Hatchling records

[TheHiddenGecko]

I remember reading a thread a while back on how people identified their hatchlings as far as id numbers and things like that but I can't find it. Any links to the thread or if you can just tell me how you identify them that would be great.

 

[eyelids]

I do mine by the parents ID. For example...

MSHBLPHBXMSHBLPHB01 would be the first Mack Snow het Blizzard possible het Bell x Mack Snow het Blizzard possible het Bell I hatch. I use Microsoft Excel to chart them in a spreadsheet. The first column being ID, second is hatch date, and third is weight. I also color code the IDs. I use black for normal, pink for Albino and gray for Mack Snow. Mack Snows are bolded as well. Hmmm what will I use for Blizzards???

 

[crs]

thats a good idea

 

[TheHiddenGecko]

MSHBLPHBXMSHBLPHB01

That's how I do mine right now. But then I thought next year, what if I wanted to breed one with that id number to another one? Then it would get extremely long wouldn't it?

 

[Kotsay1414]

Found the thread http://www.geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=3535&highlight=Hatchling

 

[eyelids]

That's how I do mine right now. But then I thought next year, what if I wanted to breed one with that id number to another one? Then it would get extremely long wouldn't it?

I give holdbacks their own ID... So that ought to work for you too!

EDIT: If MSHBLPHBXMSHBLPHB01 was a holdback say... Super Snow 66% het Blizzard it'd be SSPHBL01 and if I knew the sex it's added too... Like SSPHBLM01 or SSPHBLF01...

 

[BalloonzForU]

Example of mine are...

WCS 3.21 3A = WCS(mom's name) 3.21 (date) 3A (clutch # and A is the first one to hatch)

Clutchmate is WCS 3.22 3B.

I also don't start the next year with #1 for clutch I start off where she left off so I can keep track of the number of clutches each female has laid for me.

 

[TheHiddenGecko]

Thanks Mike and Felicia for your input, and thank you Kyle for finding that thread. Hopefully I'll be able to come up with something now.

 

[trizzypballr]

Moral of this thread, just come up with something that makes sence to you If your using a rack my best advice to you would be to just label the containers, I use Id holders with velcro. I just came up with a labeling system,in my case pretty much just abbreviations, and then added a number to the end. If you realy care how I came up with mine I will share it though. I split my IDs into parts, first being my name (Repti-R-Us) RRS, second being male or female(m or f) third being the type, and fourth being the # of that type of gecko it is, heres an example for one of my co dom females RRS-F-MS-003. I make my male, female, and hatchling tags all look different. hope it helps

 

[TheHiddenGecko]

Yes this helped too. Thanks Brandon.

 

[okapi]

I wrote the "names" of the parents on the incubation containers and have the info behind each egg written down. Eventually Ill have to look into a system myself though...

 

[MichaelJ]

We often use codes for our own records but we name them by sex. We use a camera Loupe to tell sex as early as possible and generally our temp sexing is on target. Occasionally natures finds a way to get around us.