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Keeping track of weight and length

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LadyLaw

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Well... I guess the title pritty much explains what I am going to do, but I wanted to ask if anyone else has thought, or is currently doing this? I am planning on tracking the growth of my two corns. I am going to build a program to hopefully do most of the work, but until it is done, I am using graph paper to "chart" the growth.

If anyone else has done this, could you give me some ideas on what I should keep track of... and an easy way of measuring their length.

LaydLaw
 
I track just about everything with my snakes though their length is a bit tricky. I have a scale I use for weighing packages and my snakes. I also track when they shed, when they eat and when they regurg. They are weighed once a month. I have all of this on a excel spreadsheet. Let's me look back on other months to compare data.

As far as measuring them, there is a program out there that can help with it. I can't find the link for it right now but I'm sure someone else may have it on here.

Jeannie
 
I've kept pretty good records of my snakes and always meant to make a bunch of charts, but I never finished them (I'm a big procrastinator).

I always wanted to just compare age to length or age to weight, so I wouldn't always takes both measurements at the same time, so later when I wanted to compare length to weight I had a harder time doing it. Therefore I recommend that you do both measurements on the same days.

Here's the link to the program, but it doesn't work if you have an Apple computer (don't know if that's a problem for you or not):
http://serpwidgets.com/Apps/apps.html

Other than that, there really is no easy way to measure them, IMO. One way that I think is pretty unique, but seems kind of stressful for the snake (I've never tried it before), is to get a piece of foam and a piece of clear plexiglass; place the snake between the foam and the plexiglass (basically press the snake into the foam to keep it from moving) and trace the snake's form onto the plexiglass, then later measure the line you drew with a piece of string.
 
HerpManager

Do a search on the forum for HerpManager and you'll find that someone here already has made an impressive version of the program you are thinking of. And it does alot more. There are a few glitches (like for some reason i am finding saving my corns records and reloading them without losing entries that i thought were save is working out weird) *any help on this *
 
I don't know which one is better but I use terrariofiles for my snakes and it works great. You can enter any data conserning your corns and then you can make graphics with their length and etc.... You can also enter everything concerning breeding!!
 
Measuring length...

I just use a flexible tape measure, like the ones they use in a clothing store to measure body dimensions. Just hold the tape next to the snakes body, it will give you a pretty good estimate.
 
I use a big 3 ring binder with dividers for each thing I want to keep track of (feeding/shedding, regurge, mating, hatching, clutch sizes, etc...) I just type up sheets off the computer and fill them out for each snake. I weigh and measure my snakes every 3 months, and track the results on each snakes' sheet. I weigh them on a postage scale, and usually measure them with a piece of string and then measure the string with a measuring tape. I also make sure to leave a 3 X 5 note card with feed/shed dates and important notes on every snakes cage to make it a little easier, and if the snake is sold, I make a copy of their full binder sheets and send it along with the 3 X 5 cards to buyers. That way I have a record of every snake I've kept, and so does the new owner. It's especially helpful with snakes that I have produced, so I know how healthy they are, or if any specific crosses create "problem hatchlings" and so the buyers know as much history about the snake they want as possible (if they are proven, what they have produced, if they've ever been problem feeders/shedders etc). Its funny because I absolutly DESPISE paperwork, but I keep making more for myself... :shrugs:
 
I use a computer program I found online. Tracks everything, even enclosure maintenance. The only thing I don't track is length. The program is on my other computer, when I get to it, I'll post it.

Mike
 
Amanda E said:
Here's the link to the program, but it doesn't work if you have an Apple computer (don't know if that's a problem for you or not):
http://serpwidgets.com/Apps/apps.html
Click to expand...

I've used this prog before, but you have to take a pic of the snake looking STRAIGHT down. I tried this with a pic I took from a slight angle, and it said 30 inches. He's 22. lol Great little program though.
 
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