Compassionate afterlife care for every companion. Perkins offers private and communal pet cremation with pickup, and dropoff options across Wilmington & the Cape Fear Region.
How do you get them to perkins?
There are a two ways to bring your pet into our care. You are always welcome to come to us yourself (no appointment needed), or we can come to you. If your pet has passed at a veterinary office, we can coordinate there as well.
Many families like to send something familiar along. We are glad to keep these close to your pet.
If your pet has passed at a veterinary office, we can collect them directly from the vet. With a Private Cremation, we return their cremains to that same office for you to gather when you are ready.
For our partner veterinary practices, we coordinate the details directly, so your family has less to manage during a tender time.
Not sure which option is right for you? We are glad to talk it through, with no pressure and no obligation.
Choose Your Goodbye
Once your companion is in our care, there are two thoughtful ways to lay them to rest. Whichever you choose, the same gentle, hands on attention goes into every step.
Individual Cremation
A Private Cremation ensures that only your pet's cremains are returned to you. Their cremains are placed and sealed in a Rosewood urn, its top carved with the Tree of Life and its front personalized with your pet's name.
Your package also includes a clay paw print and a lock of their hair, along with a Cremation Certificate and a sympathy card. Everything is placed with care inside a sturdy keepsake box personalized with your pet's name.
Our Burials at Sea take place off Wrightsville Beach at 34.15003N, 77.71961W.
Group Cremation
In a Communal Cremation, your pet is cremated alongside two or three other pets, and their cremains are not returned to the family. Instead, they are laid to rest gently during one of our burials at sea during a beautiful day off the coast of Wrightsville Beach.
Our burials at sea take place regularly and lawfully at sea, at least three nautical miles from land as the Federal Clean Water Act requires. Because they happen on the open water, they are weather dependent, so the exact timing is not consistent and follows safe conditions out at sea.
How Pricing Works
Both Private and Communal Cremations are priced by your pet's weight, so every family pays for what is right for their own companion and nothing more. We keep it simple, with no obligation and no hidden fees. Reach out whenever you are ready and we will walk you through a clear, no pressure quote.
The same standard of attention goes into every cremation, from the moment your pet arrives until they are returned to you.
Every cremation follows a federally regulated process, carried out on purpose built equipment by certified, trained operators.
Your pet is handled with care and respect from the moment they come to us until the day they are returned to your family.
We have had the privilege of caring for families and their pets across the Cape Fear region for over a decade.
The urns and keepsakes in our packages are the same quality you would find from outside suppliers, never a lesser version.
Memorial Keepsakes
A keepsake holds their memory and spirit close to you. Many of our pieces can hold a small portion of cremains, and every keepsake can be added to your cremation package or chosen on its own.
Paw print lockets and pendants in silver, gold, and iridescent tones.
Mini urn and paw charm keychains that keep a small portion of cremains close.
Included With Care
Everything is gathered together in one keepsake box, ready to bring home.
A hand finished wooden urn, sized to your pet and engraved with their name.
Each urn is carved with the Tree of Life across the lid.
A personalized certificate that honors your pet by name.
Clay Paw Prints
From the smallest paw to the largest hoof, every clay print is shaped by hand in memory of your companion.
