What all do you keep track of?

With the balls, I received feeding charts, all had dates of shedding, feeding (and what was fed) and hatch dates. My male also came with a hatch weight. Anyways, purely out of curiosity, what does everyone keep records of? I'm hoping to keep track of shedding and meals as well as when the snakes poop and their weight the day of poop. Does this sound ridiculous or am I missing anything?

I use a record card I made myself based off a picture Ralph Davis has on his site. Here's a shot of one:

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/b...m/IMG_0016.jpg

I used to keep track of sheds, poops, and feeding. But once the collection topped 30 snakes, I pretty much only kept track of feeding. Of course as the breeding season begins I will document alot more activity and keep track of my females sheds.

I keep track of poos, sheds, feedings (what size and if eaten or refused), and weight (after a poo).
I also make a notation of anything that it noteworthy!!

Could someone post a template of a card they use? I would love one!

i dont even go that far, i just write down when they go opaque, shed, eat or refuse a meal, and weight every few weeks. that's about it. should i be recording poos and weighing afterwards?

I use an excel spreadsheet, to keep track of when they shed, what they ate, when they ate, how many days had it been since they ate last, how much they weighed right before they ate, how much weight they gained since their last meal, and poops. I also document breeding activity.

That may seem like a lot, but I really like to have good records. And because its on excel all of those day calculations are done automatically.

I use Degei, and keep track of feeder size, if they ate, what the ate, if it was scented (mostly for the hoggies), weight, breeding, egg laying, geneology, sales, vendors, etc.... Everything is just point and click, so it is way easy.

I keep track of what they ate, when they ate, what size prey they ate, weight, shed, poop, cleaning, etc all via Iherp.

I keep up with feeds, and I weigh every two months. When breeding I keep up with copulations, feeds, sheds ect.

I keep up with

Poop - Shed - Feeding - Pairing - Copulation

and the extras for females are ovulation - pre-lay shed - egg laying.

Oh yea Deb brings up one I forgot.. POS...

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

Oh yea Deb brings up one I forgot.. POS...

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Which is a lot of info in your case :8: :bolt:

I myself keep track of feeds (color, size, and sex offered) Shed, poop, weight, cleaning, if I add or change something. Check and track temps and humidity before work and before bed daily or every other day (to ensure no equipment failures), and the activity of the snake. Water dish soaks, e.c.t
I guess pretty much everything. I dont really use a chart, I just keep a notebook next to the enclosure and write very detailed observations... This may seem a bit much to some ppl but what can I say... I'm an over protective parent. :)

Then again for now I only have the one snake.

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Originally Posted by RoyalGuardian

Could someone post a template of a card they use? I would love one!

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I don't use cards. I use those steno tablets of paper and each snake has their own. This way, I'm not keeping track of a million loose cards for one snake nor do I have index card boxes stacked up! Spiral steno pads do the job nicely for me :)

I had checked out keeping track of things via an on-line program, but writing things down is far easier for me and uber accessible whenever I need it.

I've been using Degei to keep track of everything. It's great because all you have to do is, like Jenea said, point and click at whatever it is you have to track. It allows you to track breeding, rack locations, feeding, shed, poopin, measurements, feeder inventory, and a ton of other stuff. It's a great program and if you only have a few snakes the free version is awesome :gj:

I use the card that came with my spider from Tim and Monica.

Feeds
Prey Item
Shed date
Weight

I used to keep track of everything...feeds, sheds, poops. Now I dont keep track of anything. LOL

generally, i have a card under or by the cages, and i mark down when i feed them - size of prey - if they ate or refused.
and then sheds, cause i never catch the date they go blue,
and weights when i randomly weigh them - the bps that is... none of the other snakes stay on the scale... :D
when i fill the card, enter the info in an excel sheet...
specific programs take to long for me...

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

I used to keep track of everything...feeds, sheds, poops. Now I dont keep track of anything. LOL

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Ummm - yeah what he said :weirdface

The only thing that I really keep track of is feeding and mostly just for the babies. Or the snakes in rescue that might be having problems.

Otherwise if something odd is going on with a snake I'm going to know it before some card will tell me. :rolleye2:

I use Degei, love it. I just take notes of who did what while I'm down in the basement caring for them, then enter it all into the program when I come back upstairs. One of my favorite features is how it keeps track of feeding rotations and feed items for me. I can print out a list for any given day and then just go pull feeders from the freezer.

I use Herp Care software, and I keep track of feeding (size, type, quantity, refusals), shedding, pooping. Of course, I will keep track of copulations, etc. as soon as I start breeding.

i use iherp, and love it. I keep track of feedings, sheds, weight, and length. I thought it was too weird to document poop. when i start breeding (in a few years), i'll keep track of all the important breeding stuff, too.

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Originally Posted by BooRadleyAMG

I myself keep track of feeds (color, size, and sex offered) Shed, poop, weight, cleaning, if I add or change something. Check and track temps and humidity before work and before bed daily or every other day (to ensure no equipment failures), and the activity of the snake. Water dish soaks, e.c.t
I guess pretty much everything. I dont really use a chart, I just keep a notebook next to the enclosure and write very detailed observations... This may seem a bit much to some ppl but what can I say... I'm an over protective parent. :)

Then again for now I only have the one snake.

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Whoa, thats extreme, you keep track of the colour and sex of the rat? I guess if you only have one snake...lol

I feed live rats of appropriate size every saturday and sticker tubs for snakes that refused to eat.
If i feed something odd like a mouse or gerbil I log it on the card.
All sheds are logged and weights are logged once a month. Any odd problems are logged on the back of the card like runny stool, regurge , rancid stool. Though these issues rarely surface if they do they are dealt with emediately. During breeding very detailed records are kept on seperate cards with snakes together , witnessed copulations,Posible or obvious ovulations and POS . The colored dot stickers work great for a quick reference while feeding. If i have a tub with multiple red dots its obvious this animal is off feed and extra time is spent with feeding attempts. I sticker any tub with a green sticker that has feed still in the tub. Pos stickers are blue and my favorite sticker:D