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Scale Suggestions?

Mystic

Mystic

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I am looking to get a weighing scale for my reptiles. I was wondering if you guys had any suggestions on what brand/type that is best? My female veiled chameleon will be gravid soon so its a must for her. Non-fertile eggs of course. :( She has no mate. It will be good to have for my corn snake and bearded dragon. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all !!
 
Just a regular kitchen/food scale will work. I went to Target for mine. Make sure you look at the weight limit info. Mine goes up to 6 lbs so obviously it wouldn't be good for bigger snakes.
 
My recommendations:

Small scale for hatchlings and mice

Large scale for yearlings and up

Weighs in tenths of grams. Perfect for sorting mice. Weigh babies in their deli cups. Uses 2 AAA batteries. It comes in various weight limits- the smaller one won't weigh heavy enough if you're weighing weanlings. The larger limit models would be okay- but you'll have a hard time fitting a 400-500 gram snake on it without doing a balancing act.

This scale has a nice clear bowl that snake will stay put in. You can (should) buy the optional AC power adaptor for $5.50 and never worry about batteries again. But if you _do_ need batteries, it takes 3 AA batteries, not obscure watch batteries. Lifetime warranty. Make SURE you save the receipt and the registration card, though.
 
can I buy a scale that measure only down to 1gram and still be able to measure my hatchling snake accurately? I'd rather not buy two scales ( one for while he's tiny, then another after he's a yearling) but I will if I have to.
 
The little scale measures to tenths of grams. I find it useful for lots of other things, like mice and people food. But you'd be fine to use the bigger scale. It just takes longer to see progress because for a while they don't grow a whole gram at each feeding.
 
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