DustyBZoo Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 I've always heard that a bird will try to hid illness as much as possible as a defence mechanism. Which is why I suppose so many experts say that a birds weight is a good way to help track health. I just thought I would share what I use to track my pets weight. Digital Food Scale-$30 I record all the data on Excel and get a nice little graph. I'm sure it's not the most accurate, but I will know if there is any drastic weight changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhorje Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Mine is around 430g. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Nice scale. Yes, all Parrot owners should have a digital scale and track their weight. My Grey averages around 470 +- 10 grams, which is normal in weight variance. Watch for losses for 10% which would indicate something is going on with them health wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nychsa Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Hi, I read the same piece of advice very early on so we got a digital scale as well. I weigh both my conure and my grey. My grey Bella weighs 523 gms and my conure Jiggy weighs about 120gms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zandische Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 I use a digital scale also and weigh Athena every day. She's always been on the small side, and at 2 years old she's been holding steady at about 415g +/- about 10g either way, as Dan noted. I've read that greys aren't fully mature until they're about 4-5 years old, so I'm not sure if she's going to continue to gain weight or if this is it for her. She was pretty steady at 385 for about a year or so and then in the last six months she gained 30 grams. But I don't mind my little girl; I'm petite too so I just tell her she takes after her ma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerlily Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 After reading this thread i realised i should b eighing tigerlily and looked online for avian scales only to discover to my horror that they were around £70:unsure: Surely my digital kitchen scales would do the job?:whistle: so this morning i thought i was going 2 have a fight on my hands trying to get her to stand on the scales but tigerlily was her normal trusting self and stood on the scales 1st time and i'm glad 2 report that tigerlily weighs a healthy 470g She got a monkey nut as a reward and weighing her will now become a regualr routine. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyKay Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 My TAG was 308g last time I weighed him. I dont weight him often though, he's a little older now though (a year old this month) he probably weighs more... now that Im thinking about it, I'll weigh him again today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustyBZoo Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Wow! How neat. I'm so glad so many folks already weigh their birds! I'm happy to help. I think it's cool to see everyone's birds weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycos_mom Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 My Tyco weighs 579 and my new baby 6 weeks old has gone from 420 to475 in 6 days at this rate s/he is going to be a very big Grey you would be suprized at hoe accurate those kitchen scales are Tyco weighs exactly the same at the vet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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