Behind the scenes
A private PWA used by Shelldon's caregivers to log meals, weigh-ins, soaks, photos, vet notes, and travel — so whoever's on tortoise duty always knows what's next.
Forage isn't in the App Store — it's a private tool for Shelldon's caregivers. This page is a tour of what we built and why.
Forage is built around five tabs that match how caregivers actually think about Shelldon — today, this week, the tank, what just happened, and the long arc.
One glanceable card per day. Whoever picks up the phone sees what's been done and what's left — meals, soak, weigh-in, sunshine.
Seven days at a glance. Spot a missed soak or a thin feeding streak before it becomes a pattern.
Temperature, humidity, basking spot, UVB age. Caregivers see the enclosure state without poking at gear.
Tap to log a meal with a photo, mark a soak, or jot a behavior note. Everything backdates if you forget.
Weight curve over months, with healthy-range bands. We catch pyramiding risk and plateaus early.
Beneath the five tabs sit the tools we kept reaching for — plate scanning, vet exports, caregiver hand-offs, and the boring-but-vital reminders.
Snap a photo of the salad and the app flags species that are great, fine in moderation, or to avoid.
A curated database of safe weeds, leafy greens, and flowers — with portion guidance by weight.
Add family or pet-sitters. Everyone sees the same log and gets gentle nudges when something's overdue.
Soak Sundays, weigh-ins Mondays, UVB swap every 12 months. Quiet, opt-in push notifications.
One tap exports a PDF for the vet — weight history, recent meals, photos, and any flagged behavior.
Hand-off mode prints a printable care sheet and limits the sitter's view to what they need.
A timeline of shell shots, behavior notes, and milestones — searchable, scrollable, shareable with vet.
Gentle streaks for the family — soak streaks, varied diet, weight on-target. Not gamified guilt.
Installs to the home screen, works in the yard with no signal, syncs the moment Wi-Fi returns.
A long-press on the plus opens a deck of bottom sheets — every utility, one swipe away.