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What do you breeders out there use to mark your babies with? fingernail polish? non toxic acrylic paint? and also, how do you mark them :meaning like by clutch? by father mother? by sex? thanks for all the input, just waiting for the guys to hatch!
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~David - KDRKreatures
My Main Herps-
1.2 Bearded dragons (Ralph, Artemis, Cheech)
1.0 Black Racer Snake
2.2 Eastern Box Turtles (Athena, Mercury, Gizmo, Galapago)
1.0 Ball Python (Carson)
0.0.10 Red Eared Sliders

Other Pets:

0.1 Timneh African Grey

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depending on how many babies we have we use a color coded chart. Example, first color dot would be mother and then the next colors would represent set numbers. Or if you only have a few, you can just write numbers on them. You can use permanent markers or nail polish.
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Lisa
Cricket free babies!
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First color = mother

Red = Lacie
Gold = Buffy
Blue = Darla
Silver = Sunshine
(Yes, all my dragons have names and are not breeder female #1, #2, #3, etc)

Number / Color code

Green = 1
Gold = 2
Silver = 3
Red = 4
Blue = 5

Example

Dragon marked with dots Red-Gold-Blue
(Starting with first color dot at base of tail and working down the tail from there)

Dragon from Lacie's clutch and is #25

Hope that helps clear it up for you
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Lisa
Cricket free babies!
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