Quote Originally Posted by artgecko View Post
Thanks so much for your advice! I plan on holding onto the babies I'm getting for about 9 months before I attempt breeding, so hopefully I can upload pics and let you give input on them, etc.

I'm very OCD, so hopefully record keeping will come easy for me. I know it's been quite handy with my snakes (ie correlating weights to feeding records, sheds, etc.).

I'm very much looking forward to this new venture and am grateful for any information you share.

Thanks again for your advice!
No problem, glad i can help! There's others on the forum who can help out too.

It's harder when you can't see the real thing in person, but you will learn with time. Pictures can be tricky, because camera angle, lighting, etc can create illusions. For example, I know (because i've had enough practice) how to make a long ugly head look perfect with just the right camera angle. But this is why multiple angles and positions are good too, so you can really get a feel for what you actually have. Pictures also won't capture how the animal moves and how it feels (which will also tell you something about how it is built), but it is better than nothing, and the only visual record we can keep forever. If you can sketch out what you see, that can help as well.