Trusted Journey Pet Memorial Services - Byron Center

These three words are the most confusing part of pet cremation, and providers do not all use them the same way. Confirm which one you are buying before you agree to it.

The question that settles it: how many animals are in the chamber at the same time as my pet? Ask Trusted Journey Pet Memorial Services - Byron Center that directly rather than relying on the name of the package.

A fuller comparison of communal and private pet cremation →

Pet cremation is usually priced in weight bands rather than as a single flat fee. Providers set a few bands — commonly a small, a medium and a large — and the price steps up at each one. A cat and a large dog will not cost the same.

Two other things move the figure:

• Private normally costs more than individual, which normally costs more than communal.
• Urn, engraving, paw print, fur clipping and collection from a veterinary practice are often separate line items rather than part of the base price.

We do not hold weight bands or package prices for Trusted Journey Pet Memorial Services - Byron Center. Ask for the band that matches your pet’s weight and for the total including every add-on, so the figure you are quoted is the figure you pay.

With communal cremation, ashes are not returned at all. With private or individual cremation, return times across the industry generally run from a few days to around two weeks, depending on the provider’s schedule and on whether your pet is being collected from a veterinary practice first.

Ask Trusted Journey Pet Memorial Services - Byron Center for a specific date, how you will be told the ashes are ready, and whether they come back to you directly, go to your vet for collection, or are shipped.

Many pet crematories collect directly from vets, and if your pet died at a practice the vet will often arrange it for you. That is convenient, but it means the choice of crematory can be made without you.

• If your vet is arranging it, ask which crematory they use — it may not be this one.
• Ask whether collection is included in the price or charged separately.
• Ask whether you can bring your pet in yourself, if you would rather.

Ink paw prints, clay paw impressions, fur clippings, engraved urns and memorial jewelry are commonly offered. Some providers include one keepsake in the base price and charge for the rest; others charge for all of them.

If you want a paw print or a fur clipping, say so before the cremation. They cannot be taken afterwards.

Ask Trusted Journey Pet Memorial Services - Byron Center which keepsakes are included and which are extra, and get the answer in writing.