Kits wont stay on scale ?

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Nickv0195

Nick
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So these last few days the kits have been getting along and have been in the cage with the mom together, but i still have to weigh them to make sure there gaining weight , but now that there getting older they won't stay on the scale ! whats a good weigh to keep them on the scale ? and my scale is electronic so everytime they try to run the grams go all over the place. So what should i do ?
 
I posted this awhile ago but this is how I do it with things that I have at home. You can also use a small plastic aquarium.

I use velcrove to hold a bowl securely on top of the scale and then put my chin in it. CJ and Pepper hold still for a long time but Ebony and Ivory quickly jump out but I do manage to get their weights before they do.
Here's a pic of CJ in the bowl -
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I actually use a Quality Cage carrier so they can't escape. They like going in there because there's always a new piece of wood or something. So, I either tare the scale with the carrier on there, and then put the chin on; or, I just weigh the carrier and whatever is in it (fleece, stick) and then subtract that from the total. It seems to work well.
 
I put a small deep plastic bowl on the scale and cover the bowl with a small metal cooling baking rack. ( one you would use to cool cookies ) ( the bowl is a mixing bowl)

Then I tare that weight. The animals cannot escape the baking rack. And it's heavy enough for them not to move it.

Easy to use the mixer on them without spilling and cool them on the rack after baking. Snorts. JK
 
I block them and push them back, just have patience and eventually they'll hold still. You may have to do it twenty times the first time, but they learn after awhile to stay put. Every chin I've owned has. :))
 
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