A scale with a perch

[Lily’s mom]

I want to get a scale with a perch like at the vet’s office so I can regularly weigh Lily (Senegal).
They are pretty pricey on amazon for what they are. So any advice on making one yourself? Or other handy ways of weighing birds? Is a bigger flat gram scale ok if it fits her?

 

[Mizzely]

I use a kitchen gram scale. $10 on Amazon. Ripley just walks up onto the scale but I've also used cheap baskets from Goodwill (the kind with a handle) for smaller birds to perch on while being weighed

 

[painesgrey]

I use a regular digital kitchen scale and with a mini perch stand (like this or this). Just zero out the scale after you put the perch on it, and ta-DA!

Cake and Pippin use it just fine, but Piper is a little stubborn about staying on the perch to be weighed.

 

[pawprintedheart]

I use a kitchen gram scale. $10 on Amazon. Ripley just walks up onto the scale but I've also used cheap baskets from Goodwill (the kind with a handle) for smaller birds to perch on while being weighed

I do this too. Both of my birds will just walk right up on to the scale now, one at a time. They wait, get their release and hop off to get their seed and the other hops on.

 

[Mizzely]

I do this too. Both of my birds will just walk right up on to the scale now, one at a time. They wait, get their release and hop off to get their seed and the other hops on.

I put an almond on it and tare it out as a lure

 

[Clueless]

I use a normal kitchen scale I bought at Bed Bath and Beyond
https://b3h2.scene7.com/is/image/BedBathandBeyond/15484717490583p?$690$&wid=690&hei=690

I had a wooden perch made and set it down on the scale and use the TARE feature button.

 

[rocky'smom]

 

[rocky'smom]

Sweet Pea was always so good about being weighed. Bebe will do it but it's only with some struggle.

 

[Peachfaced]

My birds are always more frightened of a perch on the scale, so I just use the scale as is.

Sherbie was so used to being weighed, that at one point, she would just fly over to it whenever she wanted a treat.

 

[Dona]

My vet puts a plastic container on her scale and Gigi is fine when I put her inside.