Blog 3 years gone, new beginnings

[CanadianComforts]

Three years ago I became so active in the guinea pig community. I helped Canadians via my care site, I was a moderator for a while on some forums, I had an online store making bedding and don't forget my youtube videos! Sadly years of work came to a fast halt. Firstly my marriage of may years ended, my ex husband tried to take half of everything, even my sewing company. I backed away from everything to get my life back together.

During that time I surrendered some of my guinea pigs back to the rescue I adopted them from. I rehomed my turtle and tried to move on with my life.

Sadly last year I suffered a complete mental break down, the results came back that I not only have chronic pain from a still undiagnosed cause, but I also suffer from OCD, Depression, serve Anxiety, Panic disorder and PTSD. Thankfully I had my partner David by my side and with his support and the support from all my followers (on youtube and my care site) I decided to come back. So to start out with how about the video I posted about the new cage I made the girls! Please note I did run out of coroplast so the additional loft area isn't up yet but will be soon.

[video=youtube;MXmFxrkYfps]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXmFxrkYfps[/video]

For now I plan on posting videos and photos in the blog section here.

Oh and a piggie Update:
My current pigs are the following (minus David's boar moe):

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Alba is a crabby old lady who likes to make messes. We adopted her but her age is unknown, our vet feels at this time she is between 5-7 years old. We've had her almost three years. She is David's baby girl and pretty much tolerates me due to the food I bring.

Molly is my love bug. She is the mom to Princess Peach, Pumpkin and Moe. Her story isn't a happy one but she's bounced back from those days, just as I have and we both enjoy better lives now. She is approximately 2 years old.

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Princess Peach is techically David's piggie as we had planned on having just two babies. Sadly Moe (moehawk) popped a winky but David didn't want to give either up, so she stayed with us but I care for her unlike Moe, who has his daddy to thank for the most part. She is only a year old.

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Pumpkin is my BBA, Big Beautiful Abby. She is by far our loudest wheeker! She's a year old.

Well feel free to leave comments here or on youtube. Its really good to be sneaking my way back into the guinea pig community.

 

[Piggienewbie510]

Your piggies are so cute! Love their names.

 

[Yayakot]

Your little piggies are very cute!
Here's hoping you and your family have much brighter years to come.

 

[CupcakeCavy]

Glad to see your back on a bright path! I totally get where you're coming from as someone with ADD OCD severe anxiety and depression. Not to mention a lifetime of pain from Un-diagnosed conditions! I'm so glad to see you moving on to bigger and better years!

 

[dirah93]

Your piggies are absolutely adorable! I love their names. I'm so sorry to hear that you're going through some rough patches, but it's great that you're getting support from your partner. I also suffer from anxiety and depression..it's tough but my husband and boars are helping me get through it all as well. Glad to hear you're rejoining the guinea pig community!