A pet container for transporting pets, in particular for air shipment of pets, comprising an outer shell having a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein the outer shell defines a pet chamber for accommodating a pet, wherein the outer shell has an opening formed therein for providing access to the pet chamber and a door for opening and closing the opening, and a climate compartment for receiving a cooling or heating medium therein, wherein the climate compartment is provided below the pet chamber and has an orifice for horizontally inserting a cooling or heating medium into and removing a cooling or heating medium from the climate compartment.

A pet feeding system can include a housing, a food tray connected to the housing, and a liquid tray connected to the housing. The pet feeding system can include a food dispenser connected to the housing and configured to dispense food into the food tray. The pet feeding system can include a liquid dispenser connected to the housing and configured to dispense liquid into the liquid tray. The pet feeding system can include a controller communicatively connected to the food dispenser and the liquid dispenser. The controller can operate the food dispenser to dispense the food into the food tray and can operate the liquid dispenser to dispense liquid into the liquid tray.

This invention describes a device method of moving an animal from one location to another by manipulating the local environment. This invention describes a method to use newborns natural instincts to find warmth to move newborns to a safe area. This invention describes an improvement to a nesting or whelping box, constructed with a pig rail and a heat source to protect the newborns to keep them from being smothered or dying from hypothermia.

Systems and methods for cooling an animal are provided to actively cool an animal relative to ambient environmental temperature. The systems include a metallic panel having an upper surface for contacting the animal and a lower surface, at least one metallic cooling element thermally contacting the lower surface of the metallic panel and having an internal passage therein, and means for flowing a coolant through the internal passage of the cooling element. Flow of the coolant through the cooling element reduces the temperature of the upper surface of the metallic panel and thereby reduces the body temperature of the animal when the animal is in contact with the metallic panel.

An animal bed for receiving a therapy device therein. It has a first surface for allowing the animal to rest thereon, an opposite therapy surface for allowing the animal to be treated with a therapy device while resting thereon, and a chamber for detachably receiving the therapy device therein. In disclosed embodiments the therapy device is a magnetic therapy device, a temperature therapy device, a vibration therapy device, a Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) device, a Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy (PEMF) device or a combination of one or more of these devices. The bed can include reinforced corners that may have surface ornamentation different from that of the main bed surface.

An apparatus according to the present invention provides a multiple piece pet bed having gradual depressions for the resting of body parts, and stackable supporting bed floors. The pet bed includes a supporting bed floor. The pet bed includes a detachable soft cover. The pet bed includes a cloth cover. The detachable soft cover and support bed floor may be preferably configured as polygons. A wall of the stackable supporting bed floor is adapted to engage a channel of a detachable soft cover. The multiple piece pet bed is designed to provide for mobility in use, comfort for the occupants, and cost savings in production.

In one or more arrangements, a failure indication system is provided having a light assembly, a heating mat assembly and a control circuit. The light assembly is configured to project a wavelength of light that is visible to animals and that illuminates the heating mat assembly to attract an animal to the heating mat. The control circuit is configured to detect when a fault has occurred with the heating mat assembly. When the control circuit detects that a fault has occurred with the heating mat assembly, the control circuit causes the light assembly to indicate the heating mat assembly is not functioning properly.

Disclosed is a system for thermal comfort of animal in a livestock farming enclosure, which includes: at least one comfort mattress which includes at least one resilient layer including a plurality of sealed cavities which are parallel to one another; a heat-transfer fluid, intended for filling the sealed cavities; a unit for generating a circulation of the heat-transfer fluid inside the sealed cavities; and optionally a unit for regulating the temperature of the heat-transfer fluid.

A heating system for an animal enclosure system comprising at least one heat transfer plate having at least one heated surface on a first face and at least one mounting surface on an opposing second face, wherein the or each mounting surface comprises at least one mounting member for sliding the heat transfer plate into a recess within an animal enclosure.

A pressure activated recharging cooling platform for cooling an object is provided. The cooling platform comprises a temperature regulation layer, a support layer, and a channeled covering layer. The temperature regulation layer is adapted to hold a composition. The temperature regulation layer has a plurality of angled segments, wherein angled segments within a sealed perimeter of the temperature regulation layer are formed by a top side and a bottom side at a predefined distance, and channels, wherein the channels substantially form sides by contacting the top side with the bottom side at a distance lesser than the predefined distance. The support layer is substantially bonded to the bottom side of the temperature regulation layer and is comprised of material sufficiently pliable to deform and sufficiently rigid to withstand collapse in response to the weight of the object. The channeled covering layer encompasses the support and temperature regulation layers.