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Large Portable Incubator puppy kitten litter 12 110v digital thermostat car home
$ 166.32
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Description
Large Incubator Care Unitwe have two portable designs this is the larger one see other listing for the more compact version
A portable incubator to keep them warm and safe. Newborn puppies need warmth more than food! Perfect environment to keep a watchful eye on those in trouble. Computer controlled floor temperature using safe 12 volt power for home or vehicle. Heat comes up through the floor and will not dry out and dehydrate puppies. This is a common problem with force air and heat lamp incubators.
• Great for transporting newborns to and from the vet.
• Perfect environment to keep a watchful eye on those in trouble.
• Portable and easy to clean insulated container. You an safely use bleach
• Easy to use temperature control for steady accurate thermal environment.
• Vent for air circulation.
• Always on inside soft LED light for night use.
• Completely Safe 12 volt power for use in home or auto (comes with 110V and 12V car adapters)
• Display is in Centigrade. Chart on side of incubator for easy conversion to Fahrenheit
We have even more information available at our website www.mybreedersupply.com.
Puppy Information
Newborn puppies need warmth more than food. At birth the puppy's body temperature is the same as the mother's, after delivery the core temperature will drops several degrees the body (rectal) temperature should fall between 95° and 99°F. If it drops below 94°F, your puppy could be facing life-threatening hypothermia. Puppies depend on their mom to maintain their body temperature. Without external heat, it doesn't take long for a puppy to become chilled. Chilling gravely reduces the puppy's metabolism. Newborn puppies can't generate their own body heat until they develop the shiver reflex at around two and half weeks. Hypothermia is the single greatest problem for infant puppies. Low puppy temperatures for the first few weeks is also one of the biggest reasons for herpesvirus ** being able to successfully infect a litter.
It is very important to keep puppies warm for the first week to ten days of age. If the puppies are not gaining weight and suckling properly, this should be considered as abnormal and be investigated. Most health young puppies will double their birth weight in the first 7 to 10 days of birth and then double it again within the next three weeks. It is always a good idea to keep young puppies that are sick and nursing in a warm area, the puppies resistance is weaken when exposed to chilling conditions. If they crawl away from the rest of the puppy group, it will increase the cold stress and exacerbate the onset of their deterioration. Besides keeping all he young puppies warm, the weak, less active, sick or fading puppies need special care to ensure their best chance for survival. Remember the loss of body heat and chilling is a common reason for rapid decline in sick puppies.
Distressed Puppies
Despite our instinct to want to immediately feed a puppy in trouble, warmth is far more critical than food. Cold puppies can't nurse or digest food. Their heart rates drop, and the circulatory and respiratory systems collapse. They won't last long under these conditions. Warming a chilled puppy too quickly can also be fatal. Puppies that have a low body temperature should be warmed slowly over a few hours to a normal temperature of about 97°F. A normal body temperature should be reached before feeding these puppies.
When you're ready to set up the nest, place clean towels or puppy pads in the Incubator Care Unit. If the puppies are open-mouth panting, the box is too warm. Your litter can help you gauge their comfort level easier than just one puppy can. Chilled puppies will cry and gather in a pile trying to keep each other warm. Puppies that are too warm will separate and sleep apart.
Dangers
Manufacturers of heating pads made for people do not recommend them being used on animals. Even on the low setting temperatures can get dangerously hot. Most heating pads made for people will shut themselves off after a certain time.
Heat lamps will warm them up, but can also dehydrate the puppies as well as being hard to regulate their temperature. The puppies can easily become overheated with no way to escape using these methods to warm the puppies.