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    Re: Question for those of you with large collections

    Quote Originally Posted by swansonbb View Post
    I recognize that I've gone from 0 snakes to 12 within 6 months, but I'm really enjoying it. I love how much my kids have gotten into it - my 9 year old daughter wants a corn for Christmas.

    I realize I've yet to hatch my first clutch, but I'm thinking scale (I've got grandiose ideas). Watching the Snakebytes videos has got me thinking. Managing husbandry for a collection my size isn't that tough. But what about when you have several hundred (or thousand) animals?

    Efficiency has got to be the key for bigger breeders. Feeding, cleaning tubs, changing water all seem relatively straight forward, even for large collections.

    How do you keep the humidity up for the animals when in shed? I use a spray bottle now, but no way would that work with a larger collection - there has to be a better way. Maybe some sort of pump sprayer (I'm envisioning the type of sprayer used for pest control- that type of thing)?

    How do you manage your records? Like who shed when, who ate when, etc...

    I'm nowhere near ready (and may never be) for a several hundred animal collection, but these are the types of issues I think about. I blame the MBA.
    Ive only owned a BP for about 3 weeks now...but as for records go...the day after I got him I went to walmart and bought a spiral notebook....I listed his named, morph type and date of purchase on the front and have been keeping weight/feeding/viv maintainance/shedding notes in it chronologically as I go...my future snakes will each have their own spiral notebooks.....also I have noted any issues...like him not eating for a scheduled (every 5 days) feeding...(I am a scientist by education and trade so the whole notebook thing was very much second nature i guess)
    Last edited by OsirisRa32; 11-28-2012 at 12:41 AM.

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