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Scale to Weigh my Cats - recommendation?
I want to weigh my cats periodically. I have been shopping online for
baby scales and pet scales. I have found mechanical scales for $50 to $60, and digital / electronic scales for $120 to $150 and up. My main concern is getting an accurate weight while my cat is moving around on the scale. Which type is best? With the mechanical type, I could see the dial moving around and hopefully choose a good average. With the digital / electronic type, I worry about the numbers changing so fast that I can't make sense of them. Or, if the scale has a "hold" or "lock" function, can I trust it without spending hundreds of dollars? Please give me the the benefit of your experience. Thanks, Teffy |
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Please give me the the benefit of your experience.
Get on a regular human scale, weigh yourself. Pick up a cat, get on the scale again, subtract your weight from the combined weight of you and your cat. Of course if you're talking kittens, you could use a postal scale to be more accurate. |
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Please give me the the benefit of your experience.
Get on a regular human scale, weigh yourself. Pick up a cat, get on the scale again, subtract your weight from the combined weight of you and your cat. Of course if you're talking kittens, you could use a postal scale to be more accurate. |
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Hi Teffy,
My solution - I use a digital scale for MYSELF - weigh before without cat, the weigh the combination. My two cats don't mind being picked up and held while weighing. Only problem, the digital people scale only reads to the nearest 1/2 lb. Is that close enough for your use? Jim Teffy wrote: I want to weigh my cats periodically. I have been shopping online for baby scales and pet scales. I have found mechanical scales for $50 to $60, and digital / electronic scales for $120 to $150 and up. My main concern is getting an accurate weight while my cat is moving around on the scale. Which type is best? With the mechanical type, I could see the dial moving around and hopefully choose a good average. With the digital / electronic type, I worry about the numbers changing so fast that I can't make sense of them. Or, if the scale has a "hold" or "lock" function, can I trust it without spending hundreds of dollars? Please give me the the benefit of your experience. Thanks, Teffy |
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Hi Teffy,
My solution - I use a digital scale for MYSELF - weigh before without cat, the weigh the combination. My two cats don't mind being picked up and held while weighing. Only problem, the digital people scale only reads to the nearest 1/2 lb. Is that close enough for your use? Jim Teffy wrote: I want to weigh my cats periodically. I have been shopping online for baby scales and pet scales. I have found mechanical scales for $50 to $60, and digital / electronic scales for $120 to $150 and up. My main concern is getting an accurate weight while my cat is moving around on the scale. Which type is best? With the mechanical type, I could see the dial moving around and hopefully choose a good average. With the digital / electronic type, I worry about the numbers changing so fast that I can't make sense of them. Or, if the scale has a "hold" or "lock" function, can I trust it without spending hundreds of dollars? Please give me the the benefit of your experience. Thanks, Teffy |
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Isn't it best to jump on the normal scale without the cat,and then jump on
again holding the cat, I thought everyone did it this way Jean.p. Teffy wrote in message om... I want to weigh my cats periodically. I have been shopping online for baby scales and pet scales. I have found mechanical scales for $50 to $60, and digital / electronic scales for $120 to $150 and up. My main concern is getting an accurate weight while my cat is moving around on the scale. Which type is best? With the mechanical type, I could see the dial moving around and hopefully choose a good average. With the digital / electronic type, I worry about the numbers changing so fast that I can't make sense of them. Or, if the scale has a "hold" or "lock" function, can I trust it without spending hundreds of dollars? Please give me the the benefit of your experience. Thanks, Teffy |
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Isn't it best to jump on the normal scale without the cat,and then jump on
again holding the cat, I thought everyone did it this way Jean.p. Teffy wrote in message om... I want to weigh my cats periodically. I have been shopping online for baby scales and pet scales. I have found mechanical scales for $50 to $60, and digital / electronic scales for $120 to $150 and up. My main concern is getting an accurate weight while my cat is moving around on the scale. Which type is best? With the mechanical type, I could see the dial moving around and hopefully choose a good average. With the digital / electronic type, I worry about the numbers changing so fast that I can't make sense of them. Or, if the scale has a "hold" or "lock" function, can I trust it without spending hundreds of dollars? Please give me the the benefit of your experience. Thanks, Teffy |
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Hi, we had the same problem last year as we had to weigh our cat.
I put the scales on the floor and decided how best to achieve the required results. I turned round to find Smudge sitting happily on top of the scales looking at me as if to say" Is this where you want me?" If I was you I would try the old fashioned way and just plonk the cats on the scales and hope for the best! They might surprise you and sit still for a while!! "JPHobbs" wrote in message ... Isn't it best to jump on the normal scale without the cat,and then jump on again holding the cat, I thought everyone did it this way Jean.p. Teffy wrote in message om... I want to weigh my cats periodically. I have been shopping online for baby scales and pet scales. I have found mechanical scales for $50 to $60, and digital / electronic scales for $120 to $150 and up. My main concern is getting an accurate weight while my cat is moving around on the scale. Which type is best? With the mechanical type, I could see the dial moving around and hopefully choose a good average. With the digital / electronic type, I worry about the numbers changing so fast that I can't make sense of them. Or, if the scale has a "hold" or "lock" function, can I trust it without spending hundreds of dollars? Please give me the the benefit of your experience. Thanks, Teffy |
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Hi, we had the same problem last year as we had to weigh our cat.
I put the scales on the floor and decided how best to achieve the required results. I turned round to find Smudge sitting happily on top of the scales looking at me as if to say" Is this where you want me?" If I was you I would try the old fashioned way and just plonk the cats on the scales and hope for the best! They might surprise you and sit still for a while!! "JPHobbs" wrote in message ... Isn't it best to jump on the normal scale without the cat,and then jump on again holding the cat, I thought everyone did it this way Jean.p. Teffy wrote in message om... I want to weigh my cats periodically. I have been shopping online for baby scales and pet scales. I have found mechanical scales for $50 to $60, and digital / electronic scales for $120 to $150 and up. My main concern is getting an accurate weight while my cat is moving around on the scale. Which type is best? With the mechanical type, I could see the dial moving around and hopefully choose a good average. With the digital / electronic type, I worry about the numbers changing so fast that I can't make sense of them. Or, if the scale has a "hold" or "lock" function, can I trust it without spending hundreds of dollars? Please give me the the benefit of your experience. Thanks, Teffy |
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Graham Rule wrote:
Hi, we had the same problem last year as we had to weigh our cat. I put the scales on the floor and decided how best to achieve the required results. I turned round to find Smudge sitting happily on top of the scales looking at me as if to say" Is this where you want me?" If I was you I would try the old fashioned way and just plonk the cats on the scales and hope for the best! They might surprise you and sit still for a while!! Hi there Graham! How goes it? I'm reading this group because tonight I am taking 2 seven weeks old kittens home! very lovely. alex |
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