CaptainBarnicles
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YupAre those those fish that sing...?

YupAre those those fish that sing...?
would the cat stink up the trash can if just left in there? because a dead large animal could compost for days and smell like death...Each to his/her own. I put my dead cats in the trash. They’re family, every bit as much as yours, but the dead body is just a dead body, and the cat has moved on. I put fish in the trash also.
If I had a connection or if I kept it for a while i would. like if I just got it from pet store and it died in quarantine, noA grim discussion, I know. But something I have thought about since my little Buddy has passed. He was my friend during the pandemic and passed away in January. Since it was winter and I'm from Ontario, I sealed him up and put him in the freezer until the snow melted. Once it did I dug a hole and buried him. And I think I will do the same for any of my other fish.
My way of thinking is my fish are still family, just like a dog or cat would be. I wouldn't throw my dog in the trash after they pass, so why would I do that to my fish? Just because they're dead does not mean I can treat them like garbage. I can still treat them with respect and give them a burial.
Am I silly for thinking this way?
would the cat stink up the trash can if just left in there? because a dead large animal could compost for days and smell like death...
Sounds like fish heaven to me.I was disposing of a dead neon tetra recently. Now I don't believe in an afterlife for fish. But I had a what if thought. What if when a fish dies, it joins a school of every other fish that died and they just swim with no hunger or fear of predators?
I was flushing but this post made me start burying. It does make more sense.I'm not very spiritual and tend to lean hard on 'the facts'. To me, flushing can be dangerous and throwing them away isn't taking full advantage of the available nutrients. Burying them in a house plant or garden is what makes the most sense to my brain. But judging what other people do also doesn't make a lot of sense to me.