Setting Up a Zoo-Grade Records System
Feeding, weights, sheds, vet visits, lineage — the records that turn a hobby into an operation and surface problems before they're emergencies.
The line between a hobbyist and an operation isn't the number of animals — it's the records. A keeper with one animal and a clean log is running an operation; a keeper with fifty animals and nothing written down is running a liability. Records are how you catch a problem on week one instead of week six.
The core fields
Every animal needs a minimal, ruthless record: a unique ID, species and morph, source and acquisition date, and a running log of weights, feedings (accepted or refused), sheds, defecations, treatments, and pairings. The discipline isn't in the schema — it's in actually writing the entry every single time…
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- The full per-animal record schema (and what to leave out)
- Weight-trend triggers: turning numbers into early warnings
- Feeding and shed logs that diagnose husbandry problems for you
- Lineage and provenance records — the breeder's and the law's best friend
- How Codex notes sync to the animal in your Cerebro collection
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