Documenting Breeding, Egg Laying & Hatching

[Xavier]

So do everyone document breeding, egg laying & hatching info?
Here is what I use.

 

[Gregg M]

Call me oldfashioned but I use a good old pen, note pad, and calender.....

 

[wsmitty]

I think Excel is great. Last year I just used it to chart hatch dates, but I really like your system of recording breeding and laying.

wayne

 

[USAGECKOS]

All I do is mark what day the egg was laid/hatched/sex/parents on the tub I keep the baby in.

 

[The NY Gecko]

I havent documented anything yet. Maybe thats because theres nothing to document. I'm thankful I got the entire Microsoft Office Professional set for free so when it comes to be that time I'll be all set. If anyone wants me to send you office I'll do it free of charge. Stickin it to the man!

 

[lizardsister2]

I guess I'm going to have to start doing something like that soon. So far, our collection has been small enough and things have been happening slowly enough that my sister and I just know that we bought such and such gecko from this person on this date and they were first placed with the male on such and such date. But I would imagine before the end of the season things will get much more hectic than that.

 

[Supahypegex]

I use a pen and a note book

 

[USAGECKOS]

I use a pen and a note book

They still make those....LOL

 

[cryptly]

I use Open Office Spreadsheet to keep track of my tarantulas, and will probably do something similar with geckos. . . if I ever breed enough to need a spreadsheet to keep track.

With only two girls I most likely will be using the archaic system involving a ballpoint pen and paper.

 

[nwheat]

I use both a notebook and Degei software.

 

[dragonflyreptiles]

I mark the eggs with the date laid and use an index card once hatched for the other records for weights etc and enter it into herp care software a couple of times a month just as a backup. I had all of my cards get a soda spilt on them last summer and lost alot of info.

 

[Milwaukee Reptiles]

When the eggs are laid I mark them with the lay date and the parents. When they hatch they get their own AnimalID and I enter them into my web database. The database contains the weights, photos, and other information about the animal. My website then uses this information to display the animal information on my website automagically =).

I found combining the two make website maintanence a lot easier and backups are are simple as storing a text file somewhere.

 

[acpart]

I record each date of laying and hatching in my journal with a circle around the date for laying and a square for hatching. I list for each week how many weeks each clutch is. It makes the waiting easier and I love updating the next week each Sunday night. I have a word processing document for each pairing listing important info from laying through selling.

 

[bro paul]

I get a new notebook every year...and sometimes a new pen! Maybe I'll upgrade one day, but I doubt it. For those of you that write on your eggs, what do you use? I mark mine with a sharpie just to keep them right side up, but I wouldn't want to write very much on them with a sharpie...I guess?

 

[Milwaukee Reptiles]

I wouldn't want to write a whole lot on the eggs themselves either. I would think a thin sharpie would work fine.

 

[geckogrl6]

I mostly use pen and paper myself, plus post-its on the egg cups.