Tell us about your small pet, and we'll find the options
Only 52%[1] of UK cremation buyers remembered being given prices up front. Send us a few details and you'll get written options for your area by email.
- Free to ask, nothing to book
- Written prices where providers share them
- Your details go only where you ask
Before you write
The details that help us find the right options
You don't need to write much. A short message with the essentials lets us match you with providers who handle small mammals and serve your area. If you only know some of this, send what you have.
- Species and rough weight. "Rabbit, about 2 kg" or "guinea pig, a bit over 2 lb" is plenty. A kitchen scale reading is ideal if you have one.
- Where you are. A town or zip/postcode, so we look at providers who actually reach you. Our locations pages explain how prices and rules shift by area.
- Where your pet is now. At home, at your vet, or still with you if you're planning ahead.
- Ashes back or not. Private cremation, communal, burial, or "not sure yet" are all fine answers.
- Anything special. A bonded partner who needs time, a child who wants to be involved, or a sudden death your vet is looking into.
Less common species are welcome too. If your companion was a chinchilla, hedgehog, degu or sugar glider, say so, because not every provider has handled one and it helps to ask the right places first. By our estimate even a median-weight guinea pig returns only about 37 g[2] of ash, and a hedgehog or anything under about a pound returns less, so mention whether getting ashes back matters to you. The ashes weight estimator gives a figure for your pet's weight.
What happens next
What happens after you press send
A person on our team reads your message and looks at which providers near you handle rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets or your pet's species. We reply by email with the options, what each includes and prices where providers publish or share them. We won't phone you unless you ask us to.
From there it's your decision. You can book with a provider directly, reply to ask us something, or simply keep the information for later. Many providers return private cremation ashes in about 5-10 days[3], and we'll tell you if a provider quotes something different.
Scope
What we can and can't help with
We can help you understand and compare private, partitioned, joint and communal cremation, find providers who handle small mammals, plan a garden or pet cemetery burial, and choose keepsakes that suit a small amount of ash. The services page covers each of those, and the cremation cost calculator gives a price range before you write.
We can't give veterinary advice, diagnose a sudden death or book a vet appointment for you. If your rabbit died unexpectedly or your other pets seem unwell, call your vet first. The USDA's rabbit hemorrhagic disease page explains why a sudden rabbit death deserves that call. We also aren't the provider, so final prices, timings and paperwork come from them. The about page explains how we work in more detail.
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Your details
How we look after what you tell us
We use your details to answer your request. Asking about your pet shouldn't land you on a newsletter, and it won't. If you'd like us to pass your details to a particular provider so they can contact you, we'll check with you first.
Money is a real worry for many people at this point. In one US study, 61%[5] of owners rated the cost of after-death care as a concern, so you're far from alone. You can tell us your budget without embarrassment, and we'll always include lower-cost routes such as communal cremation or home burial alongside the rest.
Not urgent?
Planning ahead for an older rabbit, ferret or chinchilla
Plenty of people write while their pet is still with them. That's often the calmest time to decide, especially for ferrets, which commonly develop age-related illness (the Merck Veterinary Manual's ferret profile gives a usual lifespan of 6 to 10 years), or for a rabbit who's slowing down. The pet age calculator shows where your pet sits in their life, and our pre-planning guide walks through what's worth deciding now.
Most people turn first to their vet for this kind of advice; 48.8%[6] of US owners in one survey named their vet team as their main resource. We're happy to sit alongside that conversation, not replace it. When you're ready, use the form at the top of the page.
Reader polls
What would you choose?
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Which small companion are you thinking about today?
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Did you (or would you) compare more than one provider?
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Questions people ask
How quickly will you reply?
We reply by email as soon as we've looked at the providers who serve your area. We don't promise a set time, because some areas take longer to check than others. If your pet is at home, keep them wrapped and cool while you wait; a small body is fine in a cool place for a while.
Do I have to book anything if I send a request?
No. A request only asks us to find options. You can read what we send, compare it with your vet's offer, and decide in your own time. You can also use our reply simply to check that the price they've been quoted elsewhere is fair for a pet of this size.
Can you help if my pet died at the vet's?
Yes. Tell us which practice your pet is at and what, if anything, has been agreed. You're allowed to choose a different provider from the one your vet uses, and the vet can usually hold a small pet while you decide. We'll include the questions to ask about how your pet will be moved.
What if I have a hamster or rat, not a rabbit?
Send the request anyway and tell us the species. Hamsters, rats, mice and gerbils are covered by our sister guide in the same network, and we'll make sure your message reaches the right people. The process and the privacy promises are the same.
Can I ask about two pets at once?
Of course. If a bonded pair or two guinea pigs from the same group have died, or you're planning for both, tell us. We'll ask providers about a combined price, and about joint cremation if you'd like the ashes kept together in one urn.
Sources and our estimates
- [1] Only 52% of UK cremation buyers recalled receiving information on the price of the service and different packages. UK Competition and Markets Authority - Veterinary services for household pets, Provisional decision report Part A (Oct 2025), 2025.
- [2] A median-weight pet guinea pig (1.05 kg) would be expected to return about 37 g (1.3 oz) of cremated remains. Our estimate: 1,050 g x 3.5%. How we calculate.
- [3] A US aftercare guide says many families receive private cremation ashes within about one to two weeks, with 5-10 days commonly quoted. Funeral.com - Pet Cremation Timelines: How Long Until Ashes Are Returned, 2026.
- [4] The most common owner preference (26.1%) was for a deceased pet to stay at the vet hospital less than 24 hours before transport to the crematory or cemetery; a further 18.1% said no more than 1-2 days. Cooney, Kogan, Brooks, Ellis - Pet Owners' Expectations for Pet End-of-Life Support and After-Death Body Care, Topics in Companion Animal Medicine (2020), 2020.
- [5] 61% of US owners in the Cooney survey rated the cost of after-death body care as a concern (27.9% concerned, 33.1% very concerned). Cooney, Kogan, Brooks, Ellis - Pet Owners' Expectations for Pet End-of-Life Support and After-Death Body Care, Topics in Companion Animal Medicine (2020), 2020.
- [6] 48.8% of US pet owners named their veterinary team as their primary resource for recommendations on pet death and dying. Cooney, Kogan, Brooks, Ellis - Pet Owners' Expectations for Pet End-of-Life Support and After-Death Body Care, Topics in Companion Animal Medicine (2020), 2020.
Get options for your rabbit, guinea pig or ferret
Tell us what you need and where you are. We'll reply by email with clear options and prices so you can decide in your own time.