Start with the current state, not the full history
Current medications, doses, and any active conditions matter most in the first few minutes, before working backward into history. A new vet needs to know what's happening right now more urgently than everything that's happened over the years.
What's genuinely worth including
- Every current medication, exact dose and timing
- Known conditions and roughly when each was diagnosed
- Recent vitals trends, not just the most recent single reading
- Anything currently being monitored or watched
- What's normal for this specific pet, quirks included
Worth doing: bring this written down, or ready to show on a phone, rather than relying on recalling it accurately in the room. It's easy to forget a detail under the mild pressure of a new appointment.
Why "what's normal for this pet" matters as much as medical facts
A vet meeting a pet for the first time has no baseline of their own yet. Telling them "she's always been a bit quieter than most cats" or "his breathing normally runs a little high" prevents a new vet from mistaking a genuine baseline quirk for a new symptom.
The easiest way to cover all of it at once
This is exactly what a Carer's Pack already contains, built for a sitter but just as useful handed straight to a new vet. Halo generates it in one tap, ready before the appointment even starts.