Adding a record

On the animal's Records, choose Add record and pick what happened. Fill in the details, check Make public, then choose Save Record. You need permission to add records to that animal.

If you would rather describe it in your own words, see Quick capture: turn a note into records.

Choose the record type

1. Open the animal's Records and choose Add record. The full picker opens with every type for that species, starting with the types you used lately (or Common for that species when you are new).
2. Pick a type.

Want a shorter list? Choose Records menu beside it. It has your recent types plus shortcuts for milk, paper notes, breeding, identification and shows.

In the full picker, you can describe what happened, start from a document or photo, or pick a type. Type in Search by name or what it's for, or scroll groups such as Health and Care & growth.

You can also start without opening an animal. On a phone, tap Create, then Add record. On a computer, use Add record under Shortcuts in the left menu. If you tap Create on your animal's page, the row reads Add a record for and its name.

Which type to pick

• Sick or injured: signs, appetite and how the animal is doing. See When an animal is sick or injured.
• Vaccination, Medication, Examination, Test Result and Procedure: see Vaccinations, treatments and vet visits.
• Routine Care: hoof trims, grooming, dental care and other regular jobs. Pick a Routine Care Category, then add the Next visit and Service provider if you like. A Next visit date sets a reminder. For some care, like a dog's yearly dental check, it fills in the usual gap. Left it blank on a hoof trim? If you own the animal, Track this regularly then offers to set the next one after you save.
• Physical Measurement: weight, height and body condition. See Track weight and growth.
• Registration and Pedigree: see Identification and registration papers.
• Insurance: see Keep insurance details with your animal.
• Shed / Molt: for reptiles and invertebrates.
• Reminder: care you plan to do later.

Fill in the details

1. Check Animals. Some record types let you pick several animals for the same event. Quick add chips pick a set in one tap, such as All goats (6), Does (4), a place or a group.
2. Check Record Type. Changing it changes the fields below.
3. Enter the details and the date it happened. Many types also take a Time (optional).
4. Add a Follow-up Date when the form offers one, and Creatures sets a reminder for that day.
5. Open Expand extra fields for optional details, such as a lot number.

If the animal has an active health concern, pick it under Part of a health concern (optional). That keeps the records about one illness or injury together.

Check who can see it and save

1. Add photos or papers under Files. They follow the record's Make public setting.
2. Check Make public. The starting choice depends on the record type and your privacy settings. If you kept the last record of that type private, the next one starts private too. Records on a private animal cannot be made public.
3. Health and care types, such as Vaccination, also offer Add cost to keep the bill with the record in Money.
4. Choose Save Record, or Save & Add Another to keep going. With several animals picked, the button counts them, such as Save for 3 animals.

The new entry appears in Record history. To fix it later, open its three-dot menu and choose Edit.

Gave the same medication, vaccine, routine care or procedure to another animal of that species in the last 30 minutes? After you save, Creatures asks Same for the others? Choose All 4 remaining, a group, or Pick. The form opens with those animals selected, and nothing saves until you save it. To log the same thing for a whole group, see Apply records and track activity for a group.

Start from a document

On the picker, choose Use a document or Take a photo for registration, pedigree, vet or lab papers. On a form, open Create a draft record from a file instead. Add the file, choose Create draft, check the draft and any warnings, then choose Fill editable form.

If Creatures can't read the file, it stays on the record, with Make public off, so you can type the rest. Choose Try again to read it again.

A draft is not a saved record until you save the form. For a stack of past records, use Importing records.

Related information

• The animal records tab
• Quick capture: turn a note into records
• Vaccinations, treatments and vet visits
• Identification and registration papers

Updated on: 06/11/2026