[nabs-l] question for the creative and science-loving nabsters

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Valerie and everyone,

    There's a tried and true method of weighing animals without having to 
buy a special scale particularly if you're only going to weigh a few species 
such as your parrot. First weigh yourself. Next step on the scale with the 
parrot purched on your arm, your head, or where he/she likes to rest on you. 
Once a reading is obtained subtract your own weight from that of yourself on 
the scale with the parrot. This will give you the bird's weight.

    When we raised Boxer Dogs dad used to weigh the puppies that way. I've 
also seen vets use this method when weighing some of my guide dogs. Since 
most of them see large numbers of animals they have special scales for 
weighing them. Hope this helps.

Peter Donahue

 ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Valerie Gibson" <valandkayla at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 11:11 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] question for the creative and science-loving nabsters


Hi,

As some of you probably know, training animals is a big hobby of mine, and I 
am hoping to make that a carreer, along with child psych. yes i know, odd 
combo.

The problem i have found myself in is that i need to be able to weigh my 
parrot, and I need an accessible scale that measures in grams.  If there's a 
way i can attach a perch to it so my parrot can step onto the perch to be 
weighed, that would be awesome. if not, preferably a scale where he can just 
step up onto it.

Does anyone have any ideas on where to find such a scale.  Due to the fact 
that i will be using it for a parrot's health reasons, i would obviously 
need it to be as accurate as possible.

Thanks in advance for the feedback.
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