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Matt Campbell
at Thu Feb 23 14:34:51 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Matt Campbell ]
I use a brand of scale called Escali - they're actually more of a baking scale company, but hey and accurate scale is an accurate scale. My model has a 6kg [6000g]/13lb capacity and it measures in 1g increments. It has other modes but I exclusively use gram weight measurements. It's been more than enough scale for me, considering most of what I keep are smaller colubrids and pythons. I think I paid $35 for it about three years ago. I always bag the snakes [if they won't cooperate] and place them on a plastic tray after using the tare function on the tray/bag combo. A great computer program to keep track of those weights is the Degei Husbandry Database [http://www.eyehit.com/degei/]
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Matt Campbell
Big animals, little animals, plants - right down to the sea itself. We need them, not just for their own sake, but because all this has to be here for everybody forever. Only one thing is certain: if we are to preserve our environment and save this priceless wildlife we need much, much more knowledge.
Harry Butler from 'In the Wild With Harry Butler' 1977
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RE: keeping records involving weight - Matt Campbell, Thu Feb 23 14:34:51 2006