whelping box - Page 1

Does anyone sell a pre-made whelping box? If not can anyone offer to send me some plans.I would like to get a box with the pig rail No hurry. Just want to do it right.

Thanks

sarah

I recommend the Dura Whelp boxes  www.xocom.com/fr/Boxes.htm  I also use the fleece liners they are great!

Call me cheap but aren't the prices little bit too expensive? Just what is the box made out of? It looks like cardboard boxes.

Sarah,  Hubby built ours,  I would glady photo it if you like and send you a photo it was REALLY easy !!

email me if you like and I'll get some pics for you... echomeadowsheps@aol.com

www.whelpwise.com 

Have been using the box made by Durawhelp for over 10 years.. they are so easy to clean, they go right back into the box they arrived in if you want to put it away. The current box has been thru probably 5 litters and we could easily get a couple more out of it.

Pups have to be moved out of it after about 4 weeks but we always move them out of the whelping room anayway around that time.

I will order another from them.. have looked at others and it is still the most reasonably priced one.

Brittany, everything is expensive.. breeding is expensive.... might as well get used to it!

I just bought the Dura Whelp box for my last litter along with two pads (one to use and one to wash) and I am extremely pleased with it. Yes, they look suspiciously fragile, but they are not. Brittany, it is not card board but plastic. The only thing we added was a rubber mat under the sheep skin. The floor suffered were a few dents because my 10 year old daughter spent hours in there with our female and the puppies, but that is cometic.  At 4 weeks, we dismantled it and packed it away, because the puppies were old enough.

I told my husband that we should burn our old heavy wooden boxes soon. They were way to heavy to move in and out.

Chris

P.S. Sorry for the typos, I have not had my morning coffee yet!

I built my own box with rail.  It was really nice, and well put together....but made the mistake of making it out of wood.  HEAVY AS CRAP! :(  I wouldn't recommend it.  My next one I am also making myself, very similar to the one in the photo.  Depending on where you are, I would check out lowe's/home depot, do a sketch of what you are looking at doing.  If you take it to the help desk, they are very helpful.  Get the pricing of doing it yourself verses buying one.  You might be surprised.

Chrissy

ladywolf,  ours is of wood,  and would be heavy BUT,  we opted NOT to nail the bottom in,  this allows us to lift the sides up put layers of blanekts down over the bottom board, and then lay the sides back down again... works GREAT !!