What should I keep records of?

I currently only keep records of weight and when my snakes eat. As I plan on getting more racks and snakes in the future its gona cost me. So I plan on.breeding just so not all the money comes out of my pocket. I want to know what i should keep records of from my current snakes and also when i produce hatchlings because i dont want somebody asking me all kinds of questions and not be able to give an answer.

Some suggestions that I received in a similar themed thread were things such as:

Age
Weight (At regular intervals to track growth)
Gender
Morph (Genetic Information)
Shed Schedule
Feed Schedule

I record feeding, dedication, cleaning, weights, breeding events...for hatchlings, pip day, weight, pairing, and everything I do for the other snakes. I will try to post a picture of the sheets I made that work well for me, but there are a lot of pre done ones out there already. Those are the things I record to keep me honest with myself as a keeper.

I track the following:
Seller
Arrival Date and Method (e.g. shipped in or local pick-up)
Feeding & Attitude (e.g. very hungry, shy, had to leave the f/t for a few hours, etc)
Shed
Weight
Pairing Dates
Observed Lock Dates
Ovy Date
Laying Date
Vet Visits & Treatment
QT dates (a friend does QT for "our" collection since his wife hates snakes so he can only have 1-2 at home a time)
Rack/tub size & location (e.g. when the BP was moved up from a 28-qt to a 41-qt)
Anything else I think may be important

Thanks for the replies. Im going to start doing all these things for the ones i have.

I don't write anything down. All I focus on is there weight and when they shed..it's easy to remember,really

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Originally Posted by Grim8899

I don't write anything down. All I focus on is there weight and when they shed..it's easy to remember,really

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I have 33 snakes in the house. The smallest 2 eat twice weekly (garters), the largest boa eats once a month, others are on 5, 7, 10, and 14 day feeding schedules... I have to write it all down.

I use reptile scan and have it set to remind me for weights every month, feeding if it's not on a 7day schedule, clean water dishes, I spread that over the whole week, then I just scan when they shed and I can also leave notes on each animal.

It's also a good idea to track bowel movements with hatchlings until they've had several and you're sure things are working well on the inside.

I have a binder where each snake has its own sheet. On the sheet are hatch date, where they hatched, when I got them, morph and gender. I then have columns to record feedings as they happen and weight periodically.

I just use google docs at this point, but I only have 12 snakes. Copied the basic idea from one I found somewhere (can't remember who or where, though). Basic info only. Feedings, weights, poops, sheds, pairings when appropriate.

The Clean column is being removed. No real need to track it and I'm bad about tracking that one particular item anyways.

For me with this number of snakes, this works for now.

Name
Type	Normal
Sex	F
ID
Hatch Date	Unknown
Acquired Data	2013-08-08
Acquired From	Found at work
	Feed Date	Food	Food	Wgt Date	Weight	Defecated	Dull/Pink	Opaque	Shed	Clean	Pair in	Pair out
L = Live	2013-08-17	MAL	MAL	2013-08-16	442				2013-08-16
F = Frozen	2013-08-23	RSL		2013-08-23	460
	2013-08-28	RSL		2013-08-28	573
MH = mouse hopper	2013-09-03	RSF
MA - mouse adult	2013-09-10	RSL / 62g		2013-09-10	581	2013-09-09		2013-09-04	2013-09-09
MJ = mouse jumbo	2013-09-18	RSF / 56g		2013-09-18	612
	2013-09-25	RSF / 53g		2013-09-25	639	2013-09-23
RP = rat pup	2013-09-29	RPF / 29g
RW = rat weaned	2013-10-01	RWF / 40g	RSF / 75g	2013-10-01	700
RS = small rat	2013-10-14	RPF / 31g	RPF / 27g				2013-10-07	2013-10-08	2013-10-13
RM = medium rat	2013-10-22	RPF / 32g	RPF / 33g	2013-10-22	713	2013-10-16				2013-10-16
	2013-10-29	RPF / 25g	RPF / 24g	2013-10-29	751
	2013-11-05	RWF / 42g	MAL / 15g	2013-11-05	781

Acquired from "found at work" lol love it. I never find snakes at work...

Yea. It was kinda neat. Someone found her in their laptop bag. No idea who or where it came from. He opened his laptop bag, there she was.

She's the sweetest snake, too.

wow lol. I thought you were going to say you worked at a pet store or something.