What should we do when our pet dies and we are considering having it embalmed? The first thing to do is to place it in the coldest place possible in the house or take it immediately to a taxidermist, who will carefully store it in a freezer. So, the first thing to do when a pet dies and we want to have it embalmed is to put it in the freezer. Regardless of the season and the animal, this must be done immediately after death to prevent decomposition from altering and ruining the animal’s aesthetic qualities (leather, fur, feathers, scales, skin, etc.), which would negatively affect the taxidermic preparation of the animal. In fact, the first part of an animal to succumb to the inevitable decomposition process is the external part (if it is summer, this process is much faster), which, if not rigorously preserved, makes the embalming process impossible. If this happens, the taxidermic preparation may not be successful, and we would see our desire to have our pet embalmed at home thwarted. Therefore, let us remember what to do when an animal dies and we want to have it embalmed: put it in the freezer or take it immediately to the taxidermist.