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Skinny Pig Is Very Warm?

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Pumpkin & Hippo

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I have a Skinny Pig and she always feels really warm, warmer than my guinea Pig, is it normal or does she have a fever or any other sickness?
 
Its normal, mine are very warm too but it didn't worry me due to keeping hairless rats in the past and they feel warm too :) My oldest skinny pig boar is the hottest he gets right in back of snugglesack lol
 
Yeah, hairless animals which are normally furred always feel very warm. That's because their fur usually insulates them and keeps the heat in, but as they don't have any the heat is escaping and as such they feel hot to the touch. It's why they usually have to eat more than their furred counterparts (as most of the energy intake of small animals goes towards keeping warm).
 
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