Pet Cremation in Ekurhuleni

Arranging it yourself in Ekurhuleni

It is fewer phone calls than it feels like from where you are sitting. This is the order that works.

• Phone two crematoria serving Ekurhuleni and ask each for one written total, not a price per item.
• Ask what the total includes. Collection, a container, individual or communal, and how many days until the ashes are back.
• Say individual or communal out loud and get it confirmed in writing. Individual means only your pet, and their ashes come home to you.
• Take a lock of fur now, from the chest or the neck. It is the one keepsake that cannot be arranged afterwards.
• Book the collection from your home or your vet, whichever is where your pet is.

What it costs

A keychain is a flat R299 plus R73 delivery, pressed by hand with your pet’s name.

Crematoria bill you directly. Get the written total before anything is collected, and treat a quote far outside the ranges below as a reason to make one more phone call.

Typical Gauteng cremation ranges, for orientation rather than as a quote:

• Communal cremation, no ashes returned: R400 – R900
• Individual cremation, ashes returned: R1,200 – R3,500 depending on weight
• Collection from your home: often included, sometimes R150 – R500 outside their normal radius

Most families in Ekurhuleni land somewhere between R1,700 and R4,000 all in. We give you the written total before anything is collected.

If it has just happened

Nothing has to happen this minute. There is no clock running and no authority to notify. Sit with them for as long as you need.

When you are ready, wrap them in their own blanket and move them somewhere cool — a garage, a tiled floor, the coolest room in the house. That is comfortably fine overnight in most of Gauteng. Take a small lock of fur from the chest or neck now if you want one; it is the only keepsake that cannot be arranged afterwards.

Then make the two calls. It is a worse hour than it is a hard one.

If your pet is still alive and suffering, phone your own vet or your nearest 24-hour emergency hospital first. That comes before us, always. Ease The Paw does not provide veterinary care of any kind.