Record Keeping

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Originally Posted by J&A exotics

For now i used spread sheets in google drive can update them pc laptop or phone

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I use Google sheets too. Easy to set up and use, accessible from any device.

I use iherp and a notebook but then again I only have two female ball pythons at the moment but that is going to change next year.

Iherp user here. Well at least when I get around to updating it, it not always convienent to have the laptop in the snake room, so usually everything gets written down on a notepad then updated later. Have any of you who are using reptile scan also used iherp, and if so how do they compare? As in things like ease of use and such.

I also use iHerp, and also continue to use the notebook as well. Feel free to track my kids' progress. Same username as here.

I made a chart on my computer and printed it off and keep it tacked to my fridge. I have the a few columns. One for the date, one for his weight before feeding, one for the weight of his food, one for what type of food and the last column for notes. In the notes column I usually write if he was shedding/what his behavior was like. Kinda old school, since I just read that a lot of people use apps. But I like writing it all down.

I was using iherp but what sold me on reptiscan was the qr codes. If iherp added this feature, it would be boss.

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I use Reptile Scan for my collection, the QR codes comes in very handy.

I only use this for my collection and only records things that are important to me, feeding, pairings, ovy, pre-lay and clutches.

For the animals that I sell I keep their records on index cards.

I've been using iherp.com and it's been great to me so far. I like that it's free but i wish they would have an app. Like someone else already said, the only drawback is needing to do it on you computer.

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I use an app called Time2Feed. Think it cost 2 bucks.

Large collection here! As of today, we have 12.29 ball pythons, 2.6 BCI, 0.1 BCA, 0.1 Suriname BCC, 1.1 Anthill/Pygmy Pythons, 1.1 Cape York Spotted Pythons, 2.2 Children's Pythons, 1.2 carpet pythons, 2.3 corn snakes, 2.2 Honduran Milk Snakes, 0.1 Sonoran gopher snake (and 1.2 bull snakes coming home soon).

I've tried Reptile Scan, iherp, notecards, etc and what I have found works best for me is to have it all on paper. I have a list of when the last feeding was, the date they are next due to eat. Every day I look at the list and see who needs to eat today. I find it easiest to break up feeding into a little bit almost every day rather than a feeding marathon all at once, not to mention I have some snakes on 5 day feeding schedules and some on 14 day, so it gets hard to keep track otherwise.

After snakes get fed, and I log whoever shed that day, I put it all on an "official LOG THESE" document. I do this for an entire month. At the end of the month, I print the "official log these" document. All of the official records for our snakes (including invoice from breeder, genetics guarantee, business cards, etc) are kept in binders. We have a binder for Male Ball Pythons, Female Ball Pythons, Other, and Available. Each animal has its own divider tab, and I hand write that month's tracking info on their paper.

I know to many this might seem like a lot of work, but I like that I have hard copies, and the security of knowing the info is in multiple places in case something gets lost or damaged. I don't like having to rely on a computer program.

This has been the most effective and efficient method for me. I tried the note cards, which is another popular method, but found that they were easily lost or damaged.

If you would like pictures of what each step of my weirdo system looks like, just let me know :)