Animal Husbandry Overview

MorphMarket has a comprehensive suite of custom-built animal management tools, including Collection Manager, Breeding Plans, Projects, Offspring Groups, Enclosure Labels, and Husbandry and Activity Logs, designed to help you manage husbandry activities and care for your animals in a quick and user-friendly way.

The Husbandry and Activity Log tools allow you to record important activities such as shedding, feeding, weight change, length change, ovulation, pairings, and more. This guide will provide you with a brief overview of the pages and features offered.

Types of Activities

Husbandry Activities

Weight: Record the animal’s weight.
Length: Record the animal’s length.
Feeding: Record feeding events, including type and quantity of food.
Shed: Record shedding events.
Defecation: Record defecation events.
Cleaning: Note cleaning activities.
Water Change: Record water changes.
Humidity: Record humidity measurements.
Medication: Record medication and doses.
Vet Visit: Record veterinary visits.
Handling: Record handling sessions.

Breeding Activities

Brumation: Record brumation periods.
Ovulation: Record ovulation events.
Follicle: Record follicle development.
Pairing: Record pairing attempts.
Lock: Note successful locks.
Copulation: Record copulation events.
Gravid: Record when a female is gravid.
Laid: Record egg-laying events.
Hatched: Record hatching events.
Born: Record birth events.

Available activity types depend on the animal’s category. Some breeding activities are available only for females.

Activities can be added in a variety of ways, including from your Animal Manager, the individual animal edit page, the Husbandry Page, the Activity Log Page, and the Groups/Racks page. For a detailed guide on adding activities, please click here.

Husbandry

The Husbandry page is a central hub for managing and viewing all the latest activities recorded for your animals and offers two views to cater to different user preferences.

Table View: The Table View offers a comprehensive and customizable table that displays your husbandry records in a format similar to the Animal Manager table. This view is ideal for users who need a detailed overview and the ability to customize the display of their records.
- Add, remove, or rearrange columns to suit your needs. Columns include animal details and the latest records for activities such as Weight, Feeding, and Shed.

Card View: The Card View provides a label-style display that offers a quick and easy reference of each animal log. This view is perfect for users who prefer a more visual and concise representation of their husbandry records. Each card shows essential information at a glance, such as the latest activities and key details for each animal.

Individual Animal Husbandry Page

Every animal also has its own Husbandry overview page.

This can be accessed using the tabs at the top of the individual animal's edit page.

This can also be accessed by clicking on the Heart with the Heartbeat icon on the individual animal card.

This page will show you a summary of the most recent activities for that specific animal. You can also add or edit activities here.

Activity Log

The Activity Log view on MorphMarket is a powerful tool for tracking and managing all past activities for your animals. This view allows you to search for specific animals or offspring groups, view their activity histories, and make necessary edits.

Note: To change weight and length units, open Husbandry Settings using the cog icon on desktop. On mobile, open the three-dot menu at the top of the Activity Log and select Husbandry Settings.

The Activity Log view displays a complete record of all activities performed in the past. This view is essential for reviewing the chronological history of individual animals or entire offspring groups, ensuring thorough and accurate husbandry recording. You can search for specific animals or offspring groups, filter by activity type, view their activity histories, and make necessary edits.

This page offers two different view types.

Table View: The table view shows a detailed summary of the activities logged, including the animal photo, activity date, activity type, animal title, activity data, notes, and images.

You can add a new activity of the same type for the same animal by clicking on the "+" icon next to the activity type.

You can also perform actions via the table view in the last column.

Using the "pencil" icon, you can edit the existing activity.
The "trash" icon will delete the activity.
Use "Edit Animal" to open the animal’s edit page. This action is available for activities involving one animal.

Card View: The card view is condensed and optimized for mobile devices. It shows a brief summary of the activity history, including the activity date, the activity type, the animal title, and activity data.

You can add a new activity of the same type for the same animal by clicking on the "+" icon next to the activity type.
Using the kebab icon ⋮ (vertical 3 dots), you can edit and delete activities. You can also access the individual edit animal page.

Individual Animal Activity Log Page

Just like the Husbandry page, every animal has an individual activity log page. This page shows a summary of all activities for that specific animal.

This page can also be accessed by using the tabs at the top of the individual animal's edit page.

Otherwise, you can access it by clicking on the kebab menu ⋮ (vertical 3 dots) next to the specific animal, and selecting "Activity Log" from the menu.

Groups / Racks

The Groups and Racks page enables you to build layouts of your enclosures and racks, assign animals to specific spaces, and apply activities to entire groups in one go. This page helps you visually organize your animal housing and perform tasks more efficiently.

To learn more about using the groups/racks page, click here.

Action Icons

While exploring these pages, you may notice new action icons are available for use on the animal cards.

The Heart with the "+" Sign adds a new activity for that individual animal.

The Heart with the Heartbeat will take you to the individual animal's husbandry overview page.

The Paper with the Heartbeat will take you to the activity log for that specific animal.

Public View & Transfer

You can choose to make some Husbandry activities visible to the public, and you can also elect to have them transfer to a buyer.

These can be enabled via your Seller Profile Settings page.
- To access this page, open your user profile menu.
  - On mobile, this appears when you click your profile photo in the upper right corner (next to the messenger button)
  - On desktop, click on your username.
- Find the "Account Settings" menu option. It will expand. From there, click "Seller Profile."
- Scroll down to the "Ad Settings" section.
- Check or uncheck the boxes based on your preferences. Allow Public Access controls public display on your listings. Transfer Activities separately controls whether eligible activity records are copied when an animal is transferred to a buyer.

Only the following activity types are eligible for public display or transfer:

Weight
Length
Feeding
Shed
Defecation
Cleaning
Water Change
Brumation

Brumation is the only breeding-related activity eligible for public display or transfer. Other breeding activities, Humidity, Medication, Vet Visit, and Handling remain private and do not transfer. Private notes and images are never displayed publicly or transferred.