Dead animal disposal?

[kittyP]

One of my house mates has found a dead animal in the garden.
She thinks it might be a cat but can't easily get close enough at the moment.
She went looking as she could smell something rotting

Anyone know what to do?

I have looked at the council website but that only seems to deal with dead animals in the street not on private property.

A fox died in my parents pond a few ears ago and the council removed it but that was a while ago and a different council.

 

[tim]

One of my house mates has found a dead animal in the garden.
She thinks it might be a cat but can't easily get close enough at the moment.
She went looking as she could smell something rotting

Anyone know what to do?

I have looked at the council website but that only seems to deal with dead animals in the street not on private property.

A fox died in my parents pond a few ears ago and the council removed it but that was a while ago and a different council.

Can't you bury it, that's what happens to most pet cats?

 

[gentlegreen]

If it's a cat, maybe look for the chip ?
Can't you just bury it ?

 

[maomao]

Bin. Dead rats go in the bin; I don't see why cats wouldn't. Though if it is a cat it may be someone's pet and might be worth asking around if anyone's missing it.

 

[Pickman's model]

One of my house mates has found a dead animal in the garden.
She thinks it might be a cat but can't easily get close enough at the moment.
She went looking as she could smell something rotting

Anyone know what to do?

I have looked at the council website but that only seems to deal with dead animals in the street not on private property.

A fox died in my parents pond a few ears ago and the council removed it but that was a while ago and a different council.

Leave it outside the door of a local tory

 

[kittyP]

Can't you bury it, that's what happens to most pet cats?

Ftr it is not our pet.
It is rotting so I don't think anyone wants to touch it.

 

[kittyP]

If it's a cat, maybe look for the chip ?
Can't you just bury it ?

Look for a micro chip in a dead rotting cat in our garden with no chip reading equipment
I don't even know if it is a cat at the moment either,

 

[cupid_stunt]

When a found a dead fox in my mother's garden, I phoned the council for advice, it was to put it in a bin bag and the general waste bin.

 

[gentlegreen]

Will it fit in a brown paper bag disguise in the food waste caddy for composting ?

 

[Saul Goodman]

I have looked at the council website but that only seems to deal with dead animals in the street not on private property.

Put it in the street. Call the council.

 

[maomao]

Will it fit in a brown paper bag disguise in the food waste caddy for composting ?

Meat doesn't go in the food waste bin.

 

[platinumsage]

Look for a micro chip in a dead rotting cat in our garden with no chip reading equipment
I don't even know if it is a cat at the moment either,

PetScanner

Scanning pets and getting the microchip number is included with your PetScanner at no additional cost! Free scanning: If the pet has a FDX-B microchip implanted, PetScanner will be able to read the microchip and display the chip number alongside these 3 possible scenarios when you scan a pet...

apps.apple.com

 

[kittyP]

Meat doesn't go in the food waste bin.

Oh it does here but I am not putting a dead (possibly) cat in there

 

[gentlegreen]

Meat doesn't go in the food waste bin.

I thought everything did these days since they got over BSE ?

 

[kittyP]

PetScanner

Scanning pets and getting the microchip number is included with your PetScanner at no additional cost! Free scanning: If the pet has a FDX-B microchip implanted, PetScanner will be able to read the microchip and display the chip number alongside these 3 possible scenarios when you scan a pet...

apps.apple.com

Do they definitely work? Have you tried it?
I will suggest it to housemates but I am not going and waving my phone near a rotting carcass

 

[Saul Goodman]

You could do what my friend did when she was living in America. Her dog died, and she didn't have a clue what to do with it, so she put it in a box, wrapped the box in wrapping paper and put a bow on top, then drove into town and parked the car with the doors unlocked and the box on the passenger seat. When she returned from shopping, the box was gone.

 

[tim]

Ftr it is not our pet.
It is rotting so I don't think anyone wants to touch it.

But you want someone else to have to touch it, and in the meantime it'll get smellier and crows and foxes will start pecking and pulling it to pieces.

 

[gentlegreen]

Do they definitely work? Have you tried it?
I will suggest it to housemates but I am not going and waving my phone near a rotting carcass

surely they need extra hardware - the chips work at 125khz apparently - not bluetooth or whatever

 

[kittyP]

But you want someone else to have to touch it, and in the meantime it'll get smellier and crows and foxes will start pecking and pulling it to pieces.

What I want is for someone professional to deal with it but it seems that councils con't offer that any more.

 

[Saul Goodman]

surely they need extra hardware - the chips work at 125khz apparently - not bluetooth or whatever

They definitely need additional hardware. There's nothing in a phone that works on those frequencies.

 

[kittyP]

It seems on closer inspection (by another housemate not me) that it is a young fox, it is pretty decomposed already and it's head is half off
It is pretty far into some overgrown part of the back of the garden and they are just going to leave it to let nature take it's course.

Thank you for the advice

 

[BillRiver]

I found a dead cat in my street after a flash thunderstorm in the summer heatwave 2019. He'd been hit by a car, probably only a few minutes earlier.
Local pet rescue peeps advised me to take to local vet.
I wrapped him in a bin liner inside a rucksack and took him on the bus.
Wierdest bus journey of my life.
Vet scanned his chip and phoned his gutted but grateful humans.

 

[maomao]

I thought everything did these days since they got over BSE ?

Maybe, it's been a long time since I had food waste bins but I wouldn't put meat in my compost heap (not that there's ever much yummy meat left over in our house).

 

[two sheds]

Mate had someone's (old) horse in his field and horse got very ill so they dug a hole for it. Horse recovered and wandered round the field for several weeks with a large hole in it with his name on it.

I do keep mentioning it to them

 

[fishfinger]

Do they definitely work? Have you tried it?
I will suggest it to housemates but I am not going and waving my phone near a rotting carcass

You need a scanner to plug into your phone. The app won't work witthout it.

 

[tony.c]

I thought everything did these days since they got over BSE ?

Dead animals don't. They are supposed to be put in bin bag (to prevent flies getting at it and maggots infesting the bin) and put in the general waste bin for landfill or incinerator.

 

[tony.c]

It is pretty far into some overgrown part of the back of the garden and they are just going to leave it to let nature take it's course.

Maybe get the less squeamish housemate to shovel some earth over it.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

When a found a dead fox in my mother's garden, I phoned the council for advice, it was to put it in a bin bag and the general waste bin.

This. Black bag, bin.

 

[StoneRoad]

Bury it.

That's what we do - in a fairly rural location - with such victims.
Needs to be about 12" down (ie twice the depth) and put a flat stone over the top, for about 3 mths (to stop scavengers) in warmer weather [six in cold season].

 

[cybershot]

If the smell is a problem go the local garden center and buy lots of soil/dirt. Throw it on top, which should hopefully stop other birds/animals having a poke at it for food. After several days you can check the bones for collars/chips whatever if you’re curious it might be a family pet and want to provide closure.