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How do I export my pet's health history?

Open your pet's ⋯ menu and tap Export history. You get a PDF of the whole history, or a ZIP with the PDF, every file in its original form, and the data as JSON and CSV.

Updated November 7, 2026

  1. Open your pet, tap ⋯ and choose Export history.
  2. Under Format, pick PDF or ZIP with files.
  3. Under Range, pick all of the history, Last year or Custom dates.
  4. Under Entry types, keep All types or pick some.
  5. Choose Include files, the Language and the Weight unit.
  6. Tap Export PDF or Export ZIP (on a computer, Export and download).
  7. When "Luna’s history is ready" shows, tap Share or save in the iPhone or Android app, or Download in the browser.

Above the button, VetVitae shows how many entries the export has and about how big it will be.

What is in the PDF?

The PDF opens with a summary, then the whole timeline, oldest first.

  1. Your pet's header: photo, name, species, age and birth date, microchip and owner.
  2. The summary: latest weight, usual vet and what the export covers.
  3. Alerts: allergies, chronic conditions, severe vaccine reactions, positive or inconclusive tests, and the weight loss warning.
  4. Foods, likes that matter like fears, identification, insurance and the care team.
  5. The vaccination card, current medicines and foods, known test results and the weight chart.
  6. For reptiles, the enclosure. For fish, the latest water test.
  7. The timeline: every entry with its date, every field, notes, costs, photo thumbnails, file names, and what it came from or led to.

Moments from the album are in the timeline as text, without their photos. Every page has your pet's name and page numbers. The PDF reads well in black and white, so it prints on any printer. Entry types only filters the timeline: the summary is always in the PDF.

What is in the ZIP?

The ZIP has everything, ready to keep or move to another app.

  • The same PDF.
  • A files folder with one folder per entry, named by date, type and title, with each file in its original form.
  • data.json, every entry with all its fields.
  • entries.csv, one row per entry (date, type, title, status, notes, cost, files), for a spreadsheet or another app.

Turn Include files off for a ZIP with only the PDF and the data. In a PDF export, Include files adds photos as thumbnails and other files by name.

Can I keep using the app while it exports?

Yes. While VetVitae puts the history together, tap Keep going in the background. A small bar shows the progress on every screen, and Open brings the export back. Stop export cancels it.

In the iPhone and Android apps, you get a notification when the export is ready, even if you left the app. In the browser, the bar shows when it's done. The result also shows at the top of the notifications, under Export, until you open it.

Only one export runs at a time. Starting another asks whether to stop the one running.

How long is a finished export kept?

24 hours, on your phone or in your browser. Exports are not stored on VetVitae's servers. After 24 hours, the export says "This export has expired" and offers Export again. Tapping Done, starting another export or signing out also clears it.

How do I share a single entry?

Open the entry, tap ⋯ and choose Share as PDF. You get a one-page PDF of that entry, in the app's language and your weight unit. In the iPhone and Android apps, the share sheet opens with the PDF and the entry's files. In the browser, the PDF downloads, with the files listed by name.

Share as PDF is on vet visits, exams, tests, medicines, vaccines, deworming, care entries and water tests.

How do I download only the vaccination card?

  1. Open your pet and tap Vaccine card under Quick actions, or open Vaccines and tap Print or share.
  2. Tap Download PDF.

The card lists every vaccine with its date, manufacturer, sticker, vet and revaccination date. See vaccines.

What to know

  • Export is per pet. It works for remembered pets too.
  • Owners and co-owners can export. People who only view a pet can't.
  • Export needs a connection. A ZIP with videos can be large: above 200 MB, VetVitae suggests Wi-Fi.
  • A ZIP holds up to 2,000 files and 3.5 GB.

Questions

Can I export every pet at once?

No. Each pet exports on its own, from its ⋯ menu, with Export history. For a full copy of your account, with every pet, your contacts and your profile in one file, write to contact@vetvitae.com and a person sends it to you.

Why is my ZIP so big?

Usually because of videos. Observations can have videos up to 50 MB each, and the ZIP keeps every file in its original form. VetVitae shows the size before you start and suggests Wi-Fi above 200 MB. To make it smaller, pick a shorter Range, fewer Entry types, or turn Include files off.

What if the export stops halfway?

Nothing is lost. "The export didn't finish" shows why, usually the connection dropping while files were being added. Tap Try again to run it again with the same options, or Back to options to change them, for example to export without files.

Can I move my pet's data to another app?

Yes. Export a ZIP: it has entries.csv, which opens in any spreadsheet, and data.json with every field of every entry, plus all the files. Both are there so your pet's history is never stuck in VetVitae.

Can someone who only views my pet export it?

No. Only the owner and co-owners can export, because an export takes the whole history, costs included, out of the app. To show the history to someone without giving them a file, send a vet link instead. It's read only, leaves costs out and stops when you revoke it.

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