Quote:
Originally Posted by C0rocad
cup and weighing him in that and deducting the cup weight later but he thrashes around inside that throwing off my little scale.
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by eminart
most digital scales have a "tare" function where you put the container on, zero out the weight, then stick the snake in it. Voila! No Math!
|
Sure, tare is a wonderful function!
I'm not sure how all scales work, but mine shuts off after about 5 minutes of inactivity. If I used the tare function for the container, but then had to wait 30-60 minutes for the garter to calm down, then once I turned it back on, it would tare (if that is actually a verb) for both the container and snake giving me zero, thus having to math again.
My scale really doesn't care if the animal moves about, but it sounds like the OP's scale isn't working great with movement.