Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
oh bugger
what's needed is something that looks like a comfy cardboard box that's got kitty scales at the bottom and a display somewhere discreet
someone else can build and market it, i want a percentage
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oh bugger
what's needed is something that looks like a comfy cardboard box that's got kitty scales at the bottom and a display somewhere discreet
someone else can build and market it, i want a percentage
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
What might be better for weighing cats - parcel scales, baby scales, kitchen scales - you want something that is accurate to within a few grams and can manage up to 10kg.
Might be worth asking on freecycle or similar for baby scales - they typically have a big tray that you can pop a cat on and look at the weight before they have managed to scarper.
Dedicated pet scales like the vet has are massively expensive.
Oh, luggage scales is another idea, if you can get your cat in a carrier and use a luggage scale with a hook that you can put the handle of the carrier on.
And yes, if you can get your cat to sit in a cardboard box and pop that on a digital kitchen scale then that is good. Or in a bag, or anything they like sitting in.
(Never had any luck weighing Sonic at home, which is a shame because if I had been able to I might have known things were serious a bit sooner).
Might be worth asking on freecycle or similar for baby scales - they typically have a big tray that you can pop a cat on and look at the weight before they have managed to scarper.
Dedicated pet scales like the vet has are massively expensive.
Oh, luggage scales is another idea, if you can get your cat in a carrier and use a luggage scale with a hook that you can put the handle of the carrier on.
And yes, if you can get your cat to sit in a cardboard box and pop that on a digital kitchen scale then that is good. Or in a bag, or anything they like sitting in.
(Never had any luck weighing Sonic at home, which is a shame because if I had been able to I might have known things were serious a bit sooner).
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
Thanks for all your replies. She is not a fan of being picked up!
Neither does she sleep in random boxes unlike our other cat Paddy, who is easier all round.
It's funny trying to put weight on her (she's not skinny at the moment) as a few years ago we were trying to get her to lose it, especially after one holiday where the neighbours looked after her and fed her rather too many biscuits! She likes being stroked so I'll keep an eye on being able to feel her ribs, and other signs of weight loss.
Neither does she sleep in random boxes unlike our other cat Paddy, who is easier all round.
It's funny trying to put weight on her (she's not skinny at the moment) as a few years ago we were trying to get her to lose it, especially after one holiday where the neighbours looked after her and fed her rather too many biscuits! She likes being stroked so I'll keep an eye on being able to feel her ribs, and other signs of weight loss.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Just as an aside, the way you weigh a small parrot or similar bird if it won't sit on a perch on a scale, is you put it in a paper bag and scrunch it closed and pop that on the scale. 
Not sure that is useful for cat weighing in the slightest, but I thought some may find it an interesting fact
Not sure that is useful for cat weighing in the slightest, but I thought some may find it an interesting fact
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
I'm trying to imagine doing that with Zoe...Just as an aside, the way you weigh a small parrot or similar bird if it won't sit on a perch on a scale, is you put it in a paper bag and scrunch it closed and pop that on the scale.
Not sure that is useful for cat weighing in the slightest, but I thought some may find it an interesting fact
fucthest8
Cool people die horrible, preventable deaths.
I'm trying to imagine doing that with Zoe...
Can someone video you trying, please? Thanks.
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Vic, the baby faced killer of wildlife, dreams (probably about even more visceral bloody death…)
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Lilith has perfect paw placement
High Voltage
In the top 97% of Urban's most interesting posters
We semi-regularly weigh FiFi - the easiest way we've found is to put her in the cat basket we use to take her to the vet and we got a digital suitcase scale from Amazon, it's accurate to good enough and it has a tear function so you weigh the basket, then zero it then put the cat in and get a good enough weight - certainly to the nearest 50g
Bear in mind that the scales at our vets gives different readings every time we put anything on and that they're only really designed for dogs so something as light(??) as a cat is outside what it's meant to weigh. At least your weight will be consistent and good enough to spot trends either up or down
Bear in mind that the scales at our vets gives different readings every time we put anything on and that they're only really designed for dogs so something as light(??) as a cat is outside what it's meant to weigh. At least your weight will be consistent and good enough to spot trends either up or down
LeytonCatLady
Well-Known Member
I thought the pic would meet with your aprrroval.Lilith has perfect paw placement
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Likes the current dog food apparently...
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Ooh, would you mind posting what make and model those scales are? I've had no luck finding any that accurate in local shops (at least that I can afford!)
High Voltage
In the top 97% of Urban's most interesting posters
I’m away tonight but will get in this tomorrow when I’m home
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
Billy BB shook his arse near my prayer table. Must be lingering even though I've cleaned it.Red is displeased.Can we take bets on how long it is before Billy Big Bollocks sprays on your curtains?
He's gorgeous but I just remember what Jakey was like when we first got him (ex stud who had just been neutered, there was a bit of a settling in period in which various soft furnishings were thrown away and walls and skirting boards thoroughly washed because he decided he needed to mark everything as his territory by spraying!!!)
Dystopiary
putting up a hook to hang my hopes upon
Pretty cat!
philosophical
Well-Known Member
Unexciting picture of random cat seen yesterday. A Felix cat though m’lud, so that is at least something.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Best bet is to use an enzyme cleaner, I've used "Urine Off" cat enzyme cleaner in the past and recommend it, the enzymes break down the proteins in the urine that cause other cats to be able to smell it.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I wasn't sure if this should go in lonely tech post or here. One of my cat loves to walk between me and my screens to get attention and malts everywhere. My keyboard is a pretty terrible design for holding cat hair and being mechanical if I just use my Titan vacuum, I suspect I'll loose all my keycaps. Has anyone used the small handheld ones from Amazon and similar and do you think they'd deal with pet hair? I've used air dusters, but it's not the more economical method if I have to keep buying them.?????????????????????
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
As if by magic she appears
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Mine seems to just hold the stuff and she malts a lot! Cleaned this morning...
Maybe I should vacuum the cat.
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Mrs SFM is also a fan
LeytonCatLady
Well-Known Member
I'll let Lilith know!Mrs SFM is also a fan
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Oh yes. I wouldnt actually do it. They run at the site of it.
Frustratingly the long hair car loves being brushed and he doesn't shed as much. Katniss doesn't really like it so I can't even manage it that way.
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
I used that, obviously not enough!
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
What about one of those flat roll up keyboards. 
15 quid off Amazon ( other tax dodging sites available). Might be an option UnderAnOpenSky
15 quid off Amazon ( other tax dodging sites available). Might be an option UnderAnOpenSky
