A good scale for weighing your cat

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Problem: you want to weigh your cat. Or baby.

Why would you want to do that?

• make sure the baby's growing on normally
• make sure breast-fed baby is getting enough milk
• monitor cat's health as he gets old
• make sure cat is sufficiently hydrated. Dehydration can lead to feline urinary problems

Solution: the Salter 914 baby scale is accurate highly rated and well priced


Pros:

• has a tare/zero function
• you can take the tray off and use it like a regular scale (up to 44 lbs)
• heavy base makes it sturdy
• accurate (at least mine is. Some reviewers have complained that theirs wasn't, although most said that theirs was if they mentioned accuracy at all.)
• rather attractive

Cons:

• $59 seems a bit much, but I didn't see any cheaper ones that got good reviews. I had been using a kitchen scale that goes up to 15 pounds to weigh the cats, but the platform was a bit too small. It was hard to get Twitch to stand on it, and Mr. Kitten--forget it. He doesn't have patience for that stuff.

Twitch has a lot of patience

I like the grayish-white. It's sort of retro modern.

with the tray off, it kinda looks like a bear

Twitch at his cat station

Here's the box

Here's the crappy warning on the box. Buy through Amazon so returns won't be a problem

P.S. 

I really like my Escali kitchen scale. I don't blame it for not being a good cat scale. That's not what it's make for. It goes up to 15 pounds in increments of one gram. I've had it over a year and haven't changed the battery yet. Here's a pic and a link. It's great for making bread. Since it goes up to 15 pounds, I can put my KitchenAid mixing bowl on it and add all the ingredients.

photo credit: Amazon