Is it safe to incorporate the cremated remains of my cat into my garden?

I love the idea of my kitty helping my garden grow, but I'm just not sure about the chemical makeup of cat ashes.



Please no rude cat remarks.

Is it safe to incorporate the cremated remains of my cat into my garden?
Any kind of animal (or human) ashes are perfectly safe. They are totally sterile and are mostly carbon with a small proportion of natural minerals. The intense heat of cremation has totally sterilized anything harmful.
Reply:Pick a nice tree that it liked.
Reply:Quite a good idea, actually.
Reply:it will be carbon and calcium so safe to place in your garden. plants will use pretty much any remains and will use the ashes for a benificial purpose
Reply:Don't you just want to keep kitty in a traditional urn? What happens if you ever move and it's still buried in the garden? Not to be tacky, but maybe roadkill would be a better fertilizer option and your pet something you want to hang onto. Just a suggestion.
Reply:Ashes to ashes and dust to dust the kitty is gone do what you must.
Reply:ahh Sweet idea. Your cat will be seen in everything you grow. No it wont hurt your garden.
Reply:it will help the soil be fertile yes. good idea!
Reply:It's totally natural, it's not a "chemical makeup".



I'm just curious what a "rude-cat remark" would be... like "meowwww you" or something?
Reply:Go for it. They will add nutrients to the soil. I had my dog cremated and gave the ashes to my sister to do likewise, buried under his favorite tree (she looked after him the last year of his life as I was not allowed a big dog where I lived ... and it was heart-breaking). I personally think it's a great way to remember a loved one.