Very wierd Question

[mustang]

ill prob. freez checker and then take him to the taxidemist but ask for body back so i can bury it and have his replica inside not pooping on my bed spread (little guy poops on all non hard surfaces)

[ConcinusMan]

We have a city law that prohibits burying animals in yards. It's one of those never enforced laws.

Kinda like making a local garter snake a pet around here, (never enforced) but yeah, just about every city has that law about burying pets. I don't think they are going to have a fit over a snake buried in your yard when snakes die on the surface every day.

I think the law is there to give them ammo when it gets out of hand such as burying a horse or large dog 3 feet deep, or turning your yard into a pet graveyard The city limit area here isn't all that large of an area. Go just outside of that city limit into county jurisdiction, and it's still legal to bury your human loved one's on your own property! (conditions apply of course)

[Snakeknot]

There are laws here about burying large animals. They do have to be buried deep and far from any well or water supply. Adds a whole new perspective to the situation when you have to bury a large animal! Snakes are easy when compared to that!

Devon

[drache]

while we're on the weird question thread . . .
any idea how long it takes for critters turn into skeletal remains when buried?

[ConcinusMan]

Depends on a lot of factors. Temperature, insects and microorganisms present, etc, but I did bury a pretty big garter when I was a kid. Dad tilled the area about 5 months later. There was nothing but bones left.

[adamanteus]

It's still legal to bury your human loved one's on your own property! (conditions apply of course)

They have to be dead first though, or you would get into a lot of trouble with the law!

[ConcinusMan]

Preferably by natural causes or accident.

No, what I mean is, the exact location has to be registered on record, clearly marked, and it must be fenced. An elementary school (1st-6th grade) recently acquired some property and went to turn it into a soccer field and discovered a family plot on the property.(buried in the 1880's during a smallpox outbreak) It was not marked. They want to avoid that in the future obviously. Anyway, the family was identified, stones were erected and it was fenced off. There's now a little graveyard on this school's property!

It is unclear as to whether or not they buried any pet garter snakes on the plot.

[Kevinh583]

^^ That happened to a relative of mine, found a couple buried on an old property they bought. Turned it into a very fertile garden plot Not really, they actually had the remains moved to a local cemetery. But their kids do have fun scaring each other with ghost stories.

[mustang]

while we're on the weird question thread . . .
any idea how long it takes for critters turn into skeletal remains when buried?

if u mean buried in water with a whole bunch of pihranas then about 5 minutes

[drache]

no I didn't mean the piranhas
weird as it seems, I've been considering digging up our beardie who died a couple of years ago. I think it would be cool to have his skeleton. I'm worried though as to what kind of mess I would find