The animal records tab

Every animal on Creatures has a Records tab on its profile. It is the animal's permanent health and care history: vaccinations, medications, exams, weights, registrations, reminders, and more. Because an animal keeps one profile for its whole life, those records stay with it, even when it changes hands.

What you can keep, and what each family is for

Records are grouped into families so the right fields show for what you are logging. Knowing the family tells you what a record is meant to capture:

• Health: vaccination, medication, examination, surgery, and test result. The medical history a vet or buyer would ask for.
• Care and growth: routine care (hoof trims, grooming, deworming) and physical measurements (weight, height, body condition). The everyday husbandry and how the animal develops over time.
• Breeding: reproductive events, which tie into the breeding tools. See Recording a breeding.
• Identity and papers: registration, pedigree, and certification. The documents that prove who the animal is and what it has earned.
• Planning: reminders for upcoming care.

What is on the tab

• Add Record opens the record type picker. See Adding a record.
• Import records brings in existing records from a spreadsheet, a vet PDF, or a photo. See Importing records. If you are moving an entire herd onto Creatures, you can also import your animals in bulk first.
• Care plans are reusable schedules that generate reminders automatically. See Care plans.
• Upcoming care lists what is due soon so nothing slips. See Reminders and upcoming care.
• Record history is the timeline of everything logged, newest first.

Each record on the timeline carries small badges that tell you where it came from and who can see it: a type icon and label, a date, a Private badge when it is not public, and source badges like Care plan, Group, or Imported when the record was created that way rather than logged directly. Owners and managers also see Edit and delete controls on each record.

Who can see records, and what that means

Each record is either public or private, and the default depends on its type:

• Public records appear on the animal's profile for anyone who can view the animal. Vaccinations, routine care, measurements, and papers default to public, because they are the things a buyer or follower usually wants to see.
• Private records are visible only to the owner and team members. Medication, examinations, surgery, and test results default to private, because they are sensitive medical detail.

You can flip any record between public and private at any time, so the default is just a starting point, not a rule.

One more implication worth knowing: records belong to the animal, not to you. When ownership transfers, the records go with the animal, so a buyer keeps the full history you built. That is part of what makes a well-documented animal worth more.

When an animal passes, its profile and the history on it remain, and you can create a memorial to remember it. See Creating a memorial for an animal.

Related information

• Adding a record
• Health and medical records
• Care plans

Updated on: 23/06/2026