I have always buried my cats' bodies, but I may do cremation in the future.
When I buried my cats, I planted a tree at the head of the spot where they
were buried.  That served as a living memorial to them and also meant that I
could always remember the exact location.  Of course, as you said, that
meant that I could not take them with me.  I very much like your idea of
creating a base for a cat statue by mixing the ashes, and I have a friend
who selects a hollow cat figurine -- one that looks as much like the cat as
possible -- and keeps the ashes there.  My sister-in-law ordered a memorial
stone with her cat's name and an inscription.  She is going to place the
stone in her garden and bury the ashes there.  Here are some examples of the
type of stone she used.  (She used a flat stone, not the upright type that
look like tombstones.)  I don't know where she got hers, but she was able to
have her cat's name and her own selection for an inscription engraved.
http://www.memorial-urns.com/pet_memorial_stones.html

MaryL

I have always scattered their ashes where they loved to be.  (The back yard
and later the deck.)  The wind and elements of course scatter them about the
world while hopefully their spirits remain near me.  The problem with
holding on to the ashes even in a container, unless you are going to live in
the same place forever, is that as you live out your much longer life span
you are going to be moving around with a whole lot of containers, especially
if you have had multiple cats.

Barb

"-L." <MonkeySnaps@gmail.com> wrote>

That sounds like a neat idea.

Response to "-L." <MonkeySnaps@gmail.com>:

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Yeah, this sounds very cool.  Makes me think Egyptian for some reason.

I love this idea.