We're approaching a year since our dog crossed the rainbow bridge due to aggressive cancer. In our fight against the cancer, we racked up a lot of leftover medications, especially given his big size and how quickly things were happening. In the weeks following his passing, I threw these medication bottles into a box with intention of taking them to the humane society so they might be used for sick homeless animals. This box ended up in a corner and forgotten and now I've just found it 11 months later. All of them expired in the last two months. I get a double whammy of bad memories and guilt that I didn't take them in to be used, and instead I'm going to have to take them to the med disposal bin instead.
I know the grief is debilitating, but my advice is to be proactive in dealing with stuff like this so that all that's left to be found in the future are happy mementos.
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I know when we called after our girl passed, our vet and all the shelters/rescues we called refused to accept the medications, because prescriptions can't typically be reused safely. We ended up doing the med disposal as well.
It's so nice of you to have thought of others. Don't beat yourself up over this!
I couldn’t find anyone to take the leftover medications after my dog’s recent passing. However several shelters were grateful for donations of toys, blankets, towels, etc, even dry shampoo. That one’s not usually listed on shelter wishlists but I took it anyway. Choked up when the shelter admin said they love it because some dogs have never had/won’t tolerate a bath but they can use the dry shampoo on them. 💔