Breeding
Reptile breeding software that keeps your season organized
Track every pairing, clutch, and hatchling in one place. Scutely handles breeding projects from the first introduction to the last hatchling, without the spreadsheets.
Breeding groups and pairings
Set up a breeding group for each project, pair your male and females, and every event from introduction to lock gets a dated record. When the season is over, your whole project history is there to review.
- Create breeding groups with male and female pairings from your collection
- Log breeding events and lock dates as they happen
- See each group's timeline from first introduction to ovulation and lay
- Works for colony breeders too: one group can hold multiple females
Clutches, egg sacs, and incubation
When eggs hit the box, Scutely tracks the clutch: egg counts, fertility, incubation temperatures, and expected hatch windows. Egg-laying species, egg sacs, and live bearers are all supported, so the same workflow covers snakes, geckos, tarantulas, and boas.
- Clutch and egg sac records with egg counts and fertile vs. slug tracking
- Incubation monitoring with temperature logging
- Printable clutch cards for your incubator or egg boxes
- Litter support for live-bearing species
Hatchlings linked to their parents
When a clutch hatches, Scutely creates hatchling profiles that are already linked to their sire and dam. Lineage carries forward automatically, so a buyer two years from now can still see exactly where their animal came from.
- Hatchling profiles generated from the clutch, linked to both parents
- Lineage shown on profiles, ID cards, and public animal pages
- History follows the animal through sales and ownership transfers
Genetics calculator
Plan pairings before the season starts. The trait calculator takes both parents' genetics, including recessive, dominant, and incomplete dominant traits with het notation, and shows you the predicted offspring outcomes.
- Predicted offspring morphs and odds from both parents' traits
- Supports recessive, dominant, incomplete dominant, and line-bred traits
- Heterozygous and possible het notation
- Backed by the community-driven HerpDex trait database
Dig into the details
The Scutely documentation walks through every screen and workflow mentioned on this page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Scutely work for egg-laying and live-bearing species?
Yes. Clutches, egg sacs, and litters are all supported, so the same breeding workflow covers ball pythons, colubrids, geckos, tarantulas, and live bearers like boas.
Can the calculator predict offspring morphs?
Yes. The trait calculator uses both parents' recorded genetics, including hets, and shows predicted offspring combinations with their odds. It supports recessive, dominant, and incomplete dominant inheritance.
Are hatchlings connected to their parents automatically?
Yes. Hatchling profiles are created from the clutch and linked to their sire and dam, so lineage shows up on their profiles, ID cards, and public pages without any extra data entry.
Can I print cards for my incubator?
Yes. Scutely generates printable clutch cards with the pairing, lay date, and egg count, and you can print ID cards and labels for the hatchlings once they are on the ground.
Is Scutely free for breeders?
Scutely is free to download and free for up to 5 animals. Paid plans add room for larger collections, and every plan includes the breeding tools.
Run this season in Scutely
Set up your pairings in a few minutes and let the app keep the records. Free to download on iOS and Android.
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