What should I do with my pet's ashes?

Take this short quiz to discover meaningful ways to honor your pet's memory.

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How do you want to feel when you think about your pet's memorial?

How this quiz works

After cremation, most pet owners are left wondering what to do with their pet's ashes. The options range from simple urns and garden scattering to cremation jewelry and memorial diamonds — and the right choice is deeply personal. This quiz asks five questions to match your preferences against the main categories of memorial options.

The main categories

Decorative urns ($60–$400) keep ashes in a dedicated place of honor at home — wood, ceramic, or hand-painted. Cremation jewelry ($75–$400) lets you carry a small amount of ashes on you every day. Memorial diamonds ($3,000–$20,000) grow a real diamond from carbon extracted from ashes. Living memorials($30–$200) dedicate a tree, rose bush, or garden to your pet, sometimes with ashes mixed into the soil.

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This quiz matches your preferences to memorial options. Our recommendations include links to products we've reviewed. Some links are affiliate links, meaning we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend products we'd use ourselves.

For a deeper look at creating a meaningful memorial, read our full guide. If you're still early in the process and wondering about cremation itself, see what happens during pet cremation.

Frequently asked questions

The most common options include keeping ashes in a decorative urn, wearing cremation jewelry, creating a memorial diamond, scattering in a meaningful location, or planting a living memorial with a tree or plant. There is no wrong choice — the right option is whatever feels meaningful to your family.
There is no time limit. Cremated remains are stable indefinitely. Many pet owners keep ashes for months or years before deciding on a permanent memorial, and some never move beyond a simple urn on a shelf — that is equally valid.
Yes. Most cremation jewelry and keepsake urns require only a small amount of ashes — often less than a teaspoon. A typical pet cremation yields enough ashes for multiple memorials, meaning a family can share matching pendants or split ashes between a home urn and several keepsakes.
Yes. Companies like Eterneva extract carbon from cremated remains and grow a real diamond under high pressure and heat over 6–10 months. The resulting stone is chemically identical to a mined diamond and can be cut and set into any piece of jewelry.
Most cremation jewelry is designed for daily wear but should be removed before swimming, showering, or exposure to chemicals. Pendants with glass-sealed ash chambers are most water-resistant; open-back lockets are not. Check each piece's care instructions.

Related reading

Deeper reading

Creating a meaningful pet memorial at home

Rituals, spaces, and objects that help carry memory forward.
Product review

Eterneva memorial diamonds — our review

We followed the full ash-to-diamond process for 11 months.
Process

What happens during pet cremation

Intake, identification, cremation, and the return of ashes — step by step.