Where to buy a scale?

My snake is missing a few...

Kidding. :P

Does anyone know where I can get a cheap digital scale to measure my snake and its food? I've tried searching, but searching "scale" on a snake forum doesn't do too much good.

Thanks!

Just a suggestion - I bought mine at Walmart in the kitchen section. It weighs in grams and comes with a bowl for when they are small. It was about $20

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Originally Posted by L.West

Just a suggestion - I bought mine at Walmart in the kitchen section. It weighs in grams and comes with a bowl for when they are small. It was about $20

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Same here...cooking scale bought online for $20.

Cool thanks! I'm going to try Target since they are closer, but if not Walmart is a good place to check.

Not meaning to thread jack here, but I will be getting my first ball this weekend and was curious as to the uses of scales. I know you should keep track of your snakes weight and its prey's weight but, are there other reasons? Also,how often should you be checking the snakes weight?

Weight is the best way to record your snakes growth since it is near impossible to get a correct length measurement. I weigh my snakes the day before I feed them (on "empty").

Also, I weigh out their food. I feed 10-15% of the snakes body weight. It takes the guesswork out of picking a prey item. :)

So I need to feed my 1200g bp 200-240g of mice every week? That's six adult mice! I never understood that.

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Originally Posted by mrshawt

So I need to feed my 1200g bp 200-240g of mice every week? That's six adult mice! I never understood that.

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Well normally people feed their adults rats. But I think a 200g rat would be a good meal. I don't really know though since I don't have any snakes that big yet.

She's about as big around as a medium rat (about 100g I think), and she was scared of those. She's being a poop lately. :P

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Originally Posted by mrshawt

My snake is missing a few...

Kidding. :P

Does anyone know where I can get a cheap digital scale to measure my snake and its food? I've tried searching, but searching "scale" on a snake forum doesn't do too much good.

Thanks!

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EBAY has a lot of scales,getting one that measures grams and pounds works great,grams for the snakes and pounds for shipping pkgs.

I'm Canadian, and got mine at Canadian tire on special for $11.99. I should have picked up a few more and sent them down there to you guys. hahaha

I got mine on ebay for $10, shipped.

Gooood question! I was about to ask, it was supposed to be my next purchase because my female normal's eating hiatus is starting to worry me. She hasn't eaten since 4/24, and laid eggs when she belonged to her original owner 4/30. Getting skiiinny.
What brand should I be searching on ebay?

I stand corrected, it was 12 dollars:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=250408933177
Hope the link works.

I did a quick search on the sellers store and couldn't find it for that price. But do a search on ebay and I am sure you will find something.

-Nick

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

Also, I weigh out their food. I feed 10-15% of the snakes body weight. It takes the guesswork out of picking a prey item. :)

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So I need to feed my 1200g bp 200-240g of mice every week? That's six adult mice! I never understood that.

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Well normally people feed their adults rats. But I think a 200g rat would be a good meal. I don't really know though since I don't have any snakes that big yet.

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I've always understood the 10-15% guideline to be for young, growing snakes. I think once they stop the rapid growth, you stop increasing their prey size, even though the snake continues growing slowly. But there is no hard fast rule; obviously animals that are using up lots of energy breeding need more food than pets of the same size.

EDIT: Forgot to reply to the original question. I got my scale from Walmart online, using their free shipping "site to store" option. I had previously bought one that was in stock at the local Walmart, but its tare function did not work properly. Item weighed by itself: 45g. Item weighed in bowl after zeroing with tare: 15g. NOT an acceptable margin of error. So whatever scale you get, look out for problems like that.

This is the one I use. Im sure there are cheaper ones out there. Ive had this one for 2 or 3 years now. The cheap food scale from walmart. They work good the only thing is I think they only go up to about 2500g or so. If your going to use if for adult snakes then you might want to go with something a bit bigger.

http://www.reptilebasics.com/My-Weig...l-p-16191.html

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She's about as big around as a medium rat (about 100g I think), and she was scared of those. She's being a poop lately. :P

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100g would be a small rat. At least from where I buy my feeders. I got a "small" today and it was 125g. But I will say it was probably a little larger than small and could of been with the mediums.

I got my scale at Bed Bath and Beyond. It was about $30-40 I believe. Goes up to 5000g.

Edit- Here is my scale, was $50
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/prod...1&SKU=14816640