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this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2025
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Oh shit! That’s awful!
I thought they meant pictures of pets from when they were alive. Who even has a picture of their pet’s corpse in the first place?!? Just recalling the moment my 14-year-old dog went limp in my arms when he was put to sleep is enough to make me want to vomit.
While I have seen corpse pictures on forums for cats and dogs, I think I see it more on "exotic" pet forums, like guinea pigs, rats, mice, lizards, snakes, and spiders/insects. It's distressing regardless, because that was someone's beloved pet, but also no one needs to see their corpse; a pic of when it was alive is perfectly acceptable when discussing grief. I just don't see the point of posting a picture of the corpse, it just feels unnecessary.
I have had pets pass away, and I wouldn't even think of taking a photo. It just feels so weird to me. Im not the OP of this post, but I get what they're saying.
Because posting pictures of corpses is generally considered insulting to the corpse as well as morbid.
Someone I know who loved her cat in a way that I don’t understand, and I love cats, insisted on showing me a picture of the expensive, elaborate silk-lined coffin she got for her cat with the dead cat lying in it. I… yeah.