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The cremains of the day.....
Jun. 1st, 2012 09:30 pmIt's been a surreal week, with Marcus passing away. I feel like I've lost a good friend. And he was. Petting him was like therapy for me -- it would relax me.
Anyway, I had his body cremated on Tuesday at a local pet cemetery.
That evening, after work, I returned the flea killer to the store where I bought it. They refunded my money. A few minutes later, as the suggestion of the cashier, I called the company and told them what happened. They asked for the lot number and other indeitifaction on the package, so I had to go back to the store and ask for the product that I had just returned. The company was apologetic and said "We take this very seriously.....we'll start an investigation". At this point I don't know if I'll get any financial compensation. But I think this is a much better appraoch than vilifying them online, or taking legal action against them.
This afternoon, after work, I picked up the urn and the cremains. The urn is ceramic, in the shape of a sitting cat, with a shiny black (onyx?) finish. While I was there, I got to pet one of their office cats: a big orange cat named Jamaica. He was slightly bigger than Marcus was. And he too liked to be petted. I should go back every so often to get some "kitty therapy".
I also had tags made for him, Merlin, and Bubastis --- my other cats who were waiting for him at the end of the Rainbow Bridge. I have their cremains as well, in the same type of urn. I also stopped at Michael's Crafts to get some ribbon to use as a "collar" to hold the tags in place.
Meanwhile, Mercury is staying in the loft area, and giving me lots of "kitty kisses" (licks) and "love bites" on the cheek and chin. Ouch! I think he has fleas as well, but I don't think he has them as bad as Marcus did.
Anyway, I made two videos of Marcus while he was still alive. I held the phone in one hand while I petted him with the other. I tried to capture the sounds he made while he got petted. I uploaded them to YouTube earlier this week.
October 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt7jbafFsWY
March 2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JjY5Atmd9s
Anyway, I had his body cremated on Tuesday at a local pet cemetery.
That evening, after work, I returned the flea killer to the store where I bought it. They refunded my money. A few minutes later, as the suggestion of the cashier, I called the company and told them what happened. They asked for the lot number and other indeitifaction on the package, so I had to go back to the store and ask for the product that I had just returned. The company was apologetic and said "We take this very seriously.....we'll start an investigation". At this point I don't know if I'll get any financial compensation. But I think this is a much better appraoch than vilifying them online, or taking legal action against them.
This afternoon, after work, I picked up the urn and the cremains. The urn is ceramic, in the shape of a sitting cat, with a shiny black (onyx?) finish. While I was there, I got to pet one of their office cats: a big orange cat named Jamaica. He was slightly bigger than Marcus was. And he too liked to be petted. I should go back every so often to get some "kitty therapy".
I also had tags made for him, Merlin, and Bubastis --- my other cats who were waiting for him at the end of the Rainbow Bridge. I have their cremains as well, in the same type of urn. I also stopped at Michael's Crafts to get some ribbon to use as a "collar" to hold the tags in place.
Meanwhile, Mercury is staying in the loft area, and giving me lots of "kitty kisses" (licks) and "love bites" on the cheek and chin. Ouch! I think he has fleas as well, but I don't think he has them as bad as Marcus did.
Anyway, I made two videos of Marcus while he was still alive. I held the phone in one hand while I petted him with the other. I tried to capture the sounds he made while he got petted. I uploaded them to YouTube earlier this week.
October 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt7jbafFsWY
March 2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JjY5Atmd9s
