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frog · Oct 18, 2008

where do you get scales for weighing bearded dragons or other reptiles? how much did you pay for them? i would like to have one but when i searched for them all i found was for horses. Grr

NegativeCreep · Oct 18, 2008

I think a postage scale would be fine. You should be able to get one at any office supply store or wal mart.

diamc · Oct 18, 2008

I actually use a digital postal scale that I bought at Staples. I think it was about $20.00. It has oz as well as grams. I did find these for you though: http://www.reptilebasics.com/Digital-Scales-p-1-c-258.html
http://scales-n-tools.com/index.php?main_page=specials&gclid=CLyb3fKXspYCFRoSFQodkCOJKw

frog · Oct 18, 2008

thanks for the links. im probably going to end up going to staples or office depot and seeing if they have one. if not (which is pretty unlikely) i will order one off one of the websites you provided.

thanks!

NegativeCreep · Oct 18, 2008

I get the local staples and office depot in price wars with each other. I got a 500 gig external hd for $85 once. Gotta love the camera phones!
The postage scales may be cheaper, tho.

frog · Oct 18, 2008

i looked on their websites, both of them have the cheapest ones are about 85 dollars. the links have much cheaper ones.

frog · Oct 18, 2008

Diamc, on the links you gave which do you think is best? i like the first one shown on the second link best but im just wondering if there is a better one or if that would work fine.

i know, im a worry wart. :roll:

lousmom · Oct 18, 2008

I use a food scale.

NegativeCreep · Oct 18, 2008

Wow, that's a big price difference... I would go for the one's that are for pets, in this case. The one's on the second link refer to some of them as 'pocket scales' so I would be afraid it would be too small for an adult dragon to sit on.

diamc · Oct 18, 2008

I think this one would be your best bet. It says it can measure up to 7000 grams and mentions snakes weights too and comes with a weighing bowl. http://www.reptilebasics.com/My-Weigh-7001DX-Precision-Digital-Scale-with-Weighing-Bowl-p-16191.html
This one only has a 300 gram capacity. http://www.reptilebasics.com/My-Weigh-I300-Precision-Digital-Scale-p-16190.html

frog · Oct 19, 2008

thanks Diamc, that sounds good.

good thing about snakes, im planning on gettting two soon

diamc · Oct 19, 2008

That would be the best choice then so you can weigh all of them. :wink: Will help you get your "money's worth."

Jiffy · Oct 19, 2008

Mine came from the office stuff at walmart. It is a postage scale and was about $25 and it works great

akingsley9000 · Oct 19, 2008

Mines a food scale from Target - it was about $20-25. Works great.

Mrkngpen · Oct 19, 2008

This is the one that I have:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ULTRASHIP-35-DIGITAL-SHIPPING-SCALE-POSTAL-POSTAGE-w-AC_W0QQitemZ120319409012

It weighs up to 35 pounds, registers in lbs

z, kg or grams. It is accurate to 1 gram measurement. It also has a tare function, so you can set something bigger on it (like a bowl or whatever), hit tare which zeroes it out, and then set the animal on it. It has an AC plug and I've used it for years. It is $25 with free shipping and I bought it from that seller on ebay. I use it for selling stuff on ebay and also for weighing my lizards and even my cat!

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