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12-16-03, 11:17 PM
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Weighing feeders?
When people say .....is eating 300gram whatevers..... I'm assuming you weigh after it is thawed? Or does it matter if it's frozen...?
yah I know, it's one of those, duhhhh questions LOL.
thanks.
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12-17-03, 01:58 AM
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Super Genius
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I weigh after the food item is thawed and dried off.
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12-17-03, 06:43 AM
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I weigh after the food item is thawed and dried off.
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Me too.
Trevot
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12-17-03, 08:27 AM
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Location: Newmarket, ON
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You guys actually dry off Rats?
Do you blow dry or towel dry?, LMAO
I just thaw and serve, and in some cases thaw, soak in water and serve.
I am getting a scale for Xmas, in which case I will weigh frozen as to not mess up the scale with blood, gray matter and guts.
Brian
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Last edited by asphyxia; 12-17-03 at 09:04 AM..
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12-17-03, 08:41 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by asphyxia
You guys dry off Rats?
Do you blow dry or Towel Dry?, LMAO
Brian
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ROTFLMAO.
Can always count on you guys for a laff.
Next feed, I'm going to weigh frozen, then weigh thawed (see if there's much of a diffrence ). But tis good to know the standard way of doing so...
Thx. 
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12-17-03, 01:44 PM
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Do you blow dry or towel dry?,
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Blow dry actually. I have a low temp heat gun in my room that I use to bring my feeders up to temp if they don't come out of the water hot enough. As a result if the bag leaked they get blow dried.
Geez Brian come on eh!
Trevor
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12-17-03, 01:48 PM
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i weigh mine while they are thawed. Easier for me and less of a mess on my scale since i use it to weigh several different things.
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12-17-03, 02:14 PM
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Trevor; When you come over will you blow one of my rats.
I will video tape it and send it to Ripley's Believe it or Not.
Now I've herd it all!, hey do you mouse your mice aswell. lol
Brian
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Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.
That way, when you criticize them you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
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12-17-03, 02:38 PM
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If I weigh a rodent for one reason or another (which doesn't happen often), I weigh it while it is still alive or freshly killed. They lose weight (water) once frozen.
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12-17-03, 02:43 PM
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Location: SJ New Brunswick
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Hey, On this note, i'm on the market for a scale, any ideas on best ones to get? Don't need nothin too fancy, just best bang for the buck?? thanks Jim
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12-17-03, 02:57 PM
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Jim,
Here is where I got mine. Digital Scales Canada
Here's the one I got. KD 600
Great scale and great price too.
Cheers,
Trevor
PS
Brian I don't think I want to come by any more. You really are a bad man!
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12-17-03, 04:24 PM
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We got our scale from ebay. $40 i think.
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12-17-03, 05:48 PM
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I just use a kitchen scale for this kind of thing, you don't need numbers that are down to the nearest 1/100th of a gram. They're rats for God's sake not bags of coke. lol! As for drying the thawed ones off I really don't understand why this could be necessary but it does make for some good "blow my rat" jokes. lol
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12-17-03, 06:31 PM
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I usually weigh my rats while they are frozen but I have 2 rats thawing on the heat mat and I'll weigh them once thawed and let you know if there is any difference. I don't think it will make much of a diffence. I actually saw a new digital kitchen scale at Walmart, it's made by Philips (if I recall correctly) and weighs up to 5 KG in 1 gram increments. I think it was only $58.00.
Last edited by Ron; 12-22-03 at 10:10 AM..
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12-17-03, 07:12 PM
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Location: Ontario
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Why would you weigh a rat??? Unless you are going to sell it.
Are you counting the snakes calories?LOL
The difference in the weight of a rat from f/k to f/t is small.
I dont say it is eating 300 gram rats i just say it is eating large rats. Which on my price list sais 200-300 Grams.
To answer the post , I weigh before i put it the freezer. I only do it because i sell them
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