Cremation
Ten Questions to Ask a Pet Crematorium
About the cremation itself
Do you cremate on your own premises, or send elsewhere? If my pet is private, how do you keep them identified through the process? May I visit, or be present? A facility comfortable with those questions is usually one you can rely on.
About cost
What is the total for a pet of this weight, including collection from my address and ashes returned? Is the container included? Is there anything else I will be invoiced for? One clear figure, before you commit.
About timing
When would you collect, and when would the ashes be back? Is engraving included in that date? Who do I phone if I have heard nothing?
About keepsakes
Can you take a fur clipping and a paw print, and is that included? Ask before collection. Neither is possible afterwards.
What good answers sound like
Specific, unhurried and unbothered by being asked. Vagueness about whether the cremation is genuinely private, reluctance to give a total, or pressure to decide immediately are all reasons to phone somewhere else. This is one of the few purchases where you are entitled to be difficult.
If you need a cremation arranged
Ease The Paw arranges pet cremation across South Africa. We find the crematorium, book the collection, stay on it until the ashes are back with you, and set a lock of their fur into a paw print keychain in the colour you choose. A flat R500 covers the coordination and the keychain — the crematorium bills you directly at their own rate.
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