Kennels - what do you use?

RE: Kennels - what do you use?

lemonearth905 — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:50:12 GMT

I use kennel liners then vet beds on top, some people say that kennel liners are expensive but ive found a new supplier called thevetstore.net that save me loads of money on kennel liners and i can buy as much or a little as i want. plus it gives the patient a little more comfort

RE: Kennels - what do you use?

Julie-Anne Wilson — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 17:37:26 GMT

Current placement I'm in use blankets and vetbeds. Inco pads if the patient is incontinent/PUPD/D+/recumbent. We have rubber mats for unstable/old/ataxic patients so they don't slide on the vetbeds.

RE: Kennels - what do you use?

Emily Hibbs — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 08:36:43 GMT

We use newspaper, kennel liners then vet beds/blankets in our cat kennels (plastic) and vetbeds/towels/blankets for our dog kennels but also line floor with kennel liners or newspaper if know going to be dealing with alot of d or v! We just give rabbits/ g pigs newspaper in case they chew up the kennel liners too!

Re: Kennels - what do you use?

Ems — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 20:47:11 GMT

I have always used newspaper but I know some places prefer incontinence pads as rabbit urine can sometimes cause horrible staining to the stainless steel but I'm always scared they'll chew at the plastic in the incontinence pads!

At a previous job we got some new kennels with a white plastic lining which looked fab, but the bosses band the use of newspaper in case they stained the kennels and as Sal said above, the beds just slid everywhere!

Re: Kennels - what do you use?

Louise Northway VNCertECC NCert(Anaesth) RVN — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 15:42:20 GMT

We use incontinence sheets and vet beds. :)

Re: Kennels - what do you use?

Sal the 1st — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 21:36:52 GMT

I like a thin layer of newspaper under my bedding - the reason being in stainless kennels that bit of newspaper helps to stop the other bedding, litter tray,food bowls sliding around as much and also deadens a bit of the sound (stainless kennels can really echo sometimes).Newspaper is also warmer for them to sit or stand on if they have shuffled the bedding around. One place I used to work ( a hospital with 50 kennels+) we used newspaper only in preop and bedding and newspaper post op, we just didnt have that quantity of bedding available or the capacity in the laundry for both pre and post op but it did have the added advantage you could tell at a glance by looking along the kennels if a patient was pre or post op just by looking at what was in the kennel

Re: Kennels - what do you use?

A-J — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 20:45:33 GMT

One clinic I work in use newspaper in cat kennels plus bedding and just bedding in the walk in kennels. The other clinic I work in use just vet beds and no newspaper.

Re: Kennels - what do you use?

Ema24 — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 19:04:44 GMT

We use newspaper in all our kennels, with Vetbeds or towels as bedding.

If youre lacking in newspaper put a notice up at reception asking clients, theyll soon fly in!