How much does you Grey weigh?

[DustyBZoo]

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.

[dhorje]

Mine is around 430g.

[danmcq]

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.

[Nychsa]

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.

[zandische]

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

[Tigerlily]

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

[AshleyKay]

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

[DustyBZoo]

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.

[Tycos_mom]

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.