Heat Pad

[dkirkuk]

My new born puppies seem to have decided that it is better to sleep under the heat pad, rather than on it, no matter where I place the pad and how many times I bring them out and lie them on top of it again.

The central heating is on and the room thermometer is showing a constant 71 degrees F so it's not as if the room is cold.

The heat pad only has one, low setting, but even then with all the puppies under it, the heat pad gets pretty cosy. I am assuming that if the puppies get too hot, they will crawl out to a cooler part of the box, and that they can't come to any harm doing this, but does anyone have any experience of this\/

[spanielcrazy]

No experience of it as the heat pads I used were the hard kind that they can't get under.

It may be that if it is a soft pad, their crawling around puts them under it; maybe it flips up when they crawl so they can't get on top    I'd keep an eye on the situation and put my hand under it to check the heat. A low setting is assuming that it is being used under someone, rather than the someones being under it 

If it seems to be a problem maybe you could fasten it to the floor of the whelping box

[Ninasmum]

I've only used the hard one's too, which are placed underneath the fleece, so the puppies can't actually get to the heatpad.

Personally, i would be concerned if they are going under your heatpad....could you not put some fleece over the heatpad to stop them doing this. 

[Sharon]

I use the human heat pads and put them under the vet bedding on middle heat, pups can't get underneath and they are always nice and warm.