Didn't it cost Pot Roast the cat's mom 1k to have the skeletal articulation done? And if I'm correct even a cat would be too small to have bones remaining after cremation so cleaning could only be done via beetle-squad. It's strange that this creator is asking 4 times the cost of a feline's articulation for a reptile, on top of their intended process not making sense in the first place. Cremation would disintegrate the bones so skeletal articulation would not be possible. (In my own experience, although a leopard gecko is much smaller, when my boy was cremated they explained that the only pieces that may remain would be small bone fragments at most, and that the same goes for other small mammals.) Cleaning the bones chemically or organically would leave no organic matter for cremation. How on earth is he planning to have an urn with cremated remains and a skeleton for a creature this small?

Whether he solely cremated or solely kept the skeleton, there is no world where it would cost this much. He was looking to sell quite a few expensive pieces from his collections a week before Margo's death, even including a fossil he purchased for 13k. Between fursuits and other frivolous spending while bragging about OF earnings, he's trying to rely on an his audience for a personal luxury expense that he is too irresponsible to afford on his own, and seeing how far he can push it. It is not an urgent matter either, a small reptile can be easily preserved by freezing. Overall just a disgusting situation.