How realistic (and sad) is that?

It's honestly so sad that they didn't think about this. Also other than just take them to the vet (because it's just cruel to take them to the vet and then leave them on the street again) maybe we could take them to the vet and then they would be put for adoption after the treatment!

I hated that too, I'm an animal rescuer in RL so I hated seeing sick and stray animals I couldn't help. I found a mod for no sick and dirty strays and put that in. Otherwise I end up feeling compelled to adopt them all. Just like RL. :D Strays still spawn with the mod but at least they are not constantly sick and hungry. I thought it was an oversight too that you can't feed or help them in any way.

I completely agree but I had to make all my homes cat hangouts just so I can feed and look after all the strays I love them running through my house when my sims sleep. We foster cats in real life so I have to look after them in the sims. But I'd love it if they added the feature in to feed them without cat hangout lot trait and taking them to the vet! <3 I find the sims 4 cats and dogs so realistic I get so attached to them!

I don't know about feeding them, but you can give them a wellness treat from the vet office to cure their sickness.

@Kita5399 aw thank you!!!! Great to know

"ClaudiaPopa;d-936453" wrote:
There are several things that bothers me with Cats & Dogs. One of them is that:
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How realistic is a stray hungry cat and a full food bowl (just steps away) not eating? Unless I make my place a cat hangout - which I do not want to - I cannot feed any stray. Apart of empathy which completely misses this part of the game, do you see it realistic? I mean, feeding a bowl of food to a stray animal should be possible.Taking a sick animal to the vet - a stray one - should be possible, cause we do it IRL. It seems very odd to me not being able to feed stray animals (treats do not count) or to take them to the vet. Just watching them crying for food or fainting in front of the house is something I cannot coop with. Somebody else sharing my thoughts?

It's kinda what I do in real life so yes I agree. You ought to see my back deck in the morning, cats, cats, and more cats.

Sick pets everywhere. It lowers property values and makes me feel sad for them.
I knew people would see this as a problem at some point, but nobody listened.

I kind of wanted the pets pack, but this makes me rethink that because my heart would break if I had to do that, even in a game.

Agree! I got the cats and dogs EP last week and only after playing a few times I started to notice this. It really astonished me because I've never seen this happen in any sims game.

To me it feels like the pets are objects. In the households with pets I've played there is hardly any interaction from cats or dogs toward sims. Sims have to instigate the interactions most of the time. This is so unrealistic. IRL animals make contact with humans all the time, even if they aren't your own pet. There might be some exceptions, but often when I visit someone for the first time and they have a dog... which family member makes the first introduction? Right, the dog! :)
Cats can be more aloof, but I have two of them and if they want attention, they will do anything to get it.

As far as the strays go, this is so unrealistic and very sad to see for any animal lover. Most of them are sick, stinky, hungry, tired or lonely. I don't know, but this is not my idea of fun and I installed a mod for it this weekend. But imo, EA should change it and we shouldn't have to rely on a mod to make it better.

Another oversite, but are we really surprised?
I agree its really sad. In sims 2 i always put a bowl out and filled it for the strays, they ate it too.
But this team has no attention for detail. Im dissapointed but not surprised.