Health and medical records
Health and medical records
The health record types capture an animal's medical history in structured fields, so the detail stays useful and searchable rather than buried in a note. As a group, medical detail defaults to private (visible only to you and your team), which you can change per record. Whatever you mark public surfaces on the animal's profile, where buyers and followers look.
Vaccination
Two fields are required: the vaccine name and the date administered. Everything else is optional, and each optional field has a purpose:
- Follow-up date: when the next dose or booster is due. Setting it creates a reminder automatically, so the booster shows up in Upcoming care without you tracking it by hand.
- Expiration date: the vaccine's own expiry, useful if you keep stock.
- Manufacturer, Lot number, Serial number: traceability detail that matters for recalls and for buyers who want provenance.
- Administered by: the vet, clinic, or person who gave it.
- Route and Injection site: how and where it was given (for example subcutaneous, left flank).
- Location and Notes: free text for anything else.
Vaccinations default to public, since they are often what a buyer wants to confirm.
Medication
Record the medication, the date, and the dosage. For food animals, the withdrawal fields are the important part:
- Withdrawal period and Withdrawal applies to (meat, milk, or eggs): Creatures uses these to compute and track the date the product is safe to use or sell. The implication: you get a clear "clear by" date instead of doing the math yourself, which protects you and your buyers.
- A follow-up date here creates a reminder for the next dose, the same way vaccinations do.
Medications default to private, since dosing detail is sensitive.
Examination and surgery
Use examination for vet visits and physical exams (findings, the vet or clinic, and an optional follow-up date), and surgery for procedures and recovery notes. Both default to private. A follow-up date on either one creates a reminder for the recheck.
Test result
Capture genetic, disease, parasite, and other test results. Pick a category and subcategory (for example Genetic, then Coat color or Genetic disorder), record the result, the lab or testing facility, the test date, and when the next test is expected. Structuring it this way means the result is filterable later, not just a line in a note. Test results default to private; flip a clear genetic panel to public when it adds value to a listing.
The two things to remember
- Privacy defaults exist for a reason, but you control them. Medication, examinations, surgery, and test results start private; vaccinations start public. Use the Make public toggle to decide each one.
- Follow-up dates do your reminding for you. Any health record with a follow-up date creates a reminder, so "next booster," "repeat in 14 days," or "recheck in a month" all land in Reminders and upcoming care automatically.
Related information
Updated on: 23/06/2026
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