Fields that fit one timeline entry
Tag each entry: intake as percent of baseline, stool tier (formed / soft / watery works), demeanor tier, weight on the same scale and clock. Prefix titles with blend day, e.g., “Transition D3: 75% new.”
Log emesis vs regurgitation, blood, frequency, and last meal time—high-yield details for clinicians.
Tuning the seven-day ramp
Stretch each 25% step to four days when history suggests sensitivity. Puppies, pregnancy, lactation, or post-op—follow your vet; here we focus on auditable logging.
Two soft stools or one watery stool at a step: roll back one step for 48h before retrying—don’t stack fixes that hide signals. Rollbacks are data.
Reading weight with water intake
Weight dips aren’t always food rejection—dehydration, stress, or exercise shift scales. Track coarse water intake and urination frequency alongside.
Cats: count clumps; dogs: count outings. Trend needs three consistent days more than milliliter precision.
When to call without debating
Bloody diarrhea, vomiting beyond 24h, pain postures, anorexia over a day (cats especially), fever with lethargy—vet first, templates second.
If signs predated the swap, label entries “ongoing issue + diet change” to avoid false attribution.
Household alignment
One person photographs portions; another adds text notes—prevents double entries and mixed units. Pin a shared stool vocabulary at the memo top.
Therapeutic diets follow your veterinarian; this page does not prescribe formulas or brand swaps.