I'm with Damion, I used to too, and when you have a small collection it's fun to keep those detailed records, plot data ect. and a lot can be learned from that about your animals, then at some point if your collection grows it becomes a PITA and you need to streamline. Eliminating record keeping is one way to streamline, but another option to keep bare bone records and keep track of sheds and feeding using a strip of masking tape or white lab tape. Stick a 4-5 inch stripe of tape vertically on the front of each tub and using a fine tip sharpie marker write the date and a shorthand or abbreviation of the event i.e. 8-29 SR for ate a small rat tonight, or L for lockup, ect.ect. You can keep a couple strips of tape going on the front of each tub and if you still want electronic data you can pull off the strips of tape every couple months and catch up on your computer, much more efficient than real time data entry.
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Jeff Benfer
gartersnakemorph.com

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