Ideas For Memorials And Keepsakes For A Pet You Have Lost

My vet offers foot-prints of your lil piggy in a clay imprint type thing. I got one for Mop, and I'm getting one for Agent Nibbles, too, just waiting on them to call me back.

I was gonna keep their ashes, but it didn't feel right to me; so I'm spreading Agent Nibbles' ashes at the humane society where they spread Mop's, as they were cagemates.

Sorry for your loss. <3
 
I've spread their ashes in my garden with set plants but there are lots of things that can be done now. You can have ashes put into jewellery, hair into glass jewellery and even ashes into tattoos.

I'm having some of my dad's ashes put into a glass style Pandora bead and my mums having a silver necklace made. Take a look at Chris Parry jewellery
 
Once I get piggies again, I'm planning on having a shelf over the cage with pictures of my past piggies in frames. Kind of a way of having them "there". Also I keep special things like a lock of hair from my silkie Ginger Snap, or a pawprint from Missy, (my profile pig). I also have kept almost all the piggies adoption certificates. (Only missing one I really wish I still had
 
When my cat died last year I had her cremated and put in a beatiful red urn with gold paw prints on it, it has a little plate hanging from it with some nice words from myself etched onto it, the company also does a paw print and includes a lock of hair.
 
A lady I know recently lost her pig, and she contacted a woman who makes urns that are exactly like the pig you lost, so you can store the ashes in a replica of your piggy.

It might sound a little grim to some but the way it was done, so tastefully and it was a truly beautiful way of keeping him close to the family :)
 
I was never one for memorials or keepsakes other than photos until I lost my childhood dog.. I had her from the age of 5 until I was 21, came with me when I moved out of home at 17 and was such a huge part of my life. I had her ashes built into the back of a photo frame where I placed my favourite photos of her in.. i felt comfort from having her home. Also had her paw imprinted into clay which I helped with just after I held her as she was helped across the bridge. I also have a tattoo of her paw on my hip which we done the print together a few years before she passed.

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I rescued an elderly 13 year old dog when lady was also 13. My darling Mitzie. I helped her to the bridge 6 months after lady and I also have her ashes in a photo frame. I have a silver necklace with a hologrammed pendant of her too.

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Mallow, my late sow also has a similar ashes frame
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After fudges diagnosis, I took some photos of her paw and had them made into digital prints. I didn't expect to have so long with fudge but of course I feel incredibly blessed that I do. I have the (unedited) copy of her print to use for either jewellery or a tattoo when the time comes but ofcourse I don't really think about that at the moment!

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There is so many ways to keep your pets close to your heart. I have Mollys ashes in a raffeta pocket, & a scented candle with her paw print on. Then a photo of her underneath.
 
image.webp I buried my Peanut, but I have a frame with photos of her in it. My friend's kid's loved Peanut and the 2 of them made up a song about her. They wrote it down for me. Here's how it goes:

Peanut the guinea pig burrito
I could sing about you all day
I just want to love you you're so sweet and so cute
Peanut the guinea pig burrito
How we love you so
Because you're Peanut the guinea pig burrito!

Isn't that adorable?
The black and white piggy in the frame is her cagemate Cali. I actually still have Cali. We tried to get her a cagemate, but Cali bullied her, so we brought her back to the rescue.
 
Thank you everyone for sharing your lovely ideas and beautiful tributes.

While searching I also came across this company that will incorporate ashes or pet hair into glass beads, which I thought was nice.
A friend of mine had one made with her dogs hair and it came out beautifully.

Memories In Glass Hand Made Beads with Memorial Ash / Cremains
 
I'm sorry to bump up an old thread, but since this is where I read about different keepsakes, I wanted to share and thank you for the ideas. :)

I lost my pig Ampeeri in May this year. We had him cremated, and we have his urn on our living room windowsill with a framed picture of him. The urn has a plate with his name, birthday and the day he passed. I also included one strand of his fur into the photo frame. It's just visible in this photo, on the bottom left corner of the frame.
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Thanks to this thread, I heard about Ponymandium, and immediately loved the idea. Erin, who runs the shop, is really nice and really cares about making the perfect keepsake for you. I would recommend ordering from her any day! I'm not sure what's behind the restricted shipping into some countries, but if someone living in those countries is interested, I'm sure it would not hurt to ask Erin if she could ship anyway.

Here's my bracelet with my Ampeeri bead in the middle. I wanted to preserve his fur instead of ashes so I could always see his beautiful fur color. I love my Ampeeri bead so much, it came out beautifully!
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Not piggies but I did mention I was having a glass bead made with my dads ashes in and it did arrive a while back so I thought I should share the photo. It's black colouring on the bottom with glass on top, the glass has a mix of ashes and gold glitter through it and then engraving on either bead end. (not the clearest photo unfortunately)

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Powerpigs said:
I'm sorry to bump up an old thread, but since this is where I read about different keepsakes, I wanted to share and thank you for the ideas. :)

I lost my pig Ampeeri in May this year. We had him cremated, and we have his urn on our living room windowsill with a framed picture of him. The urn has a plate with his name, birthday and the day he passed. I also included one strand of his fur into the photo frame. It's just visible in this photo, on the bottom left corner of the frame.
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Thanks to this thread, I heard about Ponymandium, and immediately loved the idea. Erin, who runs the shop, is really nice and really cares about making the perfect keepsake for you. I would recommend ordering from her any day! I'm not sure what's behind the restricted shipping into some countries, but if someone living in those countries is interested, I'm sure it would not hurt to ask Erin if she could ship anyway.

Here's my bracelet with my Ampeeri bead in the middle. I wanted to preserve his fur instead of ashes so I could always see his beautiful fur color. I love my Ampeeri bead so much, it came out beautifully!
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That's lovely x
 
I'm here because i recently lost my piggy, Theo. I'm totally new to the forum but wanted to share how sad i am with the loss. I've been sad for the past weeks and most people around me don't understand why. They're even joking about the loss. It's almost like you're not allowed to grief for a piggy! I don't care about them though, i know my Theo is in a better place and will always remember him.... Playful, innocent, fun!

I did cremate my Theo and had his ashes turned in a tiny diamond by using this service from Heart in Diamond UK: Heart In Diamond UK - Unique Memorial Diamonds from Personal Carbon - Heart In Diamond UK . I'm not sure yet how it will look as delivery is very long. Maybe i can post a photo of the result here so we can share grief together or is there anyone else that did this before and can share images?
 
It's not a memorial thing but I have this done for past and present piggies. (I added new ones for Prince and Sierra) This is supposed to be keychains charms (not sure of the right term) but I made it as Christmas tree ornaments.

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Swissgreys said:
They also look lovely, but sadly don't ship to Switzerland (or a lot of other countries) which is a shame.
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If there’s something that really appeals to you but doesn’t ship to Switzerland I see no reason why one of us can’t help with that.
If you need a UK postie just pm me
 
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