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hope this isnt a silly question

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1. why do pigs get shock when weather conditions are change like from a hot environment to a cold so inside to out or vise vera
 
They get used to a certain temperature and when it changes it is hard for them to deal with as they cannot regulate themselves.
 
It doesnt make such an effect when the temperature drops/rises slowly.
However, if the temperature change is swift, then it can cause a very negetive effect. Their body gets used to one temperature, and when it changes their little body goes into overdrive to try to re-regulate their temperature which is hard for them.
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piggyfan said:
They get used to a certain temperature and when it changes it is hard for them to deal with as they cannot regulate themselves.
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I would have to agree, it is the same for yourself if you go out of a lovely warm house into the cold.
 
Sudden big changes in temperature are worse for guinea pigs than other animals; they are not built to cope with that.

Loss of appetite and illness can be a real risk. Please never bring in outside piggies from the cold into a fully heated room!

http://www.guinealynx.info/anorexia.html
 
It's about their ability to regulate their body temperature, when they are in a warm house their bodies don't have to work as much to keep to optimum body heat (the temperature they need to maintain to keep everything working) whilst when they are in much colder conditions like outside during the winter then their body needs to do a lot more work to keep them warm. This pace of temperature maintaining isn't something that can change quickly to suite the situation but something that gradually changes as the weather does, therefore a sudden change and they can't keep their body to the right heat and so things inside can't work properly and the body goes into overdrive trying to keep itself at the right temperature. Guinea pigs are adapted to an environment where temperature changes are very gradual so they react even worse to rapid temp changes than us or most other mammals.
 
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