Ask Dr. LaFarge: What To Do If A Pet Dies At Home
What do you do if your pet dies at home?
—Donna
This is a very important issue that all owners should be aware of, Donna, since the death of a pet can occur at any time. Pets die at home for the following reasons:
- Owners plan a home euthanasia because they know their pet's quality of life is diminishing and that they may be suffering. The veterinarian will provide this service in the home to avoid the stress of a trip to the hospital.
- The pet is terminally ill, but dies sooner than expected at home.
- The pet dies at home in an accidental or traumatic way.
Read the rest of Dr. LaFarge's advice...
—Donna
This is a very important issue that all owners should be aware of, Donna, since the death of a pet can occur at any time. Pets die at home for the following reasons:
- Owners plan a home euthanasia because they know their pet's quality of life is diminishing and that they may be suffering. The veterinarian will provide this service in the home to avoid the stress of a trip to the hospital.
- The pet is terminally ill, but dies sooner than expected at home.
- The pet dies at home in an accidental or traumatic way.
Read the rest of Dr. LaFarge's advice...
posted by ASPCA at 4:50 PM PERMALINK
1 Comments:
I had asked, "What to do if our pet dies at home (in this case, age). My daughter is an adult, no children involved. But she has had our 'family cat' for almost twenty years. I want to be there for my daughter but at the same time, I want to be able to have some control as to what to do:
what I mean is not the psychological do's and dont's, but 1.) do we have a special box or something to put him in? 2.) then what do we do - take him where? (cannot bury him in our lot because it is an apartment).
I guess what I need to know are the simple particularities of the situation.
This is rather serious do to the fact that he has been with us for so long and I do not want his death to be anymore traumatic than it may be. Therefore, I need to know how to prepare so that things are done in the most sensitive way, not two of us floundering about not knowing what to do. The trauma wil be hard enough.
Thank you so much.
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