How "bad" is it to give up a pet for adoption?

"Rhiannon58;c-16720906" wrote:

"Bettyboop55;c-16720727" wrote:
If you treat a cat well it will become a loyal, loving member of the family unlike children who cost a fortune, eat you out of house and home, expect you to do their laundry, act as chauffeur and then leave. Could the heir not do without the extra child?

They COULD. I'm a RL cat lover so I really don't WANT to give up one of the pets. I shouldn't have gotten so many to begin with. One of my Sims had a wish to own a Unicorn and I knew he would have to befriend three other pets first. But I realized how difficult that would be and changed his LTW.

In my generational challenge, it's a good idea to have a spare heir. If my current heir dies, I lose the challenge.

I think I'm going to risk it. I have one senior with probably 15 years or so of life left and one of the cats is almost a senior. I'll just make sure my heir (who just turned toddler) has a good safe life.

I kind of guessed you were a cat person or else you would not have posed the question about adoption :)

The fault is mine. I am a little sensitive at the moment. I lost both my girls earlier this year, Fluffy in January to cancer and Trouble's Little Sister to kidney failure. So even the thought of giving a virtual cat away makes me tear up.

I hope your current heir gets to meet a unicorn and I am sure your second heir will grow up strong and healthy. Then will soon be married and producing children of their own :)

I'd much rather see my sims giving a pet or baby they can't take care of up for adotion than to have them abuse or neglect that pet or child until they got taken away by a social worker though the one taking children away in my game would be from a playable household.It still means the parent would be disgraced from being a bad parent.Sims also get disgraced if they let pets be taken away instead of just giving them up for adoption.I'm not against my sims who've had an unplanned pregnancy call a social worker to take their baby away after they give birth and the baby is available for adoption.