Question: This is a bit morbid but....

I understand what your saying Lizzy. If I have to bury pets now they all go out in the front garden where the dogs can't get to them...It was kinda surreal to find that as the dog and the bun were best of mates, they used to sleep together and play together. Just shows how an animals natural instinct will kick in, no matter how domesticated we think they are..
 
That's not really part of the domestication. Dogs are all about smell and lets face it...dead things smell >_O and dogs want to get at them!
 
My oldest axie Fatty Fatts died last night :(.

I had put her in a smaller tank to clean her big one and was going to put her back in today, but instead i woke up to a floor covered in water and a dead axie. The tank must have somehow cracked during the night, I have no idea how :(.

I was very attached to her as I've had her for a good 3 -4 years and i am definitely going to bury her right under the lemon tree.

Gah, i miss her already. I've had her pretty much everywhere with me for such a long time, and now she's gone..., :cry::sad:

R.I.P
 

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I'm glad so many are kind enough to bury their axolotls. I honestly don't believe anyone who sees it as just an axolotl should be allowed to keep one in the first place.

Both Neko and Jager are buried under the apple tree.

Sorry about Fatty Fatts, Ollie. She was a really beautiful axolotl. =]
 
Erzs said:
I'm glad so many are kind enough to bury their axolotls. I honestly don't believe anyone who sees it as just an axolotl should be allowed to keep one in the first place.

Both Neko and Jager are buried under the apple tree.

Sorry about Fatty Fatts, Ollie. She was a really beautiful axolotl. =]
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Thank you!!! That's exactly what I think!!! Ive had klaus for 11 weeks now but if sthg would happen to him *touch wood* I'd be devastated!!!! I love him so much :)
 
Aww, so sorry to hear. And I agree. She was a lovely lotl :(


There's like everything in my backyard.
About 7 hamsters, 3 axolotls, some dead birds (to collect the bones and stuff) a cornsnake and I'm probably missing something at the moment.
 
My first axie that died (Petal, a wild type) is buried under the banksia tree in our backyard.
 
Erzs said:
I honestly don't believe anyone who sees it as just an axolotl should be allowed to keep one in the first place.
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I don't agree with that, often people who don't get very emotionally attached to their animals give better care to them than people who are very emotionally attached, I try not to get attached to my animals because I know they will inevitably die one day. They don't have feelings so they can't care if we love them or not. If they can't reciprocate your feelings what's the point?
 
mthom211 said:

I don't agree with that, often people who don't get very emotionally attached to their animals give better care to them than people who are very emotionally attached, I try not to get attached to my animals because I know they will inevitably die one day. They don't have feelings so they can't care if we love them or not. If they can't reciprocate your feelings what's the point?
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I agree with this to a point. They have "feelings" in a way but things like axolotls I don't think can really have emotions like dogs or cats can. I can get attached to a rat or a dog. I just cannot get attached to a fish or frog. I don't think they are JUST fish or whatever they are...they are animals I LOVE and care for but I just cannot bring myself to bury fish or axolotls.
 
I haven't had any adults die on me in years, but when some half-grown larvae died I incinerated them in my dinosaurian oil-drip stove. I pickled a few others in 80% Smirnoff for future reference.
 
HappySkittles said:
I just cannot bring myself to bury fish or axolotls.
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Burying a dead animal isn't just for sentimental reasons, it adds the nutrients contained in their bodies back into the soil ect. Thats how I think of it anyway.

I should have clarified, by feelings I mean emotions, they can feel pain ect. But they don't have emotions.
 
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mthom211 said:
Burying a dead animal isn't just for sentimental reasons, it adds the nutrients contained in their bodies back into the soil ect. Thats how I think of it anyway.

I should have clarified, by feelings I mean emotions, they can feel pain ect. But they don't have emotions.
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I live in an apartment so I can't just go out and bury them for that even if i wanted to >_O I'm sure I'd probably get yelled at haha
 
I just throw them out in the garbage, if they are small larvae I just dump them down the toilet if I do a water change. I do have one adult preserved with formaldehyde.
 
A useful tip always wrap any animal in a piece of cotton or linen, or in a wooden box this way nature can happen eventually, when burying in earth. To stop anything being dug up by dog/fox etc place a large rock on top of the spot you buried them and they should not be a problem
 
yeah an axie skeleton would be cool to see! i know the guy on MFK lets people send him their dead fish and he gets all the...meaty fleshy....stuff off and preserves the skeleton. so do axies have cartilege or bones? so if anyone has a suddenly deceased axie, someone should look into this :)
 
You can throw some dermastid beetle larvae in with the corpse to remove the flesh...
 
I think that my next one to go will get a Viking's funeral on a little raft made out of sticks. *grin*
 
I haven't had an axolotl die yet (knock on wood), but I used to bury everything. I remember burying my first goldfish and having a funeral. But recently, as my fish and herp collection grew, I stopped that. I also stopped flushing every fish or frog that died. Now I just throw the fish in the trash, as well as the young frogs I had. There's so many of them that it's hard to be that attached, especially since I know they're not very long-lasting creatures. However, I am very attached to my axolotls, so I feel like I would bury them when their time comes. I can't bring myself to use my dead fish or frogs as food, so I wouldn't be able to make use of an axolotl body. That's just a bit much for me.
 
In "Herbert West, Reanimator" The narrator says something along the lines of "Bodies are always inconvenient, even little ones."

Personally, I bury pets, as much as an act of finality for myself as a decision to preserve the flow of nutrients in the ecosystem. Were it not for the laws of the land, burying my body in a bog or under a tree has a great appeal.

If I had easy access to dermastid larvea, I would like to have an Abystoma skeleton for display. A professionally plastinated version would be great for educational display.
 
Erzs said:
I'm glad so many are kind enough to bury their axolotls. I honestly don't believe anyone who sees it as just an axolotl should be allowed to keep one in the first place.

Both Neko and Jager are buried under the apple tree.

Sorry about Fatty Fatts, Ollie. She was a really beautiful axolotl. =]
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Totally agree. If you dont love them, dont have them. There our pets, part of the family. Yeah they die one day but you can still get attached. Your attached to your mom and dad or partners and they will die one day so i dont see that as a valid point. If you refuse to love anything incase you loose it one day you will live a very sad and lonely life. As for feeding them to your snake i find that utterly disgusting and feel for your pets as they deserve alot more than that. Disgracful in my opinion
 
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