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08-07-2009, 12:49 PM | #1 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: USA
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| Out of the Whelping Box and into???? My pups will be 3 weeks old on Sunday and they are already climbing out of my whelping box. I fixed up a wire crate with a bumper pad but I don't like the way Momma gets in and out- she seems rough on the pups. I would like to know what you do when your pups leave the "nest" and how do you keep them warm enough? Also- should I be letting out into the x-pen now to roam? Thank you for your imput and this is my first litter so I am learning more and more everyday. pictures of old whelp box and today's bed- they are both kept inside an x-pen |
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08-07-2009, 12:59 PM | #2 |
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| We are using a large plastic kiddie pool with a thick blanket linning the bottom. It is VERY easy for momma to get in and out of for nursing etc. We can put the pool wherever we are to closely monitor the puppies and momma. It is VERY easy to clean. We put our pups in the pool at just about 4 weeks. The puppies love it cause they can wander safely, play, nurse or cuddle in the blankets. We have a pee pad that sometimes gets used for pee and poo and sometimes for tug of war. We have a SHALLOW water dish and last week we added dry kibble. We also put some xsmall soft "zanies" toys in there that they love to play with. In the beginning we put them back into the whelping box at night time. This past week they have stayed in the pool even at night but we just move them into our room.
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08-07-2009, 01:12 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Southeast Texas
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| Awww, that is an adorable picture with them laying belly up. Usually as soon as mine start walking I remove the whelping box and just leave them in the x-pen. I have a board across one end of the x-pen so momma can go in and out. |
08-07-2009, 01:19 PM | #4 | |
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oh yes they are walking and using each other for a ladder even to get out of the wire crate! | |
08-07-2009, 01:25 PM | #5 |
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| I was told at 3 weeks they can regulate their own body temperatures and there is no need for a heating pad any longer. I live in california and my house is warm to begin with, in fact I have had to turn the AC on for the puppies because we had some 100+ days. I try to pay attention to if they are all snuggled up together sleeping and look cold or if they are more scattered out to decide what to keep my temperature is in my house. It seems 78 degrees in the house has worked well for us all. I keep the pups away from the vents and drafts from the door.
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08-07-2009, 01:56 PM | #6 |
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| I usually remove the heating pad at 2 weeks unless it is winter time and the floors are cold then I might leave it for a extra week. |
08-07-2009, 02:25 PM | #7 |
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| You shouldn't need anything to keep them warm by now, Just keep the air draft off them. if you have central air, close the vent in that room. I love that picture!!!!!!!!!!! You have done well with them. i got up one morning and all of mine had climbed out of the whelping box except one. i have no idea how long it was alone without mama. so I removed the box and transferred them to a big wire crate so mama couldn't get completely away from them. When they were in the x-pen, they couldn't run fast enough to catch their "meal'. Hypoglycemia can be a problem when they do that. So I had to contain mama. But mama only goes in long enough to nurse them then she has the run of the house. Not the ideal situation but what I have had to do with this litter. Last edited by Sugar's Mom; 08-07-2009 at 02:28 PM. |
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