Brenda Zupko <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Question please, does anyone know of a good way, or of a good scale to
>use to weight a ferret??
 
Brenda,
 
A kitchen scale or postal scale works for me.  The digital ones are quite
accurate and easy to read, and a small blob of Nutri-Cal or peanut butter
on the platform will keep the ferret in place long enough to get the job
done.  Personally, though, I think your fish scale system sounds great!
 
>Also, I know a ferrets weight can change pretty rapidly, how often would
>you weight them to get a good number.  Every day?  Every other day?
 
I weigh healthy ferrets once a week when I do their toenails.  Ferrets
who are ill (or are suspected of being ill) are weighed daily, at about
the same time every day.
 
Hope this helps,
 
ellen
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