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...haven't been fond of some of Jeff's ideas," she says. "But I kinda like this one. My customers don't, though. They think it's yucky. They think they'll have to keep their pets in the freezer...
...Only when they first die," Jeff says. "They keep 'em in the fridge until they ship 'em to me. Then I freeze-dry 'em before they thaw out." Jeff gazes proudly at his model 48104 freeze-dry chamber that he purchased for $30,000 from a company in Minnesota. The cylindrical chamber, 4 ft. by 9 ft., is the sole possession of Jeff's Preservation Specialties, Inc., the company he operates out of a bare room in an industrial mall in Pinellas Park, Fla. The hulking chamber, with a glass window at one end, resembles those gadgets in science fiction...
...Jeff will freeze-dry just about anything. But most of his business is in freeze-drying the deceased pets of distraught owners. Cats. Dogs. Birds. Snakes. Lizards. Hamsters. Even alligators. Presently, he has about 30 such pets in his chamber, undergoing a freeze-dry process that will take from three to six months, depending on the size of the pet. Jeff charges about $400 to freeze-dry small pets and about $1,800 for large pets like the two Doberman pinschers sitting perfectly still in the softly humming chamber. The dogs are bathed in a mysterious yellow light and surrounded...
...When the pets are done," Jeff says, "they'll outlast the life of their owner. They retain natural characteristics no taxidermist could ever duplicate. That's why owners bring them to me. I can mold their pets into positions the owners remember from life. One owner wanted his cat lying so he could put it on his VCR, where the cat always lay. He moves the cat around the house throughout the day, just like when it was alive. Another puts out water for her freeze-dried dog. One guy had his Husky freeze-dried in a sitting position...
...Jeff is an ordinary-looking man with blow-dried hair, a trim mustache, and thick-lensed eyeglasses that make his eyes look constantly startled, like those of the pets he freeze-dries. Most of Jeff's customers are serious about their pets. They have trouble accepting the death of their loved ones -- Jeff calls it "denying the grieving process" -- so they bring them...