LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[KikiDeAnime]

Had a bit of a cry today. Facebook reminded me that it's been a year since we put our Siamese cat Lotus to sleep. I still miss him everyday.

 

[Aquira]

Had a bit of a cry today. Facebook reminded me that it's been a year since we put our Siamese cat Lotus to sleep. I still miss him everyday.

It's a hard thing to go through for sure

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I got a painting commissioned of my brother's cat we lost a few weeks ago and my mom got teary looking at it. The artist got it down to a T, it's almost like a filtered photograph. You can totally see Tiger's personality in the painting

 

[BelovedBirds]

I got a painting commissioned of my brother's cat we lost a few weeks ago and my mom got teary looking at it. The artist got it down to a T, it's almost like a filtered photograph. You can totally see Tiger's personality in the painting

I'm an artist and did this for my aunt who's dog died, a while ago. I surprised her with it a while after. It made her cry
I have another aunt who also lost her dog, recently, and I need to do his portrait next

 

[fluffycrow]

I don't know how I feel about having a portrait of a passed pet. I fear it will do the exact opposite of helping with grief. But, everyone deals with grief differently

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I don't know how I feel about having a portrait of a passed pet. I fear it will do the exact opposite of helping with grief. But, everyone deals with grief differently

I like having something to remember them. My memory after being sick is crap and I'm afraid I'd forget them faster. Except that I don't want to jinx them, I've considered getting some of my cat and dog that are still around while I can still get pictures for references. It wasn't until I was trying to find pictures of Tiger to send that I realized I barely had any of him.

 

[Aquira]

I don't know how I feel about having a portrait of a passed pet. I fear it will do the exact opposite of helping with grief. But, everyone deals with grief differently

It definitely hurts early on as it's a reminder of a sad part of your life. But I found them helpful after you've learned to live with that sadness for awhile.

 

[fluffycrow]

I'm contemplating hatching a few eggs from from my aseel rooster×landrace hen

 

[fluffycrow]

It definitely hurts early on as it's a reminder of a sad part of your life. But I found them helpful after you've learned to live with that sadness for awhile.

Yeah, I guess so. I like to find ways to remember them without actually seeing them, like for example keeping the collars from my dogs and a tuft of fur, or for my first betta I remember him through his tank mates, the plants and the tank itself

 

[BelovedBirds]

I don't know how I feel about having a portrait of a passed pet. I fear it will do the exact opposite of helping with grief. But, everyone deals with grief differently

I knew it would be a welcome gift, as she'd done something similar with past dogs, she's gotten ornaments that looked like them
I was just careful that I gave her some time to grieve before giving it to her. Didn't want to pour salt on the wound right away.