Soren High, a 35-year-old designer and TikToker who lives in Portland, Oregon, has actually gone viral for the unconventional method they are grieving their late cat, Loki.
Over the previous 3 months, High has actually recorded the procedure of having the 16-year-old black cat freeze-dried. According to Animal Family Pet Preservation, which rendered the service, freeze-drying is an alternative to taxidermy, where cold temperature levels are used in a vacuum over a long period of time to get rid of wetness from body tissue.
“I knew I wanted to have [Loki] preserved the day I took her home,” High, who utilizes they/them pronouns, informed Insider. “It was an immediate knowledge that we were going to be together forever.”
High initially started publishing about the strategies in March and consequently sent the remains off to Ohio. They have actually because recorded every action of the procedure, from evacuating Loki’s casket for shipping — total with flowers and ice bag — to narrating how to look after the freeze-dried remains, consisting of cleansing Loki’s glass eyes and keeping her fur.
