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weighing a wriggly bun?

M

megansmummy

Mama Doe
How do you do it?? :lol: I need to keep weighing rosey and no matter what I use she just jumps/flips around and it ends without her being weighed! What are your tips? I have digi kitchen scales but i cant seem to find the right sort of container as she doesnt fit in the one that is meant for them :?
 
I am weighing all 4 of mine regularly at the moment, as Bugs and Chloe have become a bit chunky.

The way I do it:

kitchen scales with a large plastic mixing bowl on it and tare/zero scales.. Then weigh an empty cardboard pet carry box and make note of the box's weight.

Remove box.

Then put a bunny in the box, as if you were off to vets, but now weigh bunny in box ( by putting box on top of bowll) and make note of that weight!

Note..the bunny may move around a bit in the box, so be ready to steady the box...and wait for balance reading to settle ( mine are digital)

Then subtract the weight of box. Ta Da ...bunnies weight with less stress!
 
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I've been weighing our baby bunny each week to keep record of her growth.

Using my dad's fishing scales which has a hook at the bottom to use a weighing sling, we place our bunny in one of those Jute bags.

She's really good at being weighed, though I suppose as she gets bigger we might have to think of another method. :lol:
 
Weighing on normal scales whilst holding then taking off your own weight worked for me too. Helps if you have digital scales.
 
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