Crestimates
What is a Crestimate?
A Crestimate is an automated, data-driven estimate of an animal's market value that sits on its profile. What it is, what goes into it, how it is made, and what its confidence ratings mean.Few readersHow to generate a Crestimate
Make a Crestimate for one of your animals: the four fields it needs, generating and refreshing, the short wait while it runs, the optional fields that raise confidence, and the daily limits.Few readersShowing a Crestimate and using it for pricing
Turn on a public Crestimate summary and control exactly what buyers see, use the estimate to price a fixed listing or an auction, and understand how a Crestimate can feed your Finance management value.Few readers
Groups
Apply records and track activity for a group
Record once for a whole group, choose same-for-all or per-animal rows, schedule recurring care, and follow Records, Financials, and Activity.Some readersCreate and manage animal groups
Create a group for the way you work, choose its tracking mode and membership rules, and manage records, finances, and activity in one place.Few readersOffer a count group to buyers: applications and reservations
Publish a count group, set its public step, deposit policy, and application fee, screen applications, take deposits held securely, and match buyers.Few readersTrack animals by count with count groups
Track a flock, clutch, litter, or batch by number, follow the expected/born/available breakdown, and split into individual profiles when ready.Few readersManual, smart, and hybrid groups
Decide how animals join an Animal-profiles group: hand-pick them, let rules keep the list current, or both, with every filter explained.Few readers
Records
Health and medical records
Log vaccinations, medications, exams, surgeries, and test results, with every field and privacy default explained.PopularAdding a record
Log any health or care record, choose its type, set its privacy, and log for several animals at once.PopularCare, growth, and identity records
Log routine care, weights and measurements, and papers like registration, pedigree, and certifications.PopularThe animal records tab
Every animal profile has a Records tab that holds its full health and care history, public and private.Some readersImporting records
Bring existing records in from spreadsheets, vet PDFs, or photos, and review what Creatures extracts.Some readers
Animal profiles
Adding an animal to Creatures
Why an animal profile matters, and a walkthrough of the Add-an-animal form: every field, the owned-versus-reference fork, privacy, species and breed, dates, and the guest path.PopularYour animal's profile page: the tabs and what each one does
A tour of the animal profile: the hero, then every tab (Posts, Gallery, Records, Pedigree, History, Finance, Groups, Breeding, Memorial, Reviews), what each shows, and who can see it.PopularCo-owners and team members: sharing access to an animal
The owner, co-owner, and team roles on an animal, exactly what each can and cannot do, and how to add, invite, and change members from the team sheet.Some readersPublic, private, and reference animals
The three kinds of animal profile: public, private, and reference. What each means, who can see it, how to make an animal private, and why a reference animal cannot be made private.Some readersClaiming a reference animal someone created for you
How to claim a reference animal: the instant path when you were invited, the admin-review path when you were not, what claiming changes, and claiming on behalf of an org or as a new user.Few readersPedigree, family, and lineage
How pedigree works on Creatures: sire, dam, and offspring, building the tree on creation or later, the Pedigree tab graph, suggesting a parent, DNA-resolved parents, the public herdbook, and where registrations live.Few readersReference animals: documenting lineage and inviting the owner
Create a reference animal for an ancestor or another breeder's animal, then invite the real owner to claim it: in-app, by email, or by text, with the 14-day reminder, resend limits, and the share link.Few readersTransferring an animal to its new owner
How to hand an animal's profile to its new owner: starting a transfer, inviting them in-app, by email, or by text, the optional details you can record, when a fee applies, how they accept, and exactly what moves.Few readersRemoving an animal from your account
The three ways an animal can leave your account: sold or rehomed (a transfer), passed away (a memorial), or off your account (a public reference). What each option does, and how to remove a reference you added.Few readers
Import
Importing your animals (bring them all in)
Bring your existing animals onto Creatures in bulk instead of typing each one in: what you can upload (spreadsheets, exports, PDFs, photos, even a public website), the file limits, and what happens while Creatures reads your files.Few readersReviewing, editing, and confirming an import
The heart of importing: check and edit each drafted animal, resolve anything flagged for review, catch duplicates, choose where the animals land, then confirm. Nothing is created until you do, and a fresh import is reversible for 72 hours.Few readersImporting from Rabbit15, Cavy15, Goat15, and Poultry15 (the winrbro import)
The dedicated import for breeders coming from Evans Software Solutions herd software. It reads your XML export directly and brings in animals, pedigree, show wins, litters, weights, and production records in one pass, with a few honest caveats.Few readersAdd an animal by importing its pedigree
Add one animal to Creatures from just its pedigree chart. Upload a single pedigree PDF or photo, Creatures drafts the animal and its ancestors, you pick which animal on the chart is yours, then confirm. You can even start before you have an account.Few readers
