Data cards

I decided some months ago to get serious with my balls. I've built a couple racks, added some new gorgeous snakes. Got a rat rack and started raising my own rats.

I've been taking better notes capturing weight, defecation, sheds and eating eating schedule...but I've found it difficult to go to my laptop each time.

What do you all use to track this? I wonder if there are card templates people use? What are your best practices for note taking?

I use a whiteboard in my snake room. I then enter it into iHerp.com a couple times a week. Seems to work great so far.

Regards,

B

I love Iherp also. I do want to get better tracking on my rat room though. I haven't entered all of them on I-herp. Does anyone enter there rats there? How do you do records on them?

I've tracked mine in a little sectioned notebook so far. It's worked out great for me, but considering there's only three sections and I'm getting a couple more snakes next month, I'll have to figure something else out.. or have two books. :rolleyes:

yes i might make a trade this week for 5 more balls and I will really need to start getting serious with my data tracking! If I am lucky i will be producing some pieds next year.......

Then I recommend iHerp :) It has everything I could imagine that would need to be tracked, including breeding. Though, I'd prefer to also have hard copies of the records.. who knows what can happen to electronics/websites. ;)

I use Degei. Its a free program. I have used it for over a year and am very happy with it. :)

3X5 index cards, just easier for me and I dont have to worry about loosing them:gj:

I use feed cards I got from RichsBallPythons last year and they are way more organized then the notebooks I used to use, especially with 20 boas lol :D

I use MS Excel. It allows me to quickly and easily keep track of all the parameters I want. I did use iHerp, but found that it was too slow for keeping track of all my snakes.

Theres hundreds of ppl using my feeding cards. And love them as its easier for them..

I also use them as well and ship them with snakes sold..

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I ordered and received your feed cards last week. They work good for me as I really like them..

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Originally Posted by The Mad Baller

I ordered and received your feed cards last week. They work good for me as I really like them..

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Glad ya like them.. hard to keep track of whos who anymore.

Me, I use an iPad mounted on the wall in the snake room. Works great, and is simple to use.

Great ways to do it everyone. Given me Ideas how I want to change it up for my snakes

actually, my cards are 4x6:oops:

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Originally Posted by apple2

Me, I use an iPad mounted on the wall in the snake room. Works great, and is simple to use.

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Are you using a particular app? Or just notes?

I use index cards until they fill up, then transfer all the info into MS Excel. Then start a new card and once that one fills up, you guessed it! Transfer on over again. Makes it easier so I don't have to open up my laptop EVERYTIME someone eats/sheds etc. This way I can get a few months logged in to a program at once, keep the notecards in a file for back-up, and everything's good to go :)

this is what i use, i had some people take a copy of it. but its simple and easy for me.
(sorry its just a picture take since i do not have access to the scanner right now.
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I just got two snakes today that were using those feed cards. :P

I ended up creating some in excel and printing them off here...has made life a lot easier.

I use data cards I created, and I keep them in plastic envelopes under each tub. I also have a pen on my desk in the snake room. I put all the info on the cards everytime I do something, and then I take those cards, once a week, and Input all the info in Vyper Reptile Tracking System. The Vyper sysyem is amazing, and its really easy to use. I haven't had any problems with my records at all since I got that program.

Hope this helps.

I make my own with excel print them out an put them in a binder with a picture of each snake with it so i know exactly who has done what.

I too use paper I tried digital versions but found I was fighting the software to make it do things that way I like them. I have a feeding chart that has my 9 on one page, it has the advantage of seeing trends in feeding like 4 adults stopped feeding in the same 2 weeks during breeding season. I have individual charts for each snake on weight, shed cleaning, fecal exams ect.

Does anybody know of a phone app that works? Anyone tried to make one? Just curious, I've been using the good'ol notebook and pen method myself but wouldn't mind trying something like this if it exist.

i use iherp and it works great i can enter all there weight feeding refused shed and everything else and it keeps everything up to date i was using paper cards but the kids kept taking my blanks so instead of trying to locate all the time since i dont have a snake room at the moment im using online sources

I use this... or the previous version of it I should say.

http://www.vypersoft.com/rts/direct/direct.html

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I use this... or the previous version of it I should say.

http://www.vypersoft.com/rts/direct/direct.html

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Does anyone know who the new owners of the software are and whether they are going to continue developmemt?

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I use a hardback data book, simple for me and it is organized.

I have an iPad so i just take that into my snake room with me when doing tub checks/feedings and record as I go on iherp. Love that site!

I think there's a way you can download a backup of your records for safe keeping. I should start doing that every now and then...


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I have a spiral notebook and colored sticky notes (blue for shed, green for feeding, and yellow for defication). Every time something happens it gets dated and stickied. Works good so far.

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I have a binder that I print out sheets for. It's right there on hand when I need it. I write everything down in ut. It's simple to make the excel sheets and the binder won't crash with technology.


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