Since this, I have yet to have a disorder or illness arise. Example, a few years ago, one of my female mice got a mammary tumor. ^ Because of this, if I ever have a really bad genetic problem appear, I just discard the majority of the strain. So detailed records would be way too time-consuming for me. I have a new generation developing about every 3 months, and at least one litter every 2 weeks. Everything else, you can basically tell just from looking at a mouse. Additionally, all my containers are labeled with the strain they hold. Any information needed and females he breeds to, I put in that folder. Within the generations folder, I make a folder for each stud. Within the strains folder, I make a folder for each generation. Then, I have folders of strains within each line. Probably the least organized or efficient documentation technique but it works for me. I also have a quick reference guide for when each mouse was born so I can quickly look that up and on my digital records I have a link to litter 1, litter 2 etc, this is not doe dependent but all the litters born in my mousery and in that will have detailed notes about everything to do with the litter, how many, how many culled, how good a parent, what all the babies are and any other important things about them. Now that I am setting up different side lines for some of my lines (like splash having one focus on pattern and one on type and crossing them often but still keeping the best for that specific) then I will likely have a -1, -2 on the end so SplD05-1 to denote it is a side line 1 breeder focusing on pattern. So it kind of ends up looking like SplD05 or SplB02 for example. Mostly in the respect of family trees, where I can have it displayed as actual visual trees as well as easily be able to click through the generations a lot faster than shifting through pages, but my guy is a programmer so can help me do a lot of quite fun things in that respect that I would never be able to do on my own.įor ID's I will generally do a line identifier (for example my splash line is all Spl), after that whether its a doe or buck(D or B), then the number of the mouse, this will only be given when I have determined which I am keeping and my best will be the next number, second best the number after that. I have a mix of digital and written, although working to move it part way over to digital because I can do things with it in a lot easier way than written in many respects. Even so whenever I have asked about d.o.b's of mice i've got or any such thing its always "let me look at my records" and some i know keep several notebooks of it. Is there information in your IDs that you feel you absolutely need at a glance - and is there anything you feel isn't necessary? Thank youĬlick to expand.Most of the show breeders I know (at least over in the US) keep very extensive records in general actually, although admittedly the more into a line they get the more the records slip because you know what to expect by that point and it all ends as small differences in the same thing. So I was wondering how those of you here, if applicable, ID your individual animals and/or litters, and what information you include within the records? I'm especially interested in what information you have in IDs (such as stud name, litter number, individual, and so on, such as ~MM-047-A for example), as I can't seem to settle on a format I'm completely happy with. I will be avoiding digital options as much as possible, as I repel technology and trusting my records solely to a computer is a recipe for disaster :lol: I think this system should serve me well as a small-scale hobby breeder. For my current stock, I could have index cards for each individual with only the essential details, serving as a basic summary and index to the larger file. It seems this isn't the general opinion of most mouseries, but thorough individual records for my livestock are really important to me - especially as I only breed on a small scale, no more than two does in kindle at a time (barring any as-of-yet avoided happy accidents :lol: )Īs of now I'm thinking about keeping complete individual records in a file, giving me plenty of space to take notes over the entire duration of an animal's lifespan.
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