Newborn animal incubator

An apparatus for warming and drying a newborn animal which comprises:

• a. A generally rectangular container comprising:
• two (2) planar side walls and two (2) planar end walls, said side and end walls being without any aperture which permits the head of the animal to protrude from the container,
• a base, and
• a hinged lid connected to the top end of one of the side or end walls, said lid being the only means for ingress and egress of the animal to and from the container;
• b. A webbed sling with transverse straps attached to said side walls and with longitudinal straps attached to said end walls, said webbed sling spanning the interior of the container,
• said sling supporting the underside of the animal, but allowing both the animal's flanks, it s back and the majority of its underside, together with all of it's leg surfaces, to be exposed, and
• said sling being positioned at an intermediate height above said base so that the animal is supported in an upright position, but with its feel resting upon said base;
• and
• c. A heating and ventilation system comprising:
• a forced air furnace,
• a heat duct,
• a plurality of heat vents located in the base region of the side walls, and
• an exhaust vent located in the lid region of an end wall,
• said heating and ventilation system supplying warm, fresh air up through the container from the base region to the lid region and around the animal's entire body.