The four age fields work together to help you display the current age of every animal on the animal's description page and to aggregate like aged animals together into special lists, like kittens, puppies, adults, and so on.

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Birthdate

This field is for the specific date

General Age

The General Age field is the drop down with the common ages like Baby, Young, Adult and Senior.  This field is exported to the adoption listing websites including Adopt-a-Pet.com and Petfinder.

Birthdate and Age selectors

The Birthdate field is a specific date that is saved as the animal's birthday.  If you have the exact birthdate of the animal, you can check the Exact Birthdate checkbox.  However, even if you don't know the animal's exact birthdate, we recommend you estimate the birth date.  You can use the Age fields to enter the month, day, and year of the birth date you choose, to have the tool automatically calculate the Birthdate field.

The date you enter in the Birthdate field is saved and the tool automatically calculates the .  This date can be an estimate, or exact birthdate (see Exact Birthdate field below).  The date you enter is saved and the years/months/days can be calculated for the animal's age and always displays the current age on your website.

Tapping the Select a Date tool, the icon to the right of the Birthdate field, brings up a calendar that you can use to select the animal's birth date.

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Exact Birthdate

Check the Exact Birthdate checkbox if you know that the animal was born on the day you selected.  otherwise, use the Birthdate field for an approximation.  

Age

The Age selectors are a tool for filling out the Birthdate field. They are The Age selectors (years, months, days) can be used to determine the animal's birthdate.  For birth date by selecting the years, months, and days from the drop-down menus.  For example, if you know the animal is 10 days old, select 10 in the Days drop down.  The birthdate will automatically be calculated for you.

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General Age

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Exact Birthdate

General Age selector is a drop-down menu with common ages like Baby, Young, Adult, and Senior.  This field is exported to the adoption listing websites including Adopt-a-Pet.com and Petfinder.  In addition, using your Website Service features, these selectors determine whether an animal is displayed in one of your special lists.  For instance, if you use  Kittens as a special list, then your RescueGroups.org Website Service will automatically display any cats there that you have checked Baby in the General Age list.

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 Select the Exact Birthdate checkbox if you know that the animal was born on the Birthdate selected.  Otherwise, the birthdate might be shown as an estimate.