X-Message-Number: 27844 Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:57:20 -0700 (PDT) From: "D. den Otter" <> Subject: Re: CryoNet #27824 Preserving our pet. > Message #27837 > From: > Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:50:45 EDT > Subject: Re: CryoNet #27824 Preserving our pet. > > We lost our pet over a year ago that we loved very > much. He has been kept > frozen and we have been trying to decide the best > preservation for him. We > know it is too late for him to be perfused. What > would be the best > preservation method at this point?......cryonics, > freeze drying, fixation? > > > Sorry for your animal,Cryonics seems the best > choice, Yes, if you can afford it, choose cryonics. Both CI and Alcor preserve pets. It's a members only service, but that's hardly a problem as it's fairly pointless to freeze your pet if you aren't signed up yourself. > fixation would be > incomplete and freeze drying can't work beyond five > to ten years because of water > taken up from the atmosphere. That's why you'd have to put the freeze dried animal (or human brain) in an airtight vessel, along with some dessicant, or encase it in a block of resin. Combined with chemical fixation (optional) and standard freezer refrigeration, this should slow down decay to negligible levels, making this a viable low budget cryonics alternative. For pet preservation services (USA only afaik), just google "freeze drying pets" (without the quotation marks). -Dalibor Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=27844