Recording a breeding

Record a breeding to track its expected date, progress, and eventual birth or hatch together. Start from the dam, the mother or animal carrying the pregnancy.

Start the record

1. Open the dam and choose Add record.
2. Choose Breeding & Reproduction. If it is not in the short menu, choose Browse all to find it.
3. Choose what happened under Reproductive Category, enter the actual event Date, and add a useful Description.

Check who can see the record

For a public animal, a new reproductive record normally starts with Make public selected. Your account's privacy default may instead preselect it as private, and a private animal cannot have public records. Review this choice before saving rather than assuming the record is private.

Clear Make public if the record includes private planning or personal details. Sharing selected progress with reserved buyers is a separate choice, not a way to make the breeding record public.

Track the cycle

1. Turn on Track as breeding cycle.
2. Choose the Service method that matches what happened.
3. Under Sire, the father, search for a Creatures animal or type an off-platform name.
4. Enter Service start. Add Service end when the dam was exposed over several days.
5. Check the expected date preview, then choose Save Record.

Use a single date for a known mating, insemination, or transfer. Use a start and end date for an exposure period; Creatures widens the likely window to reflect that uncertainty. If you already know the expected date from your veterinarian, use Projected date override instead of changing the service date to make the dates fit.

For egg-laying animals, complete Clutch size and Incubation start when shown.

You can link a sire immediately when you have permission to manage its ownership, or when it is an unclaimed reference profile, a profile with no owner yet. Otherwise, its owner must approve the link. Permission to add records alone does not remove that approval step. An off-platform name is a note, not a linked profile.

After saving, open the record to check the sire. An available, linked sire appears as a profile link with its name and picture. A plain-text name does not, by itself, confirm a profile link.

After saving, the dam's Breeding tab shows the active cycle, likely window, milestones, and next actions. If you only want to save a reproductive note and do not want pregnancy tracking, leave Track as breeding cycle off.

Next: Track pregnancy and progress or estimate dates first with the gestation calculator.

Updated on: 03/09/2026