Myra I love your description of your hot box. I have previously used something similar to what you describe although my version of it has just been a cardboard box which we keep inside our rather large whelping box with a plugged in heat pad and some linens over the heat pad, the cardboard box has all of the flaps on top of it intact so that we can keep them open if need be. I find the presence of this box to be useful if we are expecting a litter of multiple puppies because we can just put the newborns into the box after they are born and dried so that they don't get wet from the fluids of subsequently born pups. I envision a rather short board to tape one of the puppies to place at an incline right into the hot box if it is a bit gurgly.
Or if we need to run one or more of the pups to the vet we can then unplug the heating pad, close the flaps at the top of the box to keep them warm in transit and then as soon as we get to the vet we can plug the heating pad into an outlet and ensure that they are warm while we are at the vet's office. This, of course, works best if you have two people who are willing and available to assist with the whelping in case one person needs to stay with mom and the other person needs to run to the vet's office. But I think when we reach this stage of taking the pups to the vet we are beyond the stage of needing to use the inclining board. Thank you for your input. It is very much appreciated. Janice Dansby Oklahoma City ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
