Kitten First Year Health Record

Who this is for

A kitten's first twelve months written down as they happen. Vet visits and treatments go in the first table with the next date the practice gave you, weighings in the second, and the third is for handling, new rooms, carriers, other animals and everything else a kitten has to get used to.

New kitten owners, fosterers raising a litter to homing age, and anyone who wants the record to go to the next owner rather than staying on a practice computer.

What this helps you track

• Each vet visit in the first year with what was done and the next date given
• Weight at each weighing, in your own unit
• Handling, carriers, rooms and introductions, with how the kitten took them
• When neutering and microchipping were discussed and what was agreed
• A history that travels with the kitten if it is rehomed

How to use it

1. Fill in the kitten's details at the top, including where it came from and the date it arrived.
2. Add a line to the visits table after each appointment: date, age, why you went, what was given or done, and the next date the practice gave you.
3. Weigh the kitten as often as your vet suggests and record each weighing with the unit you use.
4. Use the third table for handling and introductions — the carrier, the car, a nail trim, another cat, a dog, visitors — and write how the kitten reacted.
5. Record the date microchipping and neutering were discussed in the field at the top, with what was agreed.
6. Keep it on paper in the kitten's folder, or online in your own browser.

Formats

• Printable PDF (A4 and US Letter)
• Fillable PDF with form fields
• Fill in online, saved in your browser

The printable is laid out inside a box that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the two files are identical and neither one is scaled. The fillable PDF has real form fields. The online version keeps what you enter in your own browser and builds the completed PDF on your device.

How to print

Download the A4 or US Letter file to match the paper in your printer, open it in a PDF reader and print at 100% — not "fit to page", which shrinks the writing space. Both files leave a 14 mm margin, which clears the unprintable edge on home printers. To print the online version with your entries in it, use the Print this sheet button, which prints only the sheet and none of the page around it. More on printing.

Questions

Does this tell me the vaccination or neutering schedule for a kitten?

No. There is no schedule anywhere on the sheet. Each due date is one your vet gave you, written in the column for it, because timings differ by vaccine, by country and by cat.

How is this different from the cat vaccination record?

This is a wider first-year record covering visits, treatments, weight and settling in. The vaccination record is the ongoing list of what was given and when the next is due, and it suits an adult cat.

Why record handling and introductions?

Because a cat that has been handled, carried and met other animals calmly is easier to treat and to rehome. Dated lines also show a vet or a new owner what the kitten has actually experienced.

The kitten was found rather than bought. What do I write?

Write the date it arrived and the estimated age your vet gave you, and mark the rest unknown. The record starts where your knowledge does.

What do I do with it after a year?

Move the entries onto the cat vaccination record and the vet visit record and keep this sheet with them as the early history.