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Have 2 plans.
Plan #1 is for when you get advanced notice of your expiration. Terminal cancer, etc. As you get diagnosed, you find someone who will foster or sanctuary your birds. Your vet or tech girls could be good. These fosters will help you transition the birds and they’ll make things easier on you as you’re making your move to leave this existence. In my experience, the birds I’ve taken in for people in these situations, it’s a few weeks to a couple months before death of human. But you get a lot of say in this plan, and if warranted- the financial part of the birds is played out as you’re getting everything else paid and settled before you leave for good. You’ll know exactly how much insurance will pay out and get to settle your debts and goodbyes.
Plan #2 is your untimely expiration. This plan is more written instructions. This is where you say exactly who (birds) is going where. I caution you on the details though- too many details can lands the birds where you don’t want them. A grey that ended up with me for two years belonged to a grandmother who died and willed the bird to her granddaughter. The will provided a lump sum to care for the bird- $10,000 and for a yearly stipend to grow as an annuity. However, the will stated that the bird was to receive a specific amount of care and the attorney for the will placed the money in a trust for the bird. The granddaughter was never able to withdraw any money necessary to care for the bird because the attorneys for the trust were not able to verify that the wishes of the grandmother were taking place. Grandma never would have imagined that the money would be held hostage, and the granddaughter gave that bird tremendous care. But you can’t feed a parrot with no money. So the bird came to me until the granddaughter graduated college and was able to secure a job where she didn’t need that $10,000 for the bird. Grandma’s will stated the bird was to receive all vet care from a specific vet- and the vet left the practice the year Grandma died. Because granddaughter wasn’t adhering to the EXACT terms of the will, money was never dispersed. In my plan, I have only generalities.
Plan #1 is for when you get advanced notice of your expiration. Terminal cancer, etc. As you get diagnosed, you find someone who will foster or sanctuary your birds. Your vet or tech girls could be good. These fosters will help you transition the birds and they’ll make things easier on you as you’re making your move to leave this existence. In my experience, the birds I’ve taken in for people in these situations, it’s a few weeks to a couple months before death of human. But you get a lot of say in this plan, and if warranted- the financial part of the birds is played out as you’re getting everything else paid and settled before you leave for good. You’ll know exactly how much insurance will pay out and get to settle your debts and goodbyes.
Plan #2 is your untimely expiration. This plan is more written instructions. This is where you say exactly who (birds) is going where. I caution you on the details though- too many details can lands the birds where you don’t want them. A grey that ended up with me for two years belonged to a grandmother who died and willed the bird to her granddaughter. The will provided a lump sum to care for the bird- $10,000 and for a yearly stipend to grow as an annuity. However, the will stated that the bird was to receive a specific amount of care and the attorney for the will placed the money in a trust for the bird. The granddaughter was never able to withdraw any money necessary to care for the bird because the attorneys for the trust were not able to verify that the wishes of the grandmother were taking place. Grandma never would have imagined that the money would be held hostage, and the granddaughter gave that bird tremendous care. But you can’t feed a parrot with no money. So the bird came to me until the granddaughter graduated college and was able to secure a job where she didn’t need that $10,000 for the bird. Grandma’s will stated the bird was to receive all vet care from a specific vet- and the vet left the practice the year Grandma died. Because granddaughter wasn’t adhering to the EXACT terms of the will, money was never dispersed. In my plan, I have only generalities.
