# Cats

Source: https://docs.gdc-world.net/cats-health/cats/

## The cat list

Every weighing, vomiting incident, document and medication belongs to a cat, so the cats are the first thing to set up. **Cats** is at the top of the menu and lists every cat in your household, one card each.

*[Image: The cat list with the cards for Mimi, Felix and Luna, who has died]*

Each card shows the cat's picture and name, and below the name what is known about it: breed, gender, whether it is neutered, and its age. A cat that has died also says **Deceased**.

- Tap a card to open the cat's [profile](https://docs.gdc-world.net/cats-health/cats/#profile).
- Tap **New cat** at the top right to add a cat (see [Add or edit a cat](https://docs.gdc-world.net/cats-health/cats/#form)).

As long as no cat exists, the page says so and invites you to add your first one. Screens such as [Weight](https://cat.gdc-world.net/weight) and [Vomit](https://cat.gdc-world.net/vomit) only work once there is at least one cat.

## The profile

The profile collects everything about one cat on one page: its details, its registration numbers, and a summary of what has been recorded for it.

*[Image: Mimi's profile with photo, profile details, registration and records]*

At the top you see the cat's picture, name and breed, with the buttons for the [photo](https://docs.gdc-world.net/cats-health/cats/#photo). Below that:

- **Profile**: **Gender**, **Neutered / spayed**, **Date of birth**, **Age**, **Breed**, **Fur colour**, **Eye colour** and **Status**. The age is worked out from the date of birth, in years and months. A field you have not filled in shows a dash.
- **Registration**: the microchip and TASSO details (see [Registration](https://docs.gdc-world.net/cats-health/cats/#registration)).
- **Records**: a summary of what is on file for this cat.

The tiles under **Records** are also shortcuts. Each one opens the matching page already filtered to this cat, so you see only this cat's entries:

- **Latest weight**, with the date of that weighing, opens [Weight](https://cat.gdc-world.net/weight).
- **Vomiting incidents** (how many are recorded) opens [Vomit](https://cat.gdc-world.net/vomit).
- **Documents** (how many) opens [Documents](https://cat.gdc-world.net/documents).
- **Medication** (how many drug plans are running, marked **active**) opens the drug plans.
- **Next vaccination** (the next renewal date and its status, such as due soon) opens the vaccinations.

To change the details, tap **Edit profile** at the top right. The arrow at the top left takes you back to the cat list.

## Profile photo

The photo is the cat's picture everywhere in the app: in the cat list, on the cat cards of Weight, Vomit and Documents, on the profile, and in the banner for a due medication. A face is quicker to recognise than a name, especially on a shared kitchen tablet.

Until a cat has a photo, its picture shows the first letters of its name on a coloured square. That colour is the cat's own colour, the same as its line on the weight chart.

To add or change the photo:

1. Open the cat's profile.
2. Tap **Add photo** (or **Change photo** if it already has one).
3. Choose a picture or take one with the camera.

The photo is saved straight away; there is nothing else to save. You see **Uploading…** on the button while it is sent, then **Photo saved**. Large pictures are made smaller automatically. If you see **This image could not be read. Try a JPEG or PNG.**, the device could not open that file; pick a different picture.

To remove the photo, tap **Remove photo** and confirm. Only the photo is deleted; the profile stays as it is, and the initials come back.

## Registration

The **Registration** section keeps the numbers you need when a cat goes missing or the vet asks for them, so they are always at hand.

- **Microchipped**: whether the cat has a microchip. When it does, **Transponder no.** holds the chip's number.
- **Registered with TASSO**: whether the cat is registered with TASSO, the pet registry. When it is, **TASSO ID** holds the registration number.

You fill these in on the edit page (see [Add or edit a cat](https://docs.gdc-world.net/cats-health/cats/#form)). The number fields only appear once the matching switch is on. If you switch one off and save, its number is removed as well. On the profile the numbers are shown in an evenly spaced font, so they are easy to read out digit by digit.

## Status and date of death

When a cat dies, you don't have to delete it. Set its status to **Deceased** instead: its whole history stays, but it no longer gets in the way of everyday entries.

*[Image: Luna's profile with the mourning ribbon on her photo, status Deceased and date of death]*

To mark a cat as deceased:

1. Open its profile and tap **Edit profile**.
2. Set **Status** to **Deceased**.
3. Enter the **Date of death** if you know it. It is optional.
4. Tap **Save changes**.

What changes for a deceased cat:

- Its picture carries a black mourning ribbon, and it is marked **Deceased** in the list and on the profile.
- Instead of **Age**, the profile shows **Age at death**, counted from the date of birth to the date of death. Without a date of death the age shows a dash.
- It gets no card in the cat filter on Weight, Vomit and Documents. Its entries are still there under **All cats**. If you open one of its record tiles on the profile, the page opens filtered to it and shows its card.
- It can't be chosen for new entries, such as a new weighing or incident. Existing entries can still be corrected.
- Its weighings and incidents stay on the analytics pages.

The date of death can't be in the future or before the date of birth. If a cat was marked deceased by mistake, set the status back to **Alive**.

## Add or edit a cat

The same page is used to add a new cat and to change an existing one.

*[Image: The edit page for Mimi with all profile and registration fields]*

To add a cat:

1. Open **Cats** and tap **New cat**.
2. Enter the **Name**. It is the only required field.
3. Fill in whatever else you know (see below). You can add the rest later.
4. Tap **New cat** at the bottom of the form.

The cat's profile then opens, and you can [add a photo](https://docs.gdc-world.net/cats-health/cats/#photo) there.

To change a cat, open its profile, tap **Edit profile**, make your changes and tap **Save changes**. **Cancel** leaves without saving.

The fields:

- **Name**: required.
- **Gender**: **Female**, **Male** or **Not set**.
- **Date of birth**: used to work out the age. It can't be in the future.
- **Neutered / spayed**: a switch.
- **Breed**, **Fur colour**, **Eye colour**: free text, for example "European Shorthair", "Black and white", "Green".
- **Status**: **Alive** or **Deceased**. For a deceased cat, **Date of death** appears (see [Status and date of death](https://docs.gdc-world.net/cats-health/cats/#status)).
- Under **Registration**: **Microchipped** with **Transponder no.**, and **Registered with TASSO** with **TASSO ID** (see [Registration](https://docs.gdc-world.net/cats-health/cats/#registration)).

To clear a field, empty it (or choose **Not set** for the gender) and save. Renaming a cat is safe: all its entries stay with it.

## Delete a cat

Deleting removes a cat and everything recorded for it, for good. If a cat has died, it is usually better to set it to [Deceased](https://docs.gdc-world.net/cats-health/cats/#status), which keeps its history.

To delete a cat:

1. Open its profile.
2. Tap **Delete cat** at the bottom of the page.
3. Read the confirmation and tap **Delete**.

Together with the cat, the app deletes:

- all of its weighings and vomiting incidents,
- all of its documents, including the attached files,
- its portions in the feeding log (a meal entry that was only for this cat is removed completely),
- its medication plans with the doses recorded under them, and its vaccinations.

This can't be undone. A household always needs at least one cat, so the last cat can't be deleted; the app tells you so instead.