This is something that's played on my mind for about 2 years now, but, why isn't there a Hamster Pedigree Database like there is for dogs, cats and Horses?
Right now, the only method of Pedigree's is a small A4 piece of paper with 4-5 generations on. This piece of paper can get lost, damaged, etc. and doesn't go back very far. It also means tracing back Pedigree's for many years in order to make informed breeding decisions is difficult, especially for newbies due to people leaving the fancy, the Pedigree's being damaged or the Pedigree's being lost because they're so old.
There is also the point of not having actual pedigree names for Hamsters a lot of the time. I've seen it twice now where there's been two Hamsters with the exact same name but either came from different hamsteries or were different colours which can throw off a COI Calculator which goes off of name.
I realise there are things such as "Ibreed" and "Kintracks" but that's not what I'm on about, I'm on about something like this:
Kishu Inu online database
I know "Pedigree stealing" is what worries a lot, but with a few tweaks you would be able to make the Database private and you need a special code to access it which only NHC breeders would get.
I'm curious if anyone might actually even want this? I personally do want this. As a newbie breeder, I've found it near enough impossible to track back passed 5 generations which also makes me very frustrated that any breeding I do is basically completely blind.
I didn't know where else to discuss this really that had a high influx of reputable NHC breeders who might actually get involved and enjoy this discussion
