Co-owners and team members: sharing access to an animal

To share one animal with a partner or helper, select the pencil beside Team on its profile, choose Add member, pick a role and send the invite. Their access starts when they accept.

These roles cover only this animal. They don't make anyone a member of your farm or organization.

Choose a role

• Owner: controls everything, including who else is a co-owner. Ownership itself changes only through a transfer.
• Co-owner: edits the profile and records, can transfer ownership and change the species, and can add or remove Team members. A co-owner can't change the owner or other co-owners.
• Team: sees private records, adds photos and records, and checks off care. Team members can't edit the main profile details or manage people.

Choose the least access the person needs. A co-owner can transfer the animal to someone else, so save that role for real partners.

If an organization owns the animal, its owners and co-owners manage this list the same way.

Invite someone

On the animal's profile, find the Team panel and select the pencil (Edit team). On a phone or smaller screen, select About under the animal's name if you don't see it.

1. Select Add member.
2. Under Role, choose Co-owner or Team. Co-owners can only add Team members. You may also see Care Helper, for someone who only checks off feeding and daily care on Today, for all your animals. Choosing it shows a Who can help button instead of the member search. See Get help with daily care.
3. Under Member, search for the person or organization, then select Send invite.
4. Not on Creatures yet? Choose Invite by email or Invite by text, add their details and select Send invite. For a text, check the box that confirms they agreed to be texted.

Creatures says "Invitation sent. Access begins when they accept." The person can accept or decline the invitation. Invites still waiting show under Pending invitations, where you can Cancel them.

One exception: adding an organization you own or co-own gives it access right away.

Change or remove access

Select the pencil again to open the people list for the animal. Each person has their own role choice, Save and Remove. Open How they have access under a name to see what they can do.

Co-owners see Only the owner can change this on the owner and co-owner rows. They can still change or remove Team members.

Access Creatures adds for you

• Previous owner (care access): after a transfer, the previous owner can still read private records and add photos and records. Only they can end it, from the animal's More animal actions menu. The owner can't remove that row for now, but can switch it to Team or Co-owner, which sends an invitation. After a sale on the Creatures marketplace, this access ends when the sale is delivered or refunded.
• Boarding providers: a boarding provider has access while an active boarding subscription covers the animal. Creatures manages this for you.

To leave access someone gave you, go to Settings > My access. Animal access doesn't change who can see the profile. For that, see Public, private, and reference animals.

Related information

• Seeing and leaving the accounts you can access
• Transferring an animal to its new owner
• Get help with daily care: invite a care helper
• Public, private, and reference animals

Updated on: 29/10/2026