[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: whelping box floor
- From: "Jodi Distilli" <djdistilli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Yvonne Martin" <vonmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:42:08 -0400
Roccal is a disinfectant. When I worked in animal hospitals, we used it all
the time. It smells great, too. My niece is a veterinarian, and we were
talking recently and her hospital uses it, so it's still a good thing 20
years later. She loves the smell. Funny. Below is the link.
http://www.pfizerah.com/Product_Overview.aspx?drug=RP&country=US&lang=EN&species=FL
Keep reading after I say this (lol): Mind you, it's $75 a gallon. If you
buy it, buy the pump thingy to screw on the top, which costs about 2 bucks.
Now, my Roccal is out in kennel, but I believe you use 1 ounce to gallon of
water. I say "I believe" because it's been years and I just know that I use
1 squirt to 2 gallons of mop water. If you figure it out, it's actually
cheaper/same to buy Roccal as it is to buy other kennel disinfectants. I
bought a gallon of something at Sam's Club, and I was actually paying about
150 dollars compared to the Roccal price because I needed to use about 3-4
ounces of the stuff.
Roccal is effective with cold water. It doesn't corrode your chain link,
like bleach will. Whatever you use anyway you're supposed to alternate.
Bleach makes me sick for the rest of the day, so I avoid it.
I had called Pfizer and they said that you can premix it and it will hold
its efficacy for 21 days, so I also make a spray bottle of it when I have a
litter. It's easy enough -- when pups are 3 weeks old, I make new mix, 6
weeks, another.
Hey, it kills Mycoplasma.
Also, I bought a battery-operated garden sprayer. Load that up with Roccal
mix, strap it on your back (hehe) and spray those walls. I love that
sprayer. No more pumping pointlessly. There's the link for that.
http://www.gardendesert.com/products/?view=product&product_id=3574
Jodi Distilli
www.dinovagsd.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yvonne Martin" <vonmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <djdistilli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] whelping box floor
> Hi Jodi,
>
> What is Roccal? Sounds like I need it!
>
> Yvonne
> vonmartingsd
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jodi Distilli" <djdistilli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <ferlinshepherds@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 3:52 AM
> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] whelping box floor
>
>
>> If you go to Lowes; in their carpeting section, down one of the aisles on
>> the bottom shelf they sell stair treads. They come in a nice box,
>> (rectangular, shape of a stair tread) which I kept. I think there were
>> 13 in a box for around 20 dollars.
>> These little pieces of carpeting have nice clean edges, haven't frayed.
>> They are, of course, the size of a stair step, so no pup can get stuck
>> under them. I actually used all 13 in the box, so didn't really have
>> spares, but it's okay -- if one gets poop on it, there's so many in there
>> I'd remove it, spray with Roccal, let it dry, put it back.
>>
>> Jodi Distilli
>> www.dinovagsd.com
>>
>> In a message dated 3/29/2009 5:27:06 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
>> _ferlinshepherds@xxxxxxxxxx (mailto:ferlinshepherds@xxxxxxxxx) writes:
>>
>> I'm making a new, bigger whelping box. I use a whelping nest to keep
>> the puppies the right temperature, but I was wondering
>> what the best flooring is. I know some people use imitation sheep
>> skin, but I don't think that'll work with the whelping nest.
>> Has anyone ever tried a good grade, non-skid linoleum floor ?
>> Thanks
>> Linda
>>
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