Roger Vaughn <[log in to unmask]> wrote about scales: >The other problem is that most food ingredients don't tend to move much >on their own - at least not once they get to us - so most kitchen scales >don't have the "weight lock" or "average" function that you will find >on veterinary scales. That means that the ferret's weight will seem >to jump around a bit as you weigh him, so you will have to somewhat >estimate the correct weight. This effect is more pronounced if you >weigh in grams instead of ounces." When I weigh my guys, I've found they sit perfectly still for a lick of vitamin paste :-) And slightly off-topic, can I say that since moving to Germany last year, I don't know why the U.S. doesn't just go ahead with the conversion to metric. It's so much easier! (OK, yes I do know why....:-) Em [Posted in FML issue 4404]