Vaccinations, treatments and vet visits

Open the animal's Records tab, choose Add record, and pick Vaccination, Medication, Examination, Test Result or Procedure. If the animal is sick or hurt right now, start with Sick or injured instead (see When an animal is sick or injured).

Don't see the type you need? Choose the last item in the menu. It starts with Browse all, such as Browse all 17 record types. Every health record is listed under Health.

Pick the right record

• Vaccination: enter the Vaccine Name and Date Administered.
• Medication: enter the Medication, Dosage, Route and Date Administered. As you type, Creatures suggests medicines you have used before. A button such as Use last: 3 mL · Subcutaneous fills in the dose and route you gave last time.
• Examination: choose an Examination Type, such as a routine check-up or a pregnancy check. Add the Veterinarian under Expand extra fields.
• Test Result: choose a Test Category and Test Subtype, then enter the Date of Report and Result / status. For a result you must renew, like a Coggins test, open Expand extra fields and add an Expiration Date. Creatures adds a Retest due reminder for that date.
• Procedure: enter the Procedure name. Category (optional) covers surgery, wound care, dental and reproductive work, orthopedic support and therapy. Performed by and Facility are under Expand extra fields. Procedure replaces the old Surgery record.

Add the vet's report or lab sheet under Files.

Set a follow-up reminder

Vaccination, Medication, Examination and Procedure each have a Follow-up Date. Enter the day of the booster, next dose or recheck. When you save, Creatures creates a reminder for that day. Routine Care records have one too, called Next visit.

To find and check off the reminder later, see Reminders and upcoming care.

Record withdrawal times

1. On the Medication form, choose Expand extra fields.
2. Enter the days from the label in Meat (days), Milk (days) or Eggs (days). Use All products (days) when the label gives one period for everything.
3. If you like, copy the label wording into Withdrawal Time. This is only a note. It does not set a date.

Creatures counts each clear date from the Date Administered. For example, a milk period of 4 days for a shot given on October 12 is clear on October 16. Take the days from the product label or your vet. Creatures does not choose them for you.

What happens next

While a milk hold is on, the Milking page shows Milk hold until the clear date and suggests Discard for that animal's milk.

The animal's Care schedule on its Records tab also gets a reminder for each clear date. It reads Clear for milk, Clear for meat, Clear for eggs or Clear for all products.

Keep a treatment with an illness

A health concern is a private folder that keeps the checks and treatments for one illness or injury together. If the animal has an open one, the form shows Part of a health concern (optional). Choose Add to: and the concern's name to file this record with it. If there is more than one, pick it under Choose a concern.

Check privacy and save

Medication, Examination, Test Result and Procedure records start private. Vaccination starts public, unless your privacy settings make new records private. If you kept your last vaccination private, the next one starts private too, and the form says Private, like the last vaccination you saved. Turn Make public on or off to choose who sees the record. Files follow the same choice. A private animal's records always stay private.

When everything looks right, choose Save Record.

Related information

• When an animal is sick or injured
• Adding a record
• Reminders and upcoming care
• Log milk and read your Milk records

Updated on: 31/10/2026