Heat Lamp For Whelping Box

Do not use heat lamps or any other artificial heating device with newspaper or other combustible materials inside the whelping box.

Heat lamp for whelping box.

A humidicrib incubator or warming box with an ambient temperature of 35 37ºc should be prepared ahead of time and be ready for use. The heat lamp is positioned above the warming cradle. The cradle absorbs distributes and emits heat across its surface. Artificial heat should always be closely supervised.

Our heater kit is easy to add to your existing whelping box or crate. The cradle absorbs distributes and emits heat across its surface. A heat lamp that can be raised or lowered to adjust the temperature for warmth should be placed strategically in one corner of the whelping box. The pups need to be at 100f or more.

Heat is emitted by the lamp and directed toward the cradle. Lamp heat should only be applied to a portion of the whelping box allowing the mom and puppies if too warm to move away. You can use heat pads hot water bottles or your tumble dryer to achieve this. All you ll need is some inexpensive pvc pipe from your local home center.

Have an ample supply of clean dry and warm towels before a whelp. Heat is emitted by the lamp and directed toward the cradle. The base is about 3 inches deep so if you want to dig a hole in your whelping box or cut up several rugs it won t fit. Incandescent lamps were securely hang right above the whelping box to give warmth to the bitch and her future babies during the cold nights.

Puppies on the cradle absorb heat from the lamp cradle and surrounding air as shown. And she will not want to lay down and would rather leave the whelping box. This whelping nest is big and is made for large dogs not terriers or toy dogs. Puppies on the cradle absorb heat from the lamp cradle and surrounding air as shown.

Effective safe easy. Turning up the home heat doesn t help at all. Only use this high a temperature for the first couple of hours of life. It is much closer to mum so she overheats immediately and can even get a sun burn.

It s as simple as sticking down a piece of tape to the bottom of your crate. If your crate doesn t already have a pig rail you can add one with aid of our pvc pig rail adapters. I strongly urge you to use either a heat lamp or a puppy heating pad as opposed to heating the entire room and subsequently the dam to keep the puppies from chilling. The solution is to provide a heating pad and warm the puppies from below.

It would almost completely fill my 3x3 whelping box and require significant modification. The heat lamp is positioned above the warming cradle as shown above.