Need A Scale
I also have that one that Sef has pictured. I love it. Two of my piggies stayed still in it, but one wanted nothing to do with it (luckily I got her weight before she decided to go awol).
*Another tip: Weigh piggie on floor or somewhere else safe in case they want to jump ship.
*Another tip: Weigh piggie on floor or somewhere else safe in case they want to jump ship.
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- Little Jo Wheek
I got a glass top Salter. It's digital, which is great and I can get weights accurate down to every 2 grams, I believe. Not bad. Plus, I found one on ebay for less than $30. The glass is easy to clean and provides ample weigh space and can accomodate a container, if desired.
Salters are known to be pretty precise. So are postal scales. You'll probably be O.K. with any scale if you are weighing adult pigs just to get a ballpark number. I had to have something I knew was precise, too.
Salters are known to be pretty precise. So are postal scales. You'll probably be O.K. with any scale if you are weighing adult pigs just to get a ballpark number. I had to have something I knew was precise, too.
I got my scale from target online, and it cost like 24.99 and it has the tare option which is great, because most of my piggies are fat.
I put them in a bowl on top of the scale and it seems to work, I weigh mine in grams but it has the option of ounces and pounds which is great.
I put them in a bowl on top of the scale and it seems to work, I weigh mine in grams but it has the option of ounces and pounds which is great.
- RavenShade
- Thanks for the Memories
If the top is flat, you can put any bowl you want on there. Just tare out the weight of the bowl before adding the pig.
My scale is a Salter, a flat one, bought only because it was very cheap here (9€). It is perfect and with a very long warranty (15 years). The top is flat and up to now I have put my pigs on it without any bowl. But I will use a large bowl when they grown up...
My vet gave me an advice: when the scale is new it is better to weigh an object we have at home (a pot, a frame, etc.) writing in a hidden space of the same object its grams/ounces. In the future we can check our scale's integrity just weighing the same object... :)
My vet gave me an advice: when the scale is new it is better to weigh an object we have at home (a pot, a frame, etc.) writing in a hidden space of the same object its grams/ounces. In the future we can check our scale's integrity just weighing the same object... :)
- Lynx
- Celebrate!!!
Yes, a very good idea! I have suggested using a standard object as a reference weight for some time!
You basically want to monitor changes. Many scales have a "tare" feature where you can zero out a pan, for example, and then put a guinea pig in it and get its weight. Bread pans seem to work pretty well.
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You basically want to monitor changes. Many scales have a "tare" feature where you can zero out a pan, for example, and then put a guinea pig in it and get its weight. Bread pans seem to work pretty well.
weigh.html
This picture appears on the above page: