Cats

The Cats page (/admin/animals (/admin/animals in your admin)) is where you manage every cat — queens, studs, and retired cats. Each card shows the cat's name, primary photo, and public/hidden state.

Required fields

Just two:

• Name
• Sex (female / male)

Everything else can be added later, or never. We deliberately don't lock you out for missing data.

Optional fields

• Registered name — show name. Italicized on the public profile.
• Breed, color, DOB
• Registration number — TICA #abc123 etc.
• Status — Active / Retired / Deceased. Retired shows on the Retired filter; Deceased shows under "In memory" with a softened tone.
• Titles — free text. ("CH, GC, etc.")
• Sire / Dam name — free text. Not linked to other cats — these are just labels for the public profile.
• Notes — rich text, public on the profile.

Photos

Each cat has its own gallery. The first photo (sortOrder 0) is the public profile cover. Drag to reorder. Photos have alt text — fill it in if you care about accessibility (we strongly recommend it).

Health records

The Health records section on a cat's edit page lets you upload PDFs (HCM, PKD, etc.). Mark each one public to show it on the cat's public profile under a DNA Verified badge. The badge is auto-derived — set when at least one record is public.

The public/private toggle

At the bottom of the form: Make this cat public. Off by default. Public cats:

• appear in the Featured Cats strip on your home page
• show in the Our Cats listing
• get their own profile page at /our-cats/[slug]

A private cat is fully hidden — no profile page, no listing card.

Slugs

The public URL slug auto-derives from the cat's name. Renaming a cat updates the slug; old URLs 301-redirect, so links you've shared keep working.