**Breeders** How do you ID your animals?

What methods do you guys use to ID your animals? Like Date? Name, etc..

Being in the military, we use LOT numbers, which include Date, manufacturer, etc.. Some examples would be nice please.

Like, for my BP Vincent, i'd do something like this.

BP07JUL001

Ball Python, 2007, July, number of snake produced that year. I dunno something along those lines.

What do you use?

Names...

Stickers...

Photos with names and stickers in case I need a reference.

Mostly I recognize them though... Joel can't understand how I do it.

I'm just... addicted :D

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

Names...

Stickers...

Photos with names and stickers in case I need a reference.

Mostly I recognize them though... Joel can't understand how I do it.

I'm just... addicted :D

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Lol, cool, so no ID numbers or anything along those lines?

Example: J&K-2009-23-06

J&K = Our name
2009 = Year of production
23 = Clutch number
06 = Snake number

Behind the clutch card is also a drawing of the snake's neck pattern. Neat little idea I started using after I saw RDR use it. Didn't use it just because he was using it but more so because it's an easy way to point a clutch card back to the snake if the card ever gets accidentally misplaced like it has for me in the past. It's easier than going into the database and tracking the snake. As for management I use the Degei Husbandry Database.

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Originally Posted by Texas Dan

Lol, cool, so no ID numbers or anything along those lines?

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Only in Degei, but my computer crashed, so until I can get it up and running again, no.

On the top of their name they are ID as followed

Morph – Year – Sex

Les_2008F1 ----> 2008 Female Lesser 1

Nor_2006F4 ----> 2006 Normal Female 4

Pin_2007M1 ----> 2007 Pinstripe Male 1

I think you get the idea so once showing in the Degei software I use they are organised by Morph, year and sex.

For the hatchlings that I don’t plan on keeping it goes like this

Year - Clutch number - Morph - Sex

2008Cl4_Bla_Pas_M2 ----> 2008, Clutch 4, Black Pastel Male 2

08albm02-04

year - 08
morph - albino
sex - male
clutch # - 2
snake # - 4

08PastelFemale#1...

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Originally Posted by FatBoy

08albm02-04

year - 08
morph - albino
sex - male
clutch # - 2
snake # - 4

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i use this mostly
but like heather i know each snake even hets that i have :cool:

I do mine like this..

Morph Sex Number

N F #25 Normals female #25
M M #1 Mojave Male #1

Ect

For babys I do this

08SPF#1
YEAR MORPH(in two letters) SEX NUMBER