Can a cat or dog be cloned?

@shadowyleopard I found this thread and apparently @PugLove888 tested it in August and found she could not clone kittens, but you said you already knew this. I have tagged her in this post,  though, as she mentioned that she would test further on an adult cat, so perhaps she has further information now. https://answers.ea.com/t5/Game-Information/Can-pets-be-cloned/td-p/6982944

@shadowyleopard Okay... I have done experimentation about this, and though my findings may be incorrect and there are ways around the barriers I ran into, I thought I would share what happened in my game...

• I added my adult cat to the home I have with a scientist.
• I had the scientist create a cloning machine.
• I had the scientist upgrade the cloning machine so that 'clone a sim' was possible.
• I found that the cat would not walk onto the cloning machine by itself, even if I walled it into a tiny room. 
• If I move the machine to where the cat is the cat just moves next to the machine or out of the room when the machine is placed.
• I had scientist pick up the cat and tried to request she put the cat onto the cloning machine. It was not an option and she would not do it.
• When I click on the upgraded cloning machine and ask the scientist to clone a sim, the other sims in the household do show up as options to clone, but not the (adult) cat or the (adult) dog.

So... I am assuming that the answer is no, the cat cannot be cloned.

@shadowyleopard There is one option you may want to experiment with, though... creating a duplicate cat or dog in CAS. https://forums.thesims.com/en_us/discussion/22244/how-do-you-make-twins-in-cas

@shadowyleopard, yes, my findings last fall were exactly what @SheriGR described. 🤨 It might be possible if there is a Mod that someone has made, but I don't use Mods, so I have no idea if someone has modded the cloner to include dogs and cats. 🤔  Mods can be tricky and always have to be updated by the Modder every time EA updates the game, so I just avoid them.  But if you are open to Mods, it can't hurt to look! 😉  So either make a duplicate in CAS or search for a Mod for the cloner. 🙂

Happy Simming! 🥳