How do I track my pet's weight?

1. Open your pet and tap Weight.
2. Tap Log weight.
3. Type the Weight. The unit is fixed in the field, so you only type the number.
4. Pick where it was Weighed: At home or At the vet.
5. Add a Note if it helps, like "After breakfast".
6. Tap Save weight.

You can also tap Log weight on Home. With more than one pet, it asks which one first.

What do the latest weight and the chart show?

The top of Weight shows the latest weight, the change since the one before, and one line about the target: "In the target range", or how far above or below it is. Weights from the vet are drawn as solid dots and weights from home as hollow ones.

• Pick the period: 6m, 1y (the default) or All.
• When your pet has weigh-ins from both places, pick Both, Home or Vet to compare like with like. The list below follows the same choice.
• The chart needs two weigh-ins in the period to show a trend.

Under History, every weigh-in is listed newest first, with the change from the one before, its note and where it was weighed.

How do I set a target range?

The target range is set on your pet's profile. Tap Edit, and under Health fill in Target weight range, the lowest and the highest weight your vet is happy with. The chart shows it as a band. A weight outside it shows a warning on the weigh-in and on the profile, and nothing is blocked.

How do I switch between kg and lb?

Use the kg | lb switch at the top of Weight. The choice is saved on your account, so it follows you to any device. Every weight is stored once and shown in your unit, so switching never changes a value. Each person who shares your pet can use their own unit.

What is the body condition score?

The body condition score is a 1 to 9 scale vets use to say whether a cat or dog is too thin, ideal or too heavy, from Emaciated to Severely obese, with 4 and 5 as ideal. It is optional on each weigh-in, under Body condition. Drag to score, or leave it empty. The latest score shows next to the latest weight.

Why is my pet weighed in grams?

Birds, small mammals, reptiles and fish are weighed in whole grams, with no kg | lb switch. Vets who see these animals weigh and dose them in grams, and one unit fits a 30 g mouse and a 3 kg rabbit alike. Other animals, like a mini pig, keep your kg or lb.

Birds have a Keel score from 1 to 5 instead of the body condition score: feel the breastbone in the middle of the chest, and 3 is ideal. See birds.

What is the weight loss warning?

For birds, small mammals and reptiles, VetVitae warns you when a weigh-in is 10% or more below the highest one in the last 30 days, or the last 3 months for reptiles. It reads, for example, "Down 11% since 21 Sep.", with a line on why it matters for that kind of animal. The warning shows on the weigh-in, on the Overview and on the page your vet sees, and the chart shades the period it looks at.

The warning goes away when a weigh-in comes back within 10%. You can always save, and nothing is blocked. For a reptile that laid eggs in that period, there is no warning, because females lose weight when they lay.

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