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how often....

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donnamt

Wise Old Thumper
do you weigh your buns?

i weighed Alvin about a month ago and he weighed 2.27kg and i weighed him again today he weighed 2.27kg again - how spooky is that...

i just wondered how often you weigh buns, plus with him being such a demon i put him in his carrier to do it, is this accurate enough? or do i have to somehow get him to stay still on the scales if i ever manage to catch him to weigh.....
 
Stand on the scales yourself and then subtract his weight from yours :) Dont suppose its much different to doing it in a carrier though. I never weigh mine, we're alwaaays at the vets so they do it :rolleyes: :lol:

Eta, Cant remember their weights off the top of my head, Jen is 1.9kg & Rhia weighs just over a kg more than Jen xx
 
they arent bathroom scales, they are postal/baby scales... i erm refuse to weigh myself so i dont own bathroom ones lolololol
 
They're probably as accurate as the ones at the vets! I weigh my healthy ones weekly and I weigh Santa twice a week - weight loss is often an overlooked early warning symptom because it's so difficult to see very gradual loss. My vet suggests that 3 weight losses in a row or more than 5% drop in one go means a trip to the vets is needed. I weigh my smaller ones on kitchen scales because they are accurate to the gram so it gives a very good indication of their weight - much more accurate than bathroom scales.
 
I hardly weigh mine at all, unless their being wormed (sooty had ec so we will have to keep on worming 2-3 times a year and as he's with 3 others they need to be done too)

I mainly go by feel of ribs and spine (can't really feel spine, can feel ribs a bit, can't see either). I'd weigh them though if they seemed a bit more porky or skinny than they should.
 
AlisonA said:
They're probably as accurate as the ones at the vets! I weigh my healthy ones weekly and I weigh Santa twice a week - weight loss is often an overlooked early warning symptom because it's so difficult to see very gradual loss. My vet suggests that 3 weight losses in a row or more than 5% drop in one go means a trip to the vets is needed. I weigh my smaller ones on kitchen scales because they are accurate to the gram so it gives a very good indication of their weight - much more accurate than bathroom scales.
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cool ill keep that in mind, pearl wont eat when im in the room at the moment so alvin gets a head start, must keep an eye on her weight just incase she isnt gettin her share of grub....lol

i cant beleive alvins weight hasnt changed in a month, i thought my scales were broken :oops::oops:
 
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