Our general hours of operation are 7 am – 9 pm 7 days a week.
Upon arrival to our facility for cremation or aquamation, a steel ID tracking disc is assigned to your pet.
The disc ensures transparency and accuracy throughout the process, maintaining your pet’s identity.
The disc stays with your pet at every stage, from intake through the cremation or aquamation process.
When the process is complete, your pet’s ashes and the disc are returned to you. This guarantees that you receive only your pet’s ashes.
Creekside Pet Crematory opened for business in 2008 providing traditional flame cremation.
Aquamation services were added July 2025.
We offer both flame cremation and aquamation (water cremation) because families deserve a choice. After more than 18 years in the pet aftercare business, we recognized that families want options for honoring their pets. By providing both traditional flame cremation and the newer aquamation process, families have the option to select the method that best fits their values and preferences.
Every private and individual cremation or Aquamation includes the same high level of care, an affordable service, and a guaranteed quality return. Families receive a complete package designed to be transparent, dignified, and consistent across every pet.
1-3 hours depending on the size of your companion.
Traditional flame-based cremation is the process of reducing a pet’s remains to ash with high heat and flame.
Cremation is a trusted, long standing, traditional, and respectable aftercare choice.
We receive your pet into our care. Each pet is handled with dignity and respect.
A steel ID tracking disc is assigned to each pet. This ensures transparency and accuracy maintaining the identity and ensuring your pet is returned to you at the end of the process.
Each family decides what type of service is right for them – private or communal.
Your pet is placed inside the cremation chamber. Direct heat and flame of 1600-1800 degrees F is applied over 1-3 hours depending upon the size of your pet. At the end of the process, we are left with the mineral components that are processed into ash. (This is the same product as with Aquamation.)
Your pet’s ashes and the ID tracking disc are returned to you.
With a private cremation, your pet is placed in a clean, empty chamber. This process ensures only your pet is returned to you.
With communal cremation, your pet is placed inside the chamber with multiple pets. Your pet ashes are not returned to you with this service.
Your pet’s ashes are safe to handle and returned to you in a sealed package. It is up to you to choose how to commemorate your pet.
By request, we can divide ashes for creating multiple tributes or sharing with multiple family members.
We offer private and communal cremation.
Private cremation is defined as the cremation of a single animal in a clean, empty chamber, with the cremated remains returned exclusively to the family.
Communal cremation is defined as the cremation of multiple animals simultaneously in a single chamber without separation. No cremated remains are returned to the family.
Most pets large or small can be cremated. Our cremation unit can service pets up to 250 lbs.
Although we certainly can cremate exotics and pocket pets, we encourage you to consider aquamation for these companions. As with every cremation, due to the high heat process, an amount of remains is lost through emissions. Aquamation is a gentler process and returns approximately 20% more ash to the family.
Aquamation, also known as water cremation, or alkaline hydrolysis is a gentle, eco-friendly alternative to traditional flame cremation for pets. It uses a combination of gently flowing heated water and natural alkali over time to reduce your pets body to it’s natural elements.
Aquamation mimics natural decomposition, but accelerates it in a controlled, respectful environment.
It is a sustainable choice for families who want a gentle process, value the environment, and desire 20% or more ashes returned.
We receive your pet into our care. Each pet is handled with dignity and respect.
A steel ID tracking disc is assigned to each pet. This ensures transparency and accuracy maintaining the identity and ensuring your pet is returned to you at the end of the process.
Each family decides what type of service is right for them – individual or communal.
Your pet is placed in the Aquamation vessel. A solution of 95% warm water and 5% natural alkali is gently circulated through the vessel over approximately 20 hours. The flow of circulation can be described as a gentle flowing stream, or soft rainfall.
At the end of the cycle, we are left with mineral components that are processed into ash. (This is the same product as with flame cremation.)
Your pet’s ashes and the ID tracking disc are returned to you.
With an individual service, your pet is isolated in their own stainless steel compartment, with complete separation from other pets. This process ensures only your pet is returned to you.
With communal services, your pet is placed inside the chamber with multiple pets and no separation. Your pet ashes are not returned to you with this service.
Pet Aquamation is approved everywhere in the United States and Canada.
Anything you do with flame cremation ashes can also be done with aquamation ashes.
Your pet’s ashes are safe to handle, sterile, pathogen free and returned to you in a sealed package. It is up to you to choose how to commemorate your pet.
By request, we can divide ashes for creating multiple tributes or sharing with multiple family members.
The scientific name for Aquamation or water cremation is alkaline hydrolysis. It was first patented in 1888. It has been used in modern applications for over 30 years in university and scientific settings. The first pet facility was opened in 2007, and the technology was first used in funeral homes for humans in 2011.
We offer individual and communal Aquamation services.
With individual aquamation, multiple pets can go through the process at the same time. Each pet is placed in it’s own completely segregated, individual compartment. This ensures there is no transfer of cremated remains and each family receives only their pet’s ashes.
Communal aquamation is the process where multiple pets are simultaneously placed in a single aquamation vessel without separation. No cremated remains are returned to the family.
Aquamation is considered the greener, eco-conscious choice for pet aftercare due to low energy use and lack of harmful emissions.
The Aquamation process occurs around 200 degrees F using water, not fire. The water circulation in the system is comparable to the flow of a gentle stream or softly falling rain. The flame cremation process occurs at 1600-1800 degrees F with the remains in direct contact with flame. Some of the mineral remains are lost from the high heat through emissions.
Ashes from flame cremation and Aquamation are made up of the same mineral components.
The COLOR of flame cremation ashes typically have a gray hue from the carbon discoloration from high heat exposure. Aquamation ashes are usually white to light tan in color. There can be slight variations from individual to individual from both processes.
The CONSISTECY of ashes from flame cremation is usually more coarse or textured. The ashes from Aquamation are soft and powdery like a fine sand.
Aquamation also yields approximately 20% more ash return to the family.
No, virtually any pet, large or small can have Aquamation services.
We can process any size pet up to 250 lbs.
We recommend Aquamation for exotics and pocket pets. Aquamation is gentle and renders 20% or more ashes returned to the family.
Preparation for at-home euthanasia starts with a telephone consultation with a veterinarian. This conversation is essential to discuss your pet’s specific needs, review the euthanasia process, and confirm appropriate timing and services for your situation.
Once you make the decision, you can choose a peaceful, comfortable location in your pet’s familiar surroundings, and decide who is going to be present to support you and your pet. Planning aftercare ahead of time also reduces stress the day of the appointment. Creekside can provide cremation and Aquamation services.
Place a call to Creekside Pet Crematory. We will provide you with information for a telephone consultation with a veterinarian.
Yes.
We are deeply committed to supporting local artists, believing that when we invest locally, we strengthen our community.
Custom Urns: Each urn is custom-built by a skilled Amish craftsman from Pennsylvania wood. All engraving is completed in-house, ensuring every detail is a unique tribute to your pet.
Glass Memorials: Our glass memorials are individually handcrafted by a local torch working artist. Every piece is made one at a time, so no two memorials are ever the same.
By choosing Creekside keepsakes, you’re not only honoring your pet’s memory with a one-of-a-kind creation but also helping to support and uplift local talent within our community.
Our keepsakes are one of the things that truly set us apart. Each piece is intentionally chosen, handcrafted, and never mass produced. We keep our offerings simple and meaningful — only items we would choose for our own companions.
Expect to see some more exciting options in 2026!
Yes.
You have the option to bring your pet directly to our facility.
Pick up can also be arranged for us to come to your home or veterinary clinic to transport your pet to our facility.
We accommodate all pickup requests as our schedule allows.
Costs for pickup are determined by your location and distance from our facility.