Mermaids, What Do They Eat?

They eat anything that's not fish. At least what I have discovered.

Wow. Okay. That doesn't seem to make sense though. lol Well I guess they will be grilling up some steaks.

Because a mermaid eating fish is considered cannibalism.
Although, I would imagine a Mermaid would be fine if they ate Lobster, Crabs, or Calamari.
Like us land creatures we can eat other land creatures, so the same should apply to sea creatures eating other sea creatures.
Because that's accurate, I would be horrified if a Pig, Chicken, and a Cow was slaughtered before me. However I love Fried Chicken and Bacon and Glazed Ham, So I think it's seeing/doing the action of taking the fish out of water and watching it come to an end. As a Mermaid you could do a vegetarian diet.

I think Clam Chowder, my personal favorite: Clam Cakes <3, Shrimp Cocktails, Scallops, Lobsters, Crabs, Squid, would be fine for a Mermaid.

"GoldenBuffy;c-17135829" wrote:
Wow. Okay. That doesn't seem to make sense though. lol Well I guess they will be grilling up some steaks.

My mermaids - just like me are vegetarians.

It's the child of the ocean trait that's causing the fish thing. Not being a mermaid. Mermaids with other traits eat fish just fine :)

I have one with Child of the ocean AND Loves the outdoors....perhaps not the best combo in hindsight. She wants to catch fish, but gets sad for doing so :#

they just eat the same as normal sims. i wish they could eat kelp and raw seafood though, considering they're from the depths of the sea themselves.

"MasonGamer;c-17135840" wrote:
Because a mermaid eating fish is considered cannibalism.
Although, I would imagine a Mermaid would be fine if they ate Lobster, Crabs, or Calamari.
Like us land creatures we can eat other land creatures, so the same should apply to sea creatures eating other sea creatures.
Because that's accurate, I would be horrified if a Pig, Chicken, and a Cow was slaughtered before me. However I love Fried Chicken and Bacon and Glazed Ham, So I think it's seeing/doing the action of taking the fish out of water and watching it come to an end. As a Mermaid you could do a vegetarian diet.

I think Clam Chowder, my personal favorite: Clam Cakes <3, Shrimp Cocktails, Scallops, Lobsters, Crabs, Squid, would be fine for a Mermaid.

It's not cannibalism since they are fully fish. Man, if I were a mermaid I'd eat all the fish, lobster, crabs, etc. lol And I've slaughtered animals before, even gutted a few. So that doesn't bother me.I guess if your a sea creature see that kind of thing should bother you. But it's all make believe. But I do get what you're saying. :D

For now I'm going to have them eat shrimp, and possibly chicken.

"Writin_Reg;c-17135843" wrote:

"GoldenBuffy;c-17135829" wrote:
Wow. Okay. That doesn't seem to make sense though. lol Well I guess they will be grilling up some steaks.

My mermaids - just like me are vegetarians.

Kewl beans! I think I want mine like me, eating a verity of foods - both plant and meat based.

"Akil;c-17136043" wrote:
It's the child of the ocean trait that's causing the fish thing. Not being a mermaid. Mermaids with other traits eat fish just fine :)

I might have to change her trait then!

"kalaksed;c-17136093" wrote:
it depends on their traits, just like any other sim. 'child of the ocean' has them upset if they eat fish (but they'll still do it), just like 'vegetarian' makes them sad if they eat any type of meat at all (but they'll still do it)

i do wish they'd included some form of sea plants other than 'mermaid kelp' (partially because it seems eating 2 mermaid kelp in a row turns a mermaid into a regular sim? from someone else's report, i hadn't tried yet) just because 9/10 of players automatically give all mermaids the ocean trait

Where do I find this sea kelp? Not sure why I thought it was just a Sims 3 thing with mermaids. lol

"Kathykins;c-17136194" wrote:
I have one with Child of the ocean AND Loves the outdoors....perhaps not the best combo in hindsight. She wants to catch fish, but gets sad for doing so :#

lol I think we're in the same boat, having to adjust those traits.

@GoldenBuffy you can buy kelp with aspiration points, find it randomly in the cave on the volcano island, or a dolphin might fetch it for you. Careful though, I believe eating kelp twice will turn your mermaid human. ?

Kinda wish they would just straight up eat raw fish.