BP id card holders

[joshjtd]

I am currently looking for someone who uses card holders on their racks or bins. I am using the Herper Pro software and I can't seem to find a place to order card holders for.

I have seen some folks use stickers and other methods but I am constantly cleaning and what not so I do not think a sticker method would work for me. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Robert Walker]

Josh, what size does the software print the labels off at, or does it give you options to adjust sizes? I have cage tags that I put into plastic sleeves. The sleeves come from Walmart, they are technically baseball card protective sleeves.

This picture is a couple years old, but you get the idea. I velcro them to the cages and can move them around as the snakes move around too.

 

[Araidia]

wow, that's a pretty cool idea, I might have to try that, I like the velcro

 

[joshjtd]

What it seems to do is essentially take a single sheet of paper and turn it into four cards. I do like the velcro idea

 

[Robert Walker]

Glad you guys like the velcro idea. Never have any issues with it when it is time to wash tubs either. Here is an update picture of what the racks look like when it is not breeding season.

I use 4 "feeding" tags with velcro:
1. Ate
2. Rodent still in cage
3. Off feed
4. Didn't eat

When I bring several hundred rats in for feeding, I need a quick way to track feeding. I leave the "ate" tag on unless it changes to the other tags. So from one week of feeding the "ate" tag faces on direction. The next feeding, I will rotate the "ate" tag a different direction to distinguish between feeding periods. I also use dry erase marker on the "ate" tag to track how many rodents they ate during each period.

Anyways, everyone has their own methods, this just happens to work for me.

 

[NIGRO51]

Robert do you change the pictures of the snakes as they grow or just use a baby pic the whole time?

 

[Robert Walker]

Anthony, I update pictures occasionally if time permits, usually a one baby and one adult picture is about it. I'm more of a visual type person, so pictures help me sort quicker.

 

[NIGRO51]

I am totally stealing this idea! My post-it note system is getting a little tricky to maintain.

 

[Lucille]

That is so awesome and even color coded. Robert you have a SYSTEM going on!!

 

[Robert Walker]

Thanks Lucille, the colors again are for faster reference. As you can see in the first picture, I "used to" use full post-it notes, but those are basically junk falling off all the time with humidity and washing tubs.

You can see slivers of post-it notes which are mostly temporary (only attaching the part of the post-it note that actually has stickiness). The slivers are color coordinated to the males that will be going with the females. I track locks on the slivers and when I have seen enough locking, I take the male labeled "in green" and find the next cage with a "green" sliver waiting for him.

Anthony, feel free to steal all you like!

 

[Araidia]

I really like the rodent still in cage notes, I go nuts every week trying to remember who I saw eating and going through cages to make sure nothing is still in there with them. I hate feeding anyone in the vision cages, I've had rats and mice a few times wedge themselves into the little ledges on the top and bottom of the doors so the cage looks empty when you check it only to find one in there later.