Miles
Active member
I started regularly weighing my green cheek a few months ago after an illness scare. It turned out to be a false alarm (a misunderstanding on my part), praise the Lord... but it made me more watchful than ever.
I have read over and over that a few grams' deviation can mean impending death, yet Miles regularly fluctuates more than five or six grams depending on when I weigh him. If I weigh him in the morning before he's eaten anything, it's not unusual for him to check out below 75g. But if I weigh him after breakfast (a healthy mix of fruits and veggies), I'm not surprised to find the scale reading 82g or higher. He's only been under 70g once, when I was away and my sister had forgotten to give him pellets the day before; he registered 62 then, but shot up to a plump 89 after I fed him a mix of pellets and chop (he was quite hungry).
Is this fluctuation correspondent with food intake normal? I've weighed him a few days in a row at the same time, early morning before he eats, and he is usually right around 74g, give or take a couple due to his movement on the scale. I'm just wondering if I should be concerned at the fluctuations caused by his food intake.
I have read over and over that a few grams' deviation can mean impending death, yet Miles regularly fluctuates more than five or six grams depending on when I weigh him. If I weigh him in the morning before he's eaten anything, it's not unusual for him to check out below 75g. But if I weigh him after breakfast (a healthy mix of fruits and veggies), I'm not surprised to find the scale reading 82g or higher. He's only been under 70g once, when I was away and my sister had forgotten to give him pellets the day before; he registered 62 then, but shot up to a plump 89 after I fed him a mix of pellets and chop (he was quite hungry).
Is this fluctuation correspondent with food intake normal? I've weighed him a few days in a row at the same time, early morning before he eats, and he is usually right around 74g, give or take a couple due to his movement on the scale. I'm just wondering if I should be concerned at the fluctuations caused by his food intake.