone could ever have in regards to their pets

[LynneSin]

Thankfully both of my cats are very very healthy.

But when they do pass on over the rainbow - I want to keep their tails and have them stuffed so I have a part of them I can keep forever.

I doubt it can be done and probably won't do it but if I could I'd want to.

[geardaddy]

1. That's not that weird.

When I had one of my hips replaced, I asked for the bone that they took out.

[LynneSin]

3. OMG do you still have it?

that is so neat!

[geardaddy]

7. No, I threw it out, because it was starting to turn.

Ewww.

[Kali]

10. I don't believe you

they won't ever give me that stuff

well I got my gall stones, but they won't give you any real tissue

[geardaddy]

13. They did give it to me.

It was in a jar and sliced in half. They sent it to pathology first. My surgeon thought it was weird, but he still did it.

[laundry_queen]

27. Sure they will

I got to keep my 2nd child's placenta. I know, don't ask, long story. Funniest part was we left so quickly after the birth (12 hours) that I forgot the placenta and had to send now-ex-h back to go get it. He was so humiliated to go back and say, "Um, we forgot our placenta." :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Chan790]

2. World's creepiest keychains? n/t

[LynneSin]

4. I would probably just save them on my bookshelf

as a reminder of all the wonderful years I had with those lovable furballs.

[Ptah]

5. Dale Evans, is that you?

[MilesColtrane]

6. It only gets weird when the question arises,...

what are going to DO with them?

[TK421]

8. how about doing that with their paws and attaching them to your furniture?

this cat we have here has literally destroyed my futon cushion ( nice one, too )

[Kali]

9. tails don't really need stuffing

but you might talk to a local taxidermist as to best treatments for preserving the fur
dermestid beetles and moths tend to get into untreated leather/fur

you can dry tails by keeping them in the freezer wrapped in newspaper if your climate doesn't allow for air drying

my sister had a cat that got its tail slammed in a door and had to be amputated. she kept the tail in the freezer and still had the live cat

signed,
you don't even want to know what is in my freezer
:P

[RebelOne]

11. No more weird than me having the ashes

of my two Rottweilers that passed away. I just felt that I still needed a part of them.

[LynneSin]

12. I would definately keep the ashes but you can't snuggle the ashes

Having the tail would me I could touch the tail and remember them fondly

[madinmaryland]

14. Sounds like something Michael Vick would do.

:hide:

[surrealAmerican]

15. There's a word for what you want, and that word is ...

... taxidermy. While not that common a request, there are professionals who specialize in this art.

[JanMichael]

16. it's entirely doable

and easy. Have your vet cut off the tails, then contact one of the new places that freeze dries pet remains. Tails won't be that expensive.

And no, it's not weird.

[ohiosmith]

17. You can start practicing right away.

[MiddleFingerMom]

18. I don't know what I feel about this -- part of me says "eewww"...

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... and the part of me that still cries sometimes because I
miss NoName so much (lost her about two years ago) thinks
this would've been something to consider had I thought of
it. The opportunity to snuggle with "her" again just seems
wonderful -- even in this form.
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I don't think this taxidermist's website is still up (she was
getting fucking DEATH THREATS once she got national
publicity) -- but she might be "findable".
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http://www.newshelton.com/wet/dry/?p=899
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So, no... your wishes might not be as weird or unusual as
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[GreenPartyVoter]

19. Save their fur and have it spun into yarn, then knit yourself a little pillow.

[quakerboy]

20. you need to get out more

thats not even most of the way to really odd.

As to the practical issue of the tails, I've never worked with cat tail. But other animal tails, I was told you don't even have to stuff. They are basically tendon and bone, no muscle to spoil. (Can you tell they considered themselves a small town where I went to high school? I stuffed a fox in class)

Anyway, I can beat you on that. My FIL stated that when he passes he wants himself skinned and the skin framed so as to display his tattoo work, which will be our inheritance, a wonderful display piece. Cat tails as momento's are not even in my realm of "weird".

[MiddleFingerMom]

23. Tattoo museums in Japan

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http://www.benhills.com/articles/articles/JPN37a.html
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A friend of mine in the Army had been raised in a mortuary (the
family business). He said the weirdest request they ever got was
from a VERY wealthy old man who wanted to be preserved sitting
in a chair encased in Lucite -- and one of the conditions of his
will would be whoever inherited his mansion would be required to
display him in the entranceway -- "greeting" all visitors as they
arrived.
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My friend said it would have been illegal (in Washington state at
the time -- late 60's/early 70's).
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[quakerboy]

24. well hot damn

Maybe he is worth something afterall!!

"Indeed, though everyone denies it, there are persistent rumours of a trade in these tattooed skins among Japanese collectors. People are said to have willed their backs for money, and the author D.M. Thomas claims that a particularly glorious specimen sold a few years ago for $US50,000."

Then Again, Ive seen most of his fully body work..
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[emilyg]

21. My friend requested that her ashes

be mixed with her cats ashes. We obliged.

[GoCubsGo]

25. That's what I'm doing.

We're going to become part of a concrete block in one of those "eternal reefs". That way, we can watch the fishies swim together for all eternity, or until the Earth and the seas die out.

[ScreamingMeemie]

22. My brother kept his dog's tail.

[Flaxbee]

26. a friend of mine had her first beloved dog stuffed... and it's freaky

even she says so. They keep a big cowboy hat on him so they don't have to see the eyes.

But the tails? Are you gonna hang them off a hat? (I kid...)

I do understand though - two of my beloved kitties have died in the last three years -- and I have some of their fur from when I brushed them, one whose tooth I found, etc. Scraps. But I don't think I could ask someone to cut their tails off, even post mortem.