Coming home after a tooth extraction, the questions are the same every time: did the pain meds go in, is she eating, how many soft-food days are left. PetHealthLog lets you log it day by day - the doses, the meals, how the mouth looks - across the usual ten-to-fourteen-day window, so you stay on the plan and arrive at the recheck with a clear record. Free, no account, works offline.
Start tracking - it's freeA dental extraction is a quick procedure, but the recovery runs over the days that follow at home - typically about ten to fourteen days of soft food, pain relief and watching that your cat is eating and acting like herself. It is in those days, between the surgery and the recheck, that it gets hard to remember whether this morning's dose went in or how much was eaten yesterday.
That detail matters, because appetite is one of the clearest signals of how recovery is going, and a missed pain dose or a refused meal is much easier to spot in a log than in your memory. The vet's instructions usually come as a soft-food period, a pain medication and sometimes an antibiotic - all of which are easier to keep straight written down than held in your head.
PetHealthLog is free, asks for no account and works offline, so each day's doses, meals and notes land in one place. By the recheck, you have the real picture of how the week went instead of a guess.
A recovery log only helps if it is quick to keep and matches the plan your vet gave you. Here is how PetHealthLog handles a dental extraction.
The soft-food window and the medication course both run over a set number of days. A dated log lets you see which day you are on and what is left to do, so the recovery stays clear instead of blurring together.
Mark the soft-food days and note how much your cat is eating each day. A cat that is eating well is a good sign - and if the appetite dips, you have it dated and ready to mention when you call the clinic.
Add the post-op pain relief and any antibiotic, and tick each dose as you give it. A clear record means a missed or doubled dose is obvious, and the medication picture is right there for the next call.
Jot a quick note about drooling, pawing at the mouth or how the gum looks each day. If something seems off, you have the dated detail to describe accurately rather than a vague memory.
Export a clean PDF of the doses, the meals and your notes. At the dental recheck, the conversation starts from a real record of how the days actually went.
The procedure and the medication are your vet's department - but day to day, the recovery usually means wet or softened food, gentle handling and a quiet place to rest. The everyday things owners reach for are appetising wet or pate food that is easy on a sore mouth, a syringe or soft dish for offering food and water, and a calm, warm spot away from other pets while the mouth heals.
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The pain-med dose and the soft-food meal both happen in the thick of a busy day, often before coffee or last thing at night. The last thing that should stand between you and logging either one is a login screen or a dead signal by the food bowl.
PetHealthLog stores everything locally on your device. There is no account to create, nothing is uploaded to a server, and there is no tracking. It opens instantly, lets you mark a dose or note today's meals whether or not you are online, and keeps the data yours. You can export a backup any time and restore it on another phone.
Free, offline, and ready the moment you open it.
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