Planning for pets care in Will

[Zoo Nanny]

Out of curiosity I was wondering how many folks here have made arrangements for the care of their animals in the event of their passing. Most of my bird friends have had to really look at this hard due to the age most parrots live to. Many have taken life insurance policies to provide for the birds care for the rest of their lives whether in a sanctuary or by a relative. Some like me have added them in the will with a certain amount of money being left from the policy just for her care. Just curious

[Danimal]

All of my animals are provided for in our will, short and long lived. Ya never know when the hammer will drop.

[dinosaurdammit]

I know that my boas can live up to 30 years, my bird could live another 15 to 20 years, my dogs probably only about 10 left in them and my CWD/Monitor could live up in the 15 to 30 year range so I made sure they are all provided for with members in my family.

[EmbraceCalamity]

I've thought about it briefly, but I haven't really done anything about it. Guess I probably should, even though I'm only 21. One of the reasons I haven't killed myself. What would my pets do without me? XD

~Maggot

[Snakefood]

all my animals are provided for in my will, always have been. I refuse for them to go into rescue just because I didn't spend an extra 1/2 hr on the will making process!!

[Wildside]

I think I'll do it Ancient Egyptian style and have them all sent to live in the afterlife with me

[BryanB]

all of my pets have a place to go

[alessia55]

I've made verbal agreements with my family that they would care for them should I go, since I haven't finalized a will yet.

[EmbraceCalamity]

I think I'll do it Ancient Egyptian style and have them all sent to live in the afterlife with meo______________________o

~Maggot

[Lankyrob]

I dont have a will so have made no preparations but the dof would go to my parents and the snakes would be sold back to the Reptile shop to pay for funeral expenses.

[Wildside]

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~Maggot


Don't you think it's a good idea?

[dinosaurdammit]

Don't you think it's a good idea?

I cannot burry my pets so i have arranged to have them all mounted after they pass. Its weird I know.

[Wildside]

I cannot burry my pets so i have arranged to have them all mounted after they pass. Its weird I know.


I should have my dog mounted. It'll be a great deal easier than digging his hole :sad:

[dinosaurdammit]

I should have my dog mounted. It'll be a great deal easier than digging his hole :sad:

I find that my dogs furs are so beautiful it'd be a sin to let them rot. :/ Lets be weirdo pet lovers

[reptileexperts]

I should have my dog mounted. It'll be a great deal easier than digging his hole :sad:

You could rename him Rowdy . . . and you and your room mate could freak people out with it while you are acting on a TV Show about hospitals :-P

[Wildside]

I find that my dogs furs are so beautiful it'd be a sin to let them rot. :/ Lets be weirdo pet lovers

I'm totally down

[Zoo Nanny]

When I go my son will keep Cassie. If he is unable to care for her then $10,000 of the policy would go with her to NEEWS. There I know that she would be placed in a good home where the sanctuary would monitor her or she would live out her life in the sanctuary. There are three people who want Precious so he would be well cared for also.
Lankyrob you're lucky that the pet shop will purchase them back. There is a reptile shop in RI that tells people who purchase alligators there that when they get too big they will buy them back. They don't adding to the release of animals in the wild. Up here in New England the animals die over winter, so sad.

[Wildside]

When I go my son will keep Cassie. If he is unable to care for her then $10,000 of the policy would go with her to NEEWS. There I know that she would be placed in a good home where the sanctuary would monitor her or she would live out her life in the sanctuary. There are three people who want Precious so he would be well cared for also.
Lankyrob you're lucky that the pet shop will purchase them back. There is a reptile shop in RI that tells people who purchase alligators there that when they get too big they will buy them back. They don't adding to the release of animals in the wild. Up here in New England the animals die over winter, so sad.


What if they release them in the spring then you guys will have a bunch of big gators terrorizing your waters over the summer. I'd report them to the DNR if I were you. They don't have to sell gators.

[Zoo Nanny]

I have no absolute proof. Two people have told me the same thing, they bought their gators there and when they tried to return them they refused. One kid used to let his wander his room, even at 4 feet. His grandfather told him to bring it back, when they didn't take it he sold it to a friend. God only knows where it ended up. They are illegal in MA but it doesn't stop people from driving over the state line. The only place I know of locally that will take them is The Rainforest Reptile Shows and that may only be confiscations.