Re: [FIXED] [CD] Unable to perform vet surgery/ spay & unspay

Hi @nicolecard896

merged your post with existing bug thread on the issue. Seems quite a lot of people are currently having issues with this.

Please feel free to click the me too button on the first post.

I’m also having this issue. I take my sims cat to the vet to get spayed and she can’t get spayed. She goes into the surgery center and nothing happens. I don’t know what to do. I really want to play this family and I can’t with this issue. I don’t want a pregnant cat. Help!! Is there any cheat to spay cats and dogs?? 

Also ive tried repairing the game and a different vet with no luck.

Thanks for the help merging my post here - guess I should mention I am playing on PC. I think it's making my save file buggy because she keeps glitching. ☹️

I may just try editing the cat to make her a male to see if that will stop the litters? I never get a notification she is pregnant - but she's very clearly pregnant for the fourth time now because immediately after naming this third set of kittens, I went to the surgery station and it wouldn't do anything again.

I am also having this issue - any update on it? I took my two female cats right after they aged up, and I've taken male pets, and the same thing happens.

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.48.94.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All of them
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Take an unspayed/neutered animal to the vet and try to get them spayed/neutered.
What happens when the bug occurs? If you take an unneutered animal to the vet and sign it up for a spay, when it goes in the surgery machine, it comes out immediately and never gets neutered.
What do you expect to see? The interaction completing and my animal getting fixed.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure 

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I tested this without mods too just to be sure, but basically, if you take your unfixed pet to a vet clinic to get it fixed, the pet goes into the machine, then out immediately and the scenario ends, without the pet being fixed or having the cone or even being charged money. So far I haven't tried it with a cat, or unfixing a fixed pet, or an animal that needs the surgery machine for another illness, but neutering your pet on your home lot with a high enough vet skill DOES work, as does taking a pet to the vet clinic for something that needs the exam table. I'll be testing out those other situations too, and report back here. 

I want to say it probably started happening after the Get Famous patch but I'm not 100% sure. 

The only way I have been able to "fix" this is by using cheats to get enough funds to "buy a business". I then built a little shack and put in a surgery machine. I was able to spay/neuter after that. It was the ONLY way I could stop getting litter after litter (with still no notification of pregnancy).

Hi @CCuteCCabaret

merged your post with existing thread on the issue

Please click me too on the first post

You can change it in cas.fulleditmode too. If they are in heat already they will remain in heat until it ends but it does register them as fixed at the vet and in general. This is a much easier solution than buying a business. I had to do this and I think it has worked. Will update when I test more though.

I also have this bug. I tried to let a NPC family buy the clinic as a workaround but that didn't help.

I also have this problem but I also went out and bought a whole clinic and it still does not work. I have yet to try making my sim a level 10 vet and doing it at home.

Really frustrating as I also have the get famuos make up and hair bug/glitch. 

I have come across the same issue today. I think 3-4 weeks ago, it still worked, because I had a male cat spayed just recently. But now I can't spay my female nor male cat, because both the expensive and cheap machines spits them right out within 4-5 seconds. I repeated it several times, but nothing. And yes, also tried without any mods and new save file. Will try the "workaround" and buy a vet clinic for my Sims now. Also will have to cheat the vet skills for him, since he is not a vet. Will post if it works or not.

ETA: I didn't buy a whole clinic, I just created another room in the basement  for my Sim with the machine, cheated the vet skills, teleported both in the room and started spaying my cat, and now it worked. I still hope that EA will fix this bug.

I tried changing my pets' status with cas.fulleditmode on, but I can't edit whether a pet is fixed or not in CAS at all. The options are grayed out, and when I click on them, the options box only pops up for a fraction of a second and I'm not able to click on anything to change the pet to "fixed."

Should I make a separate bug report for this issue?

Does it work if it's a new pet ?

I think for now it's fine. If this bug gets fixed but the cheat is still an issue, it's early enough to make a report.

The problem is the same whether it's for a new or existing pet, and whether any cheats are on or not. It's been like that since I first installed the expansion, which was less than two months ago.

This is still broken, any chance on a fix? Got kittens flying all over due to this........

Tried 2 saves so it is 100% broken for sure.

I’m having the same issue. It’s sooooooo annoying😫

I started a new game for testing and - yes!! - spaying my cat in the Brindleton Bay clinic was successful for the first time in months. May be just luck, but perhaps other players should also test if this bug still occurs in fully patched games.

Hello @faffe99  @Abradley745 

Would you be willing to share your save file(s)?  If so, please send me a private message with a link to the file(s).

Instructions here:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/INFORMATION-How-to-Send-User-Files-to-The-Sims-4-Team/m-p/6065302

PS4 Console user here.

I tried with 2 different households and I couldn't get the spay/neuter to work. The cat goes into the machine the light flashes and then the cat slides out with no come. I can do the action over and over again and pay for it everytime but no dice.

Community owned Vet Clinic.