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    Default Heater use

    Hi when is a good time to stop using a heater for babies? Mine are 5 wks now and seem to be pretty good at keeping up their body temp.

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    Default Re: Heater use

    I'm not positive but 5 weeks is still very young.

    Do you have a heating pad where they can scoot off of heat if they need to or onto heat for that matter?

    Are their eyes open yet?

    Pics?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RockyPops View Post
    I'm not positive but 5 weeks is still very young.

    Do you have a heating pad where they can scoot off of heat if they need to or onto heat for that matter?

    Are their eyes open yet?

    Pics?
    Hi, yes and yes, open.

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    Default Re: Heater use

    We leave the heating pad under the bin until they stop wanting it. They will move to the cool side of the bin. I have even put a heating pad under their first baby cage but usually by that time (around 7 weeks) they will move into a hanging cube so the heating pad is no longer needed.

    As long as they are in the bin, I use the heating pad. Your babies still need the heating pad. They might not necessarily ‘need’ it but if they want the warmth... they get it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HRT4SQRLS View Post
    We leave the heating pad under the bin until they stop wanting it. They will move to the cool side of the bin. I have even put a heating pad under their first baby cage but usually by that time (around 7 weeks) they will move into a hanging cube so the heating pad is no longer needed.

    As long as they are in the bin, I use the heating pad. Your babies still need the heating pad. They might not necessarily ‘need’ it but if they want the warmth... they get it.
    Ok thanks!!

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    Thanks for the pictures. Those are some sweet babies!

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