How much does your grey weigh?

[Guest briansmum]

yep thats deffinately a grey! and deffinately a big one at that! what a proud mummy you must be. it's so cute how hes looking at his weight. you could have a caption contest and see who can come up with the funniest "what is he thinking" comment.. i think he's thinking he needs to cut down on those sunflower seeds!

 

also, how do you get him to sit so still on there, brian hates being weighed and can't wait to get off them.

[splint101]

Jeeze Karla you got a heavy one there but he will loose some baby fat as soon as you take him of the baby formula food. Max was about 470g-480g but he is stable now on 450g-460g. I will check him tomorrow morning again after his {Emotions-00020075}

[Number6]

I finally got Gina on my kitchen scale and she weighed in at ~475g. I can tell she's gained weight since she came to our home, I think I spoil her:) She's a 16 month old CAG.<br><br>Post edited by: Number6, at: 2007/06/14 15:54

[Caspersmum]

I think Casper must be a runt! I've just got some electronic scales, and he seems to be consistently 425g - I wouldn't like to see him in a fight with some of your big boys!

 

Julia

[judygram]

Like you Caspersmum, my grey usually weighs in around 410-415 grams, so I guess she is petite like yours and she is a Cag.

[danmcq]

From what I have read about CAG's, it seems that the Males are sometimes up to 2 inches larger and therefore also run heavier than the Females.

 

I am not certain that this is the experience of all the users here, but thats the info I get when reading articles written by the "Professionals".

 

Though sometimes these Pro's seem to possibly have never owned a Grey, or perhaps any other Bird, but they have the Degree and statistics they obtained from "Studies".

 

- Dan

[dblhelix]

Kip is a healthy female CAG 13 months old and consistently weighs in at 365 grams. She is a petite little girl! The natural weight range is actually quite broad from bird to bird. In fact, I want to get the aviator harness for her and am having a really tough time deciding between the small and medium. Small would be right if I just go by weight, but perhaps the medium is the better choice since CAGs are kind of thicker bodied/headed birds...:blink:

[Guest briansmum]

well brian broke my scales with his refusal to stand still.. so i'm saving up to but the ones on 24parrot.com that have a stand attatched to them!

[judygram]

My Josey will stand on top of the scale without the stand, she was a little skeptical at first but now I have no problem, so don't worry about having to have a stand for them.

[HeatherStrella]

Harrison weighs 445 grams. She's always been right around 450 grams. Her weight was the main reason we had her DNA sexed...she's always been on the small size but the breeder was so sure she was male. PPPFFFTTTT!!!!

[frankieNYC]

Frankie is generally around 400-410. On the small side for a CAG - he eats his fair share though

 

Stephanie

[Guest Lidia]

I haven't a clue how heavy Joshua is, he's never been on a scale in his life.

[Trina]

Ying Mo is a 460gramms Wow what a big birdie!

[judygram]

Yes that is a big bird, but we have a few that go more than that.

[Toni]

Pet store weighed Alcazar today. They told me he's not eating well so they need to keep an eye on his weight. Right now he's at 391 and he's 3 months old .

[lovemyGreys]

Hi Toni,

The normal range for weight is between 400 and 650 grams. Alcazar is not to far off that Toni.Boys vary in size as do the females , he may just be a little guy

 

The Grey is a medium size bird. They can range in size from 12-14" from their beak to their tail & vary in weight.

 

Do you know what kind of diet he is on at the pet store ?Did alcazar look well in himself ?

When do you get to bring him home ? It will be much easier for you to control his diet & monitor him.<br><br>Post edited by: lovemyGreys, at: 2007/08/27 21:26

[Toni]

Alcazar is on pellet diet which Im happy for that. He was suppose to come home the 8th of Sept but who knows now since he doesnt want to eat well again. He looked well, He did his normal cuddling.

[lovemyGreys]

hopefully the pet store will monitor his eating Toni & I hope he will still come home on time, keep us updated

[Pryde]

Well i think Pryde is the smallest CAG here. She always, no mater when I weigh her, is right around 355g.

[lovemyGreys]

She is a small bird bless her, As long as she eats well & is healthy i would have no worries

some birds just weigh less like us

[Makena]

You are right lovemygreys... just like people I don't really like to monitor my weight though... too depressing!

 

When we took Makena into the vet he said that sometimes greys can have a parasite (worms I guess?) that can make them very thin. He said he has seen parents bring their greys in that are skin and bone and never realized that they had a problem. He said it was never known because the grey was eating fine and because of all the feathers it is hard to tell an underweight bird. I guess that is one more reason why it is important to monitor weight!

 

Makena weighs in at around 430g, he will be 4 months on tuesday!

[judygram]

I hear you there, Makena, it is depressing, but for our birds it is so important, for they hide illness until they can no longer, so a scale is a must have.

 

Makena is at a good weight at 430 grams, average I would say, not too light and not too heavy.

[Tricky]

I must admit, until CD mentioned it I didn't know it was so important to monitor a bird's weight. I'm looking for a scale now, but all the ones I've found online are digital and expensive... could anyone point me in the direction of a less expensive, non-digital scale?

[lovemyGreys]

Tricky i am in the UK so wont be of much use ! i know us brits use Ebay alot, have you looked on there ?

[birdmom]

sure just go to Walmart or a housewares type store. In the kitchen small applicances section, you should find a small battery operated digital kitchen scale. I have one it works great! I paid around $20 USD for it.