Weight/Record keeping tips?

[RXLReptiles]

I built a spreadsheet in Excel that I use for all my record keeping, I keep one copy saved blank and then have one filled out for each snake saved. I keep a printed copy for each snake on a clipboard stored in my reptile room/office so I can easily write in info as needed and I eventually transfer the written info into digital on my pc.

The spreadsheet includes: name (obviously necessary), morph, gender, date when they were purchased/adopted, who or where they came from, and how much I spent, and that's just the header. Then I have 5 columns that include: the date weighed and the weight, date of feeding, whether or not they ate, what they were fed, and because I'm kinda OCD, how much the feeder weighed.

Any time I get a new addition I take a weight down as soon as I get them home. I also weigh the day before they get fed every week, it's a little excessive, but it only takes a few minutes and it gives me peace of mind.

The reason I like to weigh as soon as I get them is I was "gifted" a overweight female, like hips at her tail and scale spread from the neck down. I weighed her on day one at 940 grams, 10 days later, right before her first feeding with me, after a massive poo and a sigh of relief she weighed only 855. Her last owner was feeding her pretty heavily and I knew the weight that she dropped from that BM was damn near the weight of her last meal. Was it vital information? Not necessarily, but it drew me a picture of where she came from and what I needed to do to get her back on track.

As for vet records, the few I have get filed in my desk, by snake, so if I ever need the info I've got it.