[Gpdd] [CARE] Who cares for our piggys if we pass away

[Ann Evans]

To Everyone,
I live in Tampa Florida. However, I am a long time member of the 
Cambridge Cavy Trust and Guinea Pig Hospital and my husband is British. 
It is through a wonderful 82 year old friend of ours who lives in 
Cornwall, UK that we found out about the Cinnamon Trust after her 17 
year old dog died.
http://www.cinnamon.org.uk/home.html
The trust takes guinea pigs.
I am looking for a similar type of organization here in Florida. 
Currently we have a codicil to our Will along with a trust fund set up 
for our cavies. Our friends (trustees) have told us that they would take 
care of our piggys until they die a natural death if both my husband and 
I should die together or be unable to care for them. However, in the 
codicil our friends  can also choose to give our piggys to the Society 
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Tampa Bay (SPCA) along with 
the trust fund money and let the SPCA rehome them. We are also long time 
members of the SPCA. It is not an ideal situation. I would much rather 
belong to an organization like the RSPCA Home for Life or the Cinnamon 
Trust. Even though I am 52 and my husband is 50, none of us know when we 
will die.  I carry a wallet card that says I have animals at home. I 
also have a sticker on the door to my home that states that there are 
animals inside. Luckily we live in a neighborhood where we know our 
neighbors, we look out for each other and one of them even piggy sits 
for us. But even with our preparations for our cavies I still do not 
feel totally comfortable about the arrangements. I would love to know 
what other piggy slaves are doing about this matter.

Sincerely, Ann and the Rescued Piggys of Piggyville Tampa Florida USA