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

[Valerie Gibson]

Hi brandon and All,

I love your creativeness, Brandon.  I ran across a kitchen scale last night after i was finished posting. but i would never have thought of the perch idea.  Awesome! I think that will do nicely.

As for the two carreer choices: I do  see the connection in child psych and animal training, but you'd be surprised at how many people don't.  Another thing is when i read books on animal training, and when i read books on child psych, the same termonology is used, and the methods, with a few alterations (extra play time, rather than treats for example) are similar.

Again, thank you so much for the feedback. I am now officially excited. :)
On Jul 8, 2012, at 12:29 AM, Brandon Keith Biggs wrote:

> Hello,
> You can glue a crafting dowel to the plastic of the scale. You can also punch holes in the scale on either side of the dowel and put zip ties around it.
> 
> Of course make sure you get the weight of the contraption before you put your bird on the scale.
> 
> BTW, child psych and animal science complement each other very nicely. There are dogs that go into hospitals to see children, there are therapy animals that work with children, there are animal roll mottles and all kinds of ways those two majors can work together. It's like Music and child psych, education  and child psych, or what ever.
> Thanks,
> 
> Brandon Keith Biggs
> -----Original Message----- From: Valerie Gibson
> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 9:54 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] question for the creative and science-loving nabsters
> 
> Sorry for the double reply, but, just another reason why i could not use that method.  After looking it up online, because i'm too tired and lazy to do the math myself:
> Answer: 575 g = 1.26765 lb OR 1 lb and 4.28 oz
> 
> I could just say, the parrot weighs one pound, but when you're dealing  with an animal that small, those numbers after the decimal make all the diference. That's yet another reason i would need to measure food that way. I want to know EXACTLY how much the bird is eating on a daily basis, so that i can adjust his training feeding schedule so that he's not overfed.  Once i have that down to the weight, i can then measure it out.  Sounds tedious, i know.  but it would be hard to measure if my bird eats…not quite a cup, but not quite 3/4 cups either. lol
> 
> On Jul 7, 2012, at 11:20 PM, Peter Donahue wrote:
> 
>> 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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