Weighing snakes?

[BHReptiles]

Especially ball python owners should have a notebook or a card, action log whatever for each snake. Every single one of mine have a record. In this one place you write down every shed, poop, feed, weight (you can weigh monthly or bimonthly if they're eating), this way if the animal ever stops eating or needs a vet for any reason you have a full record, no guessing. It will help immensely for any timely potential diagnosis. Snakes or reptiles in general do not show their weakness or illness' quickly. So by the time some notice its far to late. Having this record is also going to make your life easier when the ball does decide to go on a feed strike. And it will happen. No mass amounts of weight lost normal. Lots of weight lost not normal.


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I could not have said it any better. I have 9 snakes (soon to be 10) and I have a binder dedicated to records. I write down when they ate/didn't eat, what the prey was and how large it was, how much they weigh, when they poop, when they shed, and I have a column for anything else that I need to document. Next year once I get my logo/website/etc. up and running, I'll be updating everything with QRS codes and I'll sign up for Reptiscan and document that way too. Right now I have a hard copy and I put everything on iHerp.