An animal's death and archiving
When your companion passes away, or when you no longer look after it day to day, there is no need to delete its profile: you can record its death, or archive it so it no longer appears in the app's daily life, while keeping its history.
Getting to the page
- Open the animal's profile (see The animal profile).
- Tap the … button in the action bar.
- Choose Report death.
The same page lets you record the death and archive the animal. These two settings are independent: you can use one, the other or both.
Recording the death
- Turn on My pet died?.
- Enter the Date of death (required).
- Tap Save: you return to the profile.
What changes afterwards:
- the word Deceased appears on the animal's photo, on its profile and in the list;
- birthday notifications and vaccine booster alerts stop;
- "incomplete profile" labels are no longer shown on its card;
- its profile, its journal and its whole history can still be viewed.
Shelter
The animal's status at the shelter changes to "deceased" and an exit record is created. See Exit registers.
Breeder
The death of a kennel animal creates an exit record, visible in Departed animals. See Registers and transfers.
Archiving an animal: "No longer reference this animal in the app"
Archiving sets the animal aside without deleting anything. It is useful for an animal that died a long time ago, an animal given away or sold whose profile you are keeping, or an animal you no longer look after.
- Turn on No longer reference this animal in the app.
- Tap Save.
| Once archived, the animal… | Still available |
|---|---|
| no longer appears on the home page | its profile, accessible from the list of animals |
| is no longer offered in selection lists (calendar, journal, activities, invoices…) | its journal and activities, read-only |
| no longer appears on your website or on your public page | its vaccines, treatments, documents and whole history |
| can no longer receive new journal entries or new activities | the option to re-enable it at any time |
Automatic reminders (birthday, vaccines) are no longer sent for an archived animal. On its profile, a banner says "This animal is archived — content creation is disabled".
Re-enabling an archived animal
Open its profile from the list of animals and tap the "This animal is archived" banner (or go through the … menu then Report death). Turn off No longer reference this animal in the app and tap Save: everything goes back to how it was.
Death, archiving or deletion?
| Situation | What to do |
|---|---|
| Your animal has died | Record the death, and archive it if you no longer want to see it in the lists. |
| You no longer look after the animal but want to keep its history | Archive it. |
| The animal is changing owner | Hand it over with its health record (see Documents and health record). |
| The profile was created by mistake (duplicate, test) | Delete it from the edit screen (see Adding and editing an animal). |
Departed animals (Breeder and Shelter)
When an animal leaves your organisation (sale, adoption, transfer to another organisation or death), an exit record keeps its information, even if its new owner removes your access to its profile. To find it: Pets button in the button bar, then the … menu in the action bar and Departed animals.
The list can be filtered by year, by type of exit (Adopted or Sold, Transferred, Deceased) and by searching for the animal's or owner's name. For details of the exit record, see Exit registers (shelter) or Registers and transfers (breeder).
Lost animal?
If your animal has gone missing, record neither death nor archiving: use Lost pet in the same … menu. See Lost animal.