Well talk has gone on alot about weighing budgies for health etc.

I have not ever weighed my birds as I can tell from picking them up if they are overweight or not - yes I can! and any breeder can!!

 

But, just for the sake of information being available for everyone - and myself if I change my mind - what is the best type of weighing machine to use for weighing birds (not just budgies)?

 

My kitchen scales go up in 20g increments so obviously are not suitable.

I use mum's weight watchers scales which i think go up in 1 gram thingy's so they're good.

Digital kitchen scales Karen, about $40 from Target or Kmart

Yep, agree with Lin. I have a digital kitchen scales which has a 3kg limit, and an increment of 1g. Perfect for the tiny little budgies... and I use that as well to weigh my cockatoo to make sure he's on the right track as well with his weight. I got mine from Kmart. They range from $25 up to the really expensive ones.. :ausb: Mine cost about $35.

I have a postal scale that goes up in grams or ounces. That is what I used to weigh Beka.

Anything that measures in 1 gram increments or less.

 

I'll keep my mouth shut about weighing budgies by hand.

I use digital scales :ausb:

i feel like a poop. i've never seen a scale in k-mart/walmart, i bought mine from an industrial kitchen supply store $120 and it goes up in .001g increments up to 2kgs, poop weights .10g :ausb: (Laughing out loud), i feel safer with the smaller numbers, in the mornings before breaky, most othe them are within .25 of their normal rate, but thinking about it 25$ is a little bit more intelligent.

Never let it be said that this ole girl isn't open to new idea's.

Today I bought a set of digital scales. $30 from Kmart & it goes up in 1g increments.

I did testing on it when I got it home to ensure it is accurate & it is!

 

 

 

 

I decided that (of course) Boris would be the first live subject. She fought me like anything getting her on it & keeping her on it! But, of course being a bird she is totally weird and as soon as I gave up and removed my hands she sat still on it looking at me as if to say "all you had to do was ask!" I repeated the process 3 times & obtained the same results each time.