# What do I do with the Markers for my kitties?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 12, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-the-markers-for-my-kitties/920446 "2020-09-12T18:50:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-the-markers-for-my-kitties/920446/1 "2020-09-12T18:50:11Z")

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We’re close to selling the house. We have 2 small markers for our departed kitties where we buried them.

Is it OK to leave the markers?

Should I take the markers?

Should I bury the markers?

Both markers are wooden, homemade and neither is more than 3" wide and 12" tall.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-the-markers-for-my-kitties/920446/2 "2020-09-12T18:52:13Z")

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Take some photos of the markers to remember them by, then remove them.

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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-the-markers-for-my-kitties/920446/3 "2020-09-12T18:52:42Z")

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I would say take them. They will mean nothing to the new owners at best, and would likely be trashed at worst.

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**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-the-markers-for-my-kitties/920446/4 "2020-09-12T19:07:20Z")

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Ask your realtor as anything that is in the ground generally stays. 😆

Why are you asking ? honestly do you what you want with them

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-the-markers-for-my-kitties/920446/5 "2020-09-12T19:09:19Z")

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I just never thought of it before. It seems odd to remove them but odd to leave them.

> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Take some photos of the markers to remember them by, then remove them.

The photo idea is a definite. Thank you

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**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-the-markers-for-my-kitties/920446/6 "2020-09-12T19:13:14Z")

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Take pictures, then move them. I would, when I got my new place, put the markers in the prettiest spot as a memorial.

I’d also find a way to clue the new owners in about the place the markers were so they could avoid digging there or at least know what they could run into.

Enjoy your new home and the memories the markers represent. You’re good people.

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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-the-markers-for-my-kitties/920446/7 "2020-09-13T17:24:04Z")

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> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#):
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> Take pictures, then move them. I would, when I got my new place, put the markers in the prettiest spot as a memorial

Mini [cenotaphs](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cenotaph).