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12-13-2006, 12:27 PM | #1 |
My Tiny Treasures Donating Member | Heating Pad advice and info please I'm looking for some advice My house isn't overly warm. It seems some rooms are warmer than others and I think my puppy room is going to be too cool for the new pups, so I decided to keep them in the hall bathroom with the door closed for the 1st couple of weeks. I put a thermometer in there and its staying at 71 with my heat set to 70. Will this be warm enough, with mom in there too? If not I thought of using a heating pad as well. For a whelping box I am using this cool cat litter box (un-used) Its the perfect size and has high sides and even on the label said it was an excellant whelping box as well. So I bought it just for Meiah. How safe are heating pads? I just bought one for my last litter and never used it as it was summer time and there wasn't a need. I am at work all day and come home at lunch so I am gone for 5 hours at a time. I'm looking for suggestions. Is it safe to use the heating pad while I'm gone? Do I place the heating pad UNDER the whelping box, or IN the whelping box? I've never used one so I just want to make sure they are safe unattended. Anyone? Thanks !!! |
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12-13-2006, 02:09 PM | #2 |
Love my handsome boys Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Windham, NH
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| I don't have any experience with breeding BUT I'm a huge fan of a heating pad. We got Jaxon last January so it was pretty cold and we used the heating pad alot. If we were going out, we'd turn it on for him so he could sleep with it. I found a bed on eBay that you can actually put the heating pad in and he still uses it now. At Walmart, they have a Sunbeam heating pad that automatically shuts off after a certain period of time. It also has a temperature control with 4 heat options. I find that really good since I don't have to worry about turning it off. Also a little more piece of mind if you turn it on, then leave - you know it will automatically turn off.
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12-13-2006, 02:57 PM | #3 | |
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12-13-2006, 03:45 PM | #4 |
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| I used one of those small plastic swimming pools for a whelping box at first and then graduated to a home-made "condo." I kept the heating pad under the blanket on one side of the box, or in the bedroom of the condo for the pups. I still keep one, on chilly days, in the laundry where Darla stays during the day. Never had a problem. |
12-15-2006, 04:12 PM | #5 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: AL
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| I use a Snuggle Safe. You heat it in the microwave, and it stays warm for up to 12 hours. No cords, no electricity. It goes under the bedding and keeps it warm. http://www.bizrate.com/dogsupplies/p...ggle+safe.html |
12-15-2006, 06:11 PM | #6 | |
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Really !!! I'm going to check that out right now. Really lasts 12 hours??? Thanks! | |
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