Prepare your pet’s health history

AAHA’s feline life-stage guidance specifically covers prior care, diet, and medication or supplement details for cats. Its emergency-planning guidance separately supports keeping identification, medical conditions, medication instructions, and veterinary contacts current for pets generally.

• Identification, a recent photo, and a birth date or honest age estimate.
• Usual diet, appetite, water intake, activity, behavior, and bathroom habits.
• Current clinic, emergency clinic, and any specialists involved in care.
• Current medications and supplements copied from the label or clinic instructions.
• Known allergies or reactions exactly as shown in official records.

Sources for this section: American Animal Hospital Association; American Animal Hospital Association

This owner record makes the source of each fact clear and keeps the recent change separate from Luna’s usual routine.

Use the fields that apply to your pet. Keep the original clinic documents attached instead of rewriting them from memory.

PET PROFILE
Name:
Species:
Breed if known:
Birth date or estimated age:
Sex:
Recent photo date:

USUAL BASELINE
Diet and feeding routine:
Appetite and water intake:
Activity and behavior:
Bathroom habits:

CURRENT CARE
Primary clinic:
Emergency clinic:
Medications and supplements:
Known allergies or reactions:

PAST CARE
Procedures or hospital stays:
Important tests or diagnoses from clinic records:
Vaccination or preventive-care records:

RECENT CHANGES
What changed:
First noticed:
How often:
Source and date:
Related record or photo:

• Date owner observations so a future reader knows when they were current.
• Name the clinic and date for information copied from an official record.
• Keep the original test result, certificate, or discharge instruction attached.
• Do not add an interpretation that is not present in the source record.