Interesting that you posted this thread just as I have finished preparing a dead pet for burial here . Laura's ratty Peanut just passed tonight, and as usual with our pets, she will be buried in a private ceremony in the backyard tomorrow. We always prepare a nice box for them with shavings and lots of their favorite treats to take to the afterlife (kind of like the Egyptians did). So I don't think it's too freaky to groom a dead pet. I personally don't have any problem handling dead pets, other than crying my eyes out while I'm doing so. I think it's nice that someone doesn't mind working with other people's deceased pets. Yes, it's very much like a human mortician - I always admire how people can do that line of work.