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Piggy feels cold to the touch?

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Maxellnimons

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Not cold really but she's always feels warmer than my own skin but today she feels colder!
She's eating, going to the toilet, drinking her water, running laps. She seems completely normal except for the temprature thing! It's 77F' outside and our house is really shady so I think it is around 70 inside. Could she actually be cold?! Because a couple month ago when it was really cold she still warm to the tough!
Please help a confused piggy mom :0
 
Which bit of your piggie feels cold? I find that my piggies seem to fluctuate the temperature of their ears & I expect this is because there is little hair on that area so they use them to control their temperature to some extent. Horatio's ears get hot & noticeably red when he is cross with Bertie too! Sometimes their little feet feel cold or warm too but again, there is no hair covering on the bottom of their feet so the amount of blood running close to the surface can alter & affect this I expect.

If your guinea is happy, eating, drinking, pooing etc then I would hope she is ok, maybe just keep an eye on her.

Best wishes :)
 
Hopefully its just you are so warm at the moment &she feels cold in comparison. Do her ears or paws feel cold to the touch? Sounds like she's acting normally otherwise- don't let her get too hot either though. Do you have a digital thermometer to take her temperature? My vet took one of the girls temperatures by holding it on her genital opening. (not putting it in-just resting it on the bare skin.)
Hope she's ok. Just Keep an eye on her. Xx
 
Thank you so much for the information :)
Fr future reference (in case this shows up from search engines) my piggy was perfectly fine and I was running a fever lol
 
Hope you are well now, glad all ok with piggy :)
 
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