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Mars Birthday: November 14th, 2021 Gotcha Day: November 16th, 2021 (officially adopted around December) Nicknames: Marsy, Mars Bar, Mars the Bar Biter, and Marzipan How did I end up with him? My mom was told, by the rescue that I had already fostered for, that there were pigs that they needed me to take in. Two sows (female guinea pigs) were adopted and one turned out to be pregnant. She gave birth but her family wasn't able to take care of 5 pigs so I temporarily took her in (with her babies) until they were weaned and she went back to her adoptive family and sister. The mom is named Parsley for refrence. She had three babies, two boars and one sow. The boys are Mars and Jupiter (both of which I adopted) and the girl is Pluto. At this point I had no guinea pigs of my own and I decided whatever the same sex pair was, I was going to adopt. The pair was Mars and Jupiter. Misc: He's not exactly the smartest, EXCEPT when it comes to evading capture (to be weighed, for nail trims, vet visits, etc). Suddenly, all of his brain cells work wonderfully and he's a genius. He takes so long to grab because he knows the spots where it's the easiest for me to grab him and avoids them. For reference, it took him months to learn how to stand up on his hind legs (like a t-rex) while his brother learned much faster. He also did leap out of my arms and fall 4ft as a baby so that might be why... (kidding, though he did actually fall. That's before I acquired the instinct of catching leaping pigs. I still feel bad. He was also totally fine.) He used to be a picky eater until he got fat and out vet told us to give him and his brother half the normal amount of pellets (1/8th cup instead of 1/4th cup in total). His favorite food is probably hay. He hasn't had fruit in a while, but pre-diet he didn't like most fruits. So his brother would eat them. At the vet he is known to be dramatic and try to jump off of the table. He has done this every time as far as I can remember. He's also a menace to his brother and constantly annoys him. I'll send Jupiter tomorrow!
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I'm tired and slightly jetlagged so I'll post Mars and Jupiter tomorrow along with some various fosters and such.
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hehe thanks!
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I figured I should just start posting them here. Guinea Pig Intros! Tommy Birthday: Summer 2021 Gotcha Day: January 3rd, 2022 Nicknames: Stupid baby man, Silly boy, The lad, Toms, and Thomas the Tank Engine How did I end up with him? I (kind of stupidly) wanted a third male, knowing the odds of it working out weren't in my favor. I wanted to get a young male the same age of my boys but he got adopted before I could get him. That's how I ended up with Tommy. He's one of the best things that've happened to me. I got him from a shelter in my state. Misc: We highly suspect he was from a hoarding situation, he was not only surrendered with 26(!!!) other guinea pigs, but his behavior reflects it as well (he will eat fast, doesn't like other pigs in his space so he lives alone, etc) He LOVES humans. Burrowing in shirts is one of his favorite things. Along with eating hay and taking naps in nests he makes out of hay. His favorite type of lettuce is red leaf. He can only have green bell pepper and different kinds of lettuces or he gets bloated. Tommy has a really fast metabolism and eats a ton of hay. He also weighs about 1 kilogram precisely. He used to be really small for a boar but he's average now.
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They're all so storming cute sometimes I'm like wow I have these things. If that makes sense. This. Also: Some fresh piggy content!! (These are a month old max, most of them are from two days ago) I should make a my own thread for them.
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I personally don't think he's getting his leg back. And that's something I'm fully fine with.
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i mean yeah... yeah. Yep! Going skiing!!!!
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oops meant to reply to null Fun!! I'll actually be on your time zone veeeeery soon
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How's everyone doing? I'm tired (it's 12:28--oops)
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Hello!!
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First *hugs* Second (this also might be triggering for the same reasons as above, it's not super graphic but still) This is not only for Null but for anyone who may need it.
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have you ever had chickpea brownies? depending on how you make them, they can be REALLY good
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Haly-- I just want to say that you're awesome and someone I really look up to. Keep going, you got this. When it's bad it feels like your entire life has been this way. It'll pass. You've gone through this before and you can do it again. I don't know what to say to help you but distracting myself until I feel better helps me. Does anything matter? I don't know, that's up to you to decide. I struggle with that a lot too, at the very least my guinea pigs rely on me and they need me. I haven't figured it out yet, but I do know that life is worth it for the good days. Worth it for the animals, the people you meet, the books you read, the experiences you have, and so much more. I'm here if you need to reach out. I go on break starting tomorrow so I have a lot of time.
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Glad to see a fellow C&C cage owner!! Here are photos of my boys (what's on my computer at least. Some of these are a year or two old, others are more recent) I have 3, Mars, Jupiter, and Tommy. Tommy is my special boy (in many different ways, I don't love him any more than I love Mars and Jupe, he's just my heart pig) Tommy lives alone due to hoarding situation trauma (he's a rescue as are my other two, except I fostered them with their mom and sister from when they were two days old) Mars has the orange face, Jupiter has the stripe down the middle of his face, and Tommy has the headbowl (technically a crest or rosette)
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Last week? I got some missing assignments done. I don't know what I did that I liked... I had my last hockey practice of the season which was bittersweet (I played well too!)
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Fun fact: my doctor told me my joint problems were normal because she gets them... she's an adult, I'm a junior in high school. I don't understand her logic. For some reason my hips are not mobile at all which kind of sucks but I don't have to worry about them at least? But I really need to strengthen my wrists and ankles, Hockey helps with the ankles I think. I wish I could do HEMA so bad... Can you do the pushing down on your thumb thing so it touches your wrist? (If you google wrist hypermobility it comes up) For sleeping, I always do a tuck thing where I nestle my neck like kinda on my pillow so I'm on my side but there is no pressure on my neck and hips. I (thankfully) don't roll in my sleep because pain aside, rolling in the wrong direction would cause me to fall off of my loft bed. I also like to take an additional pillow and stick it behind me so I'm kind of more cornered in my positioning? I also keep both of my hands close to my chest so they're not moving around.
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Literally, I should start a photo dump thread... hmmm I have at least 20,000 photos of them...
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At my old school it would just turn off sometimes and freezing cold showers were no fun
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thanks!! I hope your hot water turns back on
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I get to see my boys soon (my boys being my guinea pigs) and I'm so excited! I cannot wait for winter break!!
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I'm pretty good!! We don't exactly have school this week (and we didn't the week before) but we don't go on break until next week so we're doing project stuff (we pick a project of our choosing and work on it basically). I've had dried construction glue (caulk) stuck on my hands for over a week now... (my project is making a huge mosaic) I still have work to finish despite the trimester being over which is stressing me but I just need to get it done I guess.
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I fear I relate way too much to that. My guinea pigs are sometimes the only things that keep me going when things get REALLY bad but I don't actually want to die, I haven't since I got them and that was three years ago. I have a lot of passive stuff (I wish I wasn't alive but I don't want to die) but I think it's manageable. The approval part is so... yeah. I'm a recovering people pleaser/validation seeker and it was... messy. Don't be like me guys! I've started validating myself a ton and appreciating the small things I do (since no one else really does) and I think that helped a TON. Also therapy. Yeah I hate myself too. It's weird because I don't hate-hate myself (except for on the rare occasion) but a lot of it is guilt related and such. Like to a Wayne extent. I don't know what I do bedsides try not to think about it? I just relate to that so heavily. Storms. I'm doing the best I have in years yet this stuff is always lurking in the back of my mind. I'm so proud of you!! You got this!! I know how hard it is, 6 days is amazing. SAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did you do any specific exercises? Or do you have any tips (besides not intentionally yanking them because mine also slide partially out of the socket. At least it doesn't really hurt..?) My wrist honestly feels like it might be partially out but I can't tell. Do any of your other joints do it too or just shoulders? And do you feel like its getting worse or better over time? (Sorry for all of the questions, I've never met anyone who had the same thing of general hypermobility but specifically shoulder subluxation issues. Canoeing fixed my shoulders for me but over the winter I (obivously) wasn't canoeing so they're bad again. I need to find more upper body stuff I enjoy (when my wrist stops hurting). Also random but when you sleep do you have to position yourself very deliberately so none of your joints feel wrong or have too much pressure on them? Or is that just me. ___________________________________________________________________ Sorry if this is too ranty I'm tired and stressed
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How is everyone?
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Thanks guys!!
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Hello fellow hypermobile ADHD-er. Unfortunately, I'm the 'stretching my shoulders in a certain way makes them partially dislocate' variety, not the 'fun double jointed party tricks!!' variety. Also for some reason my hips are stupidly not mobile and it sucks. I wish it could redistribute, that would be nice. Have you been bouldering before? It satisfies my urge to climb wonderfully. (despite the fact that I'm not very good by any means)
