What does VetVitae show me first?
Home answers what needs you now. For every pet at once, it shows what is planned for today, what is overdue, what is waiting on someone else, and what is coming up, in that order. A group with nothing in it doesn't show, so a quiet day is a short page.
Updated November 2, 2026
Each pet's Overview asks the same questions for that one pet, in more detail.
What do the groups on Home mean?
Each group is a question, and each item answers it. Open a group to see every item, or a pet's line to see only that pet.
- What needs you today? One list for everything today, in time order: medicine doses, routines, vaccines and deworming due today, appointments and repeats like a bath. Late ones sit at the top, a Now line splits the day, and what was already done when you opened Home folds into Done today at the bottom.
- What's overdue? Dates that have passed with nothing logged yet, oldest first. A care repeat with a time, like teeth brushing at 20:00, is overdue once that time passes.
- What are we waiting for? Things that happened and need an answer: an exam or test result, a past appointment asking how it went, a reptile's shed or a bird's molt asking whether it ended.
- What's coming up? The next 7 days. The rest of the month sits under Later this month.
At the top, a lost pet or a water alert for fish shows before everything else. Around the house collects what isn't tied to a day: a medicine running low, insurance ending soon, a birthday or gotcha day.
Each row has a circle: one tap marks a dose given or a routine done, and tapping your own check again undoes it. To skip a dose or change when it was given, long press it (right-click on a computer). The same routine for several pets at the same time is one row with their photos, and one tap checks it off for all of them. Tap the routine's name to see one line per pet and check or uncheck only some. Routines you can do any day of the week, like brushing three times a week, sit under This week. All medicines and All routines open those tabs. See care and routines.
When one of your pet's moments happened on today's date in an earlier year, an On this day card shows its photo. See album.
In December, a card tells you when your pet's year is ready and opens it. See year in review.
What do Done and Skip do on an item?
Done logs it. For a weigh-in or a bath it's logged right away with today's date. For a vaccine or a medicine it opens the form already filled in, because those need a few details.
Skip closes it without logging, with an optional reason. A skipped item leaves Home and stays in the history.
When the same treatment is due for two pets in the same week, like a flea treatment, Home shows it once, and Done for both logs it for each.
Why does a pet show a number?
The number counts what is overdue for that pet, plus doses that are late or missed today. It goes away as you log them.
Two things never add to it:
- Routines, like walks or brushing. A missed walk isn't a health problem, so a late routine shows under Late in today's list but never adds to the number.
- Anything waiting on a result. You can't make a lab go faster.
What is a pet's Overview?
The Overview is the first section of a pet's profile. It shows the same groups as Home for that pet only, and then:
- Routines today: this pet's routines due today, and the house routines it's on.
- Next up: the next date of everything that repeats, even months away, like the next vaccine, the next deworming or the next birthday.
- Health at a glance: the latest weight and its trend, current medicines, known test results, surgeries, spayed or neutered, and the microchip. Each opens its section.
- What your pet eats, with Open Day to day.
- Care team: the usual vet and groomer, with a button to call.
- Recent: the last things logged, and See timeline.
- Quick actions: Log weight, Give a dose, Book a visit, Share with a vet and Download vaccine card, depending on the pet.
What are the suggestions on a pet's Overview?
They point out something missing that helps later, one at a time: no weight in the last 90 days, no primary vet, no microchip, no vaccines, or no tag. Each has a button to fill it in, and Dismiss hides it for that pet on this device.
Other animals get suggestions of their own. Fish get "No water test in the last 14 days", and birds in an outdoor aviary get "No deworming in the last 6 months".
How do I find something from months ago?
Open the pet's Timeline. Every entry is there, newest first and grouped by month, with what is planned ahead at the top.
- Open the pet and tap Timeline.
- Type in Search titles, notes, products, for a vaccine brand, a medicine or a word from your notes.
- Narrow it with the type filter (All types) and the status filter (Any status).
- Tap an entry to open it.
The type filter is remembered on this device. Clear filters shows everything again.
What to know
- Overdue, due soon, late and missed are worked out from the dates each time, so changing a date fixes them at once.
- Cancelled entries never show on Home. They stay in the Timeline with their status, because "the surgery was cancelled" is history too.
- Pets that passed away or were rehomed don't show on Home. A lost pet stays, with its alert first.
- Routine checks don't show in the Timeline. They have their own history in Care.
Questions
Why did an item leave Home?
An item leaves Home when it is logged, skipped, or its date changes. Doses and routines done today stay until the end of the day, so everyone who shares the pet sees they were done and by whom: muted in place while Home is open, then under Done today at the bottom of the list. Cancelled entries leave Home and stay in the Timeline.
Does a missed routine make my pet overdue?
No. Routines, like walks, brushing or the litter box, never add to a pet's overdue count. You check them off in What needs you today? on Home, in the Routines tab or in the pet's Care section. Only health items, like a vaccine past its date or a missed dose, count as overdue. See care and routines.
Why doesn't a waiting exam count as overdue?
An exam waiting on its result is under What are we waiting for?, not overdue, because the next step is the lab's. It shows the day the result is expected, and turns late if that day passes. Once you add the result or attach the report, it leaves Home. See exams and tests.
Can I see every pet's doses together?
Yes. Home lists today's doses for every pet in time order, with the routines and the rest of the day, the late ones first. For the whole week, open Medicines in the main menu, which lists every pet's courses with a pet filter. See medicines.
Why is my new pet's Overview almost empty?
A new pet has nothing logged yet, so the Overview shows a way into the first entry and the suggestions instead of empty boxes. It fills in as you log a vaccine, a weight or a visit. A photo of the vaccine card is a good start.
Can I hide a suggestion for good?
Yes. Dismiss hides that suggestion for that pet on this device, and the next one shows instead. Each pet's suggestions are dismissed on their own. On another phone or browser, the suggestion still shows until you dismiss it there too.
Still stuck?
Write to contact@vetvitae.com. A person answers.
VetVitae is a record, not medical advice. Ask your vet about doses and schedules.