Weighing Supplies
TRACKING YOUR HEDGEHOGS WEIGHT:
You want to make sure you're tracking your hedgehog's weight weekly, or at least monthly. If they're babies you definitely want to track their weight weekly to make sure they're gaining weight well. When tracking your hedgehog's weight you want to make sure you write down the month/day/year that you weighed them, and get either a notebook/ journal or make a note on your phone or computer to keep a log of their weight so you can look back on it if needed. Their weight can often tell you a lot. If they've lost or gained weight out of the blue that can be a sign that they're ill or getting ill. You want to get a digital scale that weighs in grams. Hedgehogs are weighed in grams due to them being so small that is the most accurate and easiest form to weigh them. You can find cheap digital kitchen scales at Walmart and Amazon. They don't need to be fancy they just need to be accurate. It, also, can help to get a small shallow container that'll fit on the scale to put the hedgehog in, so they don't run off the scale and you get a better reading. Just a small plastic container works well to put on the scale to hold the hedgehog while you weigh them. If you do use a container on the scale make sure you turn the scale on, set the container on the scale and press the "tare" button on the scale to zero it out so it doesn't count the containers weight with the hedgehogs weight.
Good scales:
You want to make sure you're tracking your hedgehog's weight weekly, or at least monthly. If they're babies you definitely want to track their weight weekly to make sure they're gaining weight well. When tracking your hedgehog's weight you want to make sure you write down the month/day/year that you weighed them, and get either a notebook/ journal or make a note on your phone or computer to keep a log of their weight so you can look back on it if needed. Their weight can often tell you a lot. If they've lost or gained weight out of the blue that can be a sign that they're ill or getting ill. You want to get a digital scale that weighs in grams. Hedgehogs are weighed in grams due to them being so small that is the most accurate and easiest form to weigh them. You can find cheap digital kitchen scales at Walmart and Amazon. They don't need to be fancy they just need to be accurate. It, also, can help to get a small shallow container that'll fit on the scale to put the hedgehog in, so they don't run off the scale and you get a better reading. Just a small plastic container works well to put on the scale to hold the hedgehog while you weigh them. If you do use a container on the scale make sure you turn the scale on, set the container on the scale and press the "tare" button on the scale to zero it out so it doesn't count the containers weight with the hedgehogs weight.
Good scales:
- Ozeri ZK14-S Pronto Digital Multifunction Kitchen and Food Scale
- Easy@Home Digital Multi-function Kitchen & Food Scale
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