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05-28-2010, 03:36 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2009 Location: Whittier, CA
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| Pig Rail Questions????? Hey Guys I'm considering that I need a pig rail in my whelping box and I need to get DH working on it, we've looked at some designs, but he keeps asking how high to make it. Can anyone help? Any construction tips. It's going in a under the bed plastic storage bin, 33 1/2 x 15 x 6" high , and Shayna is a larger yorkie started at 10 lbs (now 12.25. Thanks |
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05-28-2010, 04:08 PM | #2 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Florida
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| I have never found them needed..my pups do not want to get away from mom...and mine have never been ones to lay on puppies...I use a thinner bedding pad and if mom lays on one, they move very fast..they can feel them..and puppies yell. Most active, healthy puppies are ablr to crawl from under mom's leg or shoulder..BUT they might make some breeders feel safer... Personally, I think the type bedding in the box you use is the biggest culpit. I know several breeders who use carpet squares so the pups can get good traction...I used it with a mom who kept balling the pads up and tryiong to bury her litter..stopped that asap with a carpet sq. I removed it at 3 weeks before they started peeing on it... |
05-29-2010, 06:55 AM | #3 |
Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Southeast Texas
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| I agree with Pat, I have never had a need for pig rails. You do not need a lot of bedding. I use bottomless whelping boxes that my husband build so I just sit the whelping box on top of the bedding so the pups can't get lost in the bedding. |
05-29-2010, 08:41 AM | #4 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Florida
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| That is a great idea for a whelping box... |
05-29-2010, 11:12 AM | #6 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: upstate ny
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| I do the same. After seeing one of Barb's posts of her whelping boxes, I had my hubby build the same kind. It's a little bigger and I use an rubbermaid clear bin in one end of it while they are little. Maybe the 1st 3 weeks and then when they start being able to move around more, I take the bin out. Mine is big enough to put a grass mat on the opposite end from where they sleep so once they start moving, they automatically go to the grass mat to eliminate. Then when they get even bigger and start being able to almost climb out the sides - around 6 weeks, I put them in an ex pen. But I don't have any pig rails and have not had a problem but I agree, probably should not be using a lot of bedding material. |
05-29-2010, 01:59 PM | #7 |
BANNED! Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Illinois
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| I got excited for a second as I hunt wild Pigs in TX. No idea on the rails...but good luck. |
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