[OPEN] [HR] Horse randomly taken by Vet Protective Services

I am FURIOUS with this company.

They charge ~1000$ for the full game and yet no DLC EVER functions properly.

This is the 2nd (second!) time my Horse (female) is being taken away because it was "starving" when it just ate and STILL had a full feeder next to it. 

Thanks for ruining my Household.

Even if the Horse was left to starve, WHY IS THERE NO WARNING BEFORE IT IS TAKEN AWAY? What is this kind of Early Access? Are we Beta testing the expansion for you? How can you forget to add a warning before a Horse is taken away forever (like it happens with babies or other animals like chickens)???

EA truly is a joke...

I exited without saving so don't have a save file I can supply, but it happened to me too.

Again, it was a mare - one that I'd bought as a rescue as a foal, then had age up to mare (playing on long lifespan). 3 other horses on the lot were unaffected (2 stallions, and another rescue mare). Neither mare was pregnant or nursing at the time. And there were 5 feeders on the lot, 4 filled with regular hay and one with prairie grass, plus lots of prairie grass for grazing. The lot was Red Roan Field in Chestnut Ridge, so there's also prairie grass in the field to the side of it.

It didn't happen again when I played through to the same date, but as that was about a week of Sim time a lot of things would have happened differently second time around.

Male horse, had an active ranch hand, 2 full feed troughs, wild hay, no warning message. I didn't know where he was or what he was doing at the time because I was busy fighting the AI to care for my toddler and baby. I do have mods on it, Carls mods as the game is unplayable without them (for example I usually have to reset one or more sims if both my littles have needs at the same time or they make an interruption storm). Hey, maybe he can fix this horse issue that is still haunting the game. =\ Seeming as all the things I have to use the mod for, to make the game playable, still are present. I have the save file separately but it looks like i cant attach it to the post.

Edit: for those still having this happen. I tried something and it worked. It's not a full restore but, I saved the messed up file with "save as" and renamed it to not overwrite the original. Then I opened the most recent autosave (minus 4.5 hours) I saved the family as it was then to the gallery. Then I opened the newest file with the missing horse. I placed the copy of the family in another lot. Then I picked merge house holds. I merged over the missing horse and then removed the other copied sims after. My stallion was still reset 4.5 game play hours but at least it was not the whole household. Not a perfect fix but better than no horse and better than everyone reset 4.5 hours of playtime. =.= If they have an autosave function I don't see why it is reserved to travel only. and not a set time frame...

Feb 2024 this has happened to me a few times with the same horse. I've exited without saving and restarted to get her back 3 times now. I have other horses but it seems to just be the one getting taken. 

This has happened to me twice now with two different mares. No warnings, three full feeding troughs and plenty of Prairie grass around. I have all the kits and expansion packs minus the Star Wars pack and no mods installed. Is there seriously no way to stop this from happening??

I need help, my horses keep being taken away without warning despite me looking after them properly, I'm not sure what to do I feel like giving up as I've spent loads on horses just for them to disappear eventually. Is there a way to fix this? It's really not fair as I've had a beautiful horse named Cali, only for her to be taken away the next day.

This thread may refer to your issue 

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-HR-Horse-randomly-taken-by-Vet-Protective-Services/td-p/12762967