My first pet stuff pack

Ah, thanks a lot. Might give it a wait, then. It's fun to plan what pack to get next, but there might even be new packs available before I'll get to it.

The only thing I use from this pack is the furniture that matches up with the things that should have been included in the Cats and Dog EP. I only got this because it was on sale for around $7 a while back.

"LaBlue0314;c-16729748" wrote:
The only thing I use from this pack is the furniture that matches up with the things that should have been included in the Cats and Dog EP. I only got this because it was on sale for around $7 a while back.

But are your sims, too, obsessed with watching those small animals and getting sick very often?

@Simmerville I only played with the hampsters just once, got bored, and that was that. I'm glad I got the pack on sale, wasn't planning on getting it. I have enough troubles with my sims getting killed by too much toddler cuteness.

"MaggieMarley;c-16729957" wrote:
The small pets are objects, like babies. They are tied to the cage, but your sim can feed them treats, “play with” them (basically hold them with the chance they will bite), talk to them, and children can “study” them which gets their homework done.

You can’t teach them tricks and they cannot breed.

They will only give your sims rabid rodent fever if their cage is dirty and they bite your sim. If you keep their cage clean and don’t handle them unless the cage is clean, your sims won’t get sick. Mine have never gotten sick from their rodents.

I never noticed my sims watching the rodents too much, or at all really.

I guess I kind of found the rodents boring. I love hamsters in real life and have owned many, but it’s hard for a game like TS to replicate them well. I’d have liked if we could at least let them run around the house in a ball or in an exercise pen. I’d also have liked if they weren’t tied to the cage, and if there were more interactions with them outside of the cage besides the brief play with interaction. It’s also very unrealistic how much they bite, even with a high relationship. Hamsters are very gentle creatures irl and most of mine never bit a soul. They don’t even look like hamsters in the game - more like guinea pigs.

If you have a high enough relationship with your rodent they will do things like build rockets and explore space, or go on holiday and bring back a postcard. I guess that is kind of cool. I never actually saw a rodent do any of these things though - I just got a pop up saying they were doing them.

Thanks a bunch, that was useful! I too loved the rocket thing in the video, I thought the rodent was escaping due to poor conditions, though :)

If you have Vampires, the rodent illness can kill them. Then their ghost will have that silly hamster suit. And that made it worth it to me, lol. A new way to kill a vamp, and make them goofy in the process, is a win-win. :D

Thanks @kalaksed very helpfull :smile:

I love my little hedgehog!

Earlier sims have had cats and dogs and just like in real life that is a big commitment. It was too much responsibility for my current sim. She has a aquarium with fishes and a cute little hedgehog to keep her company. Also there is a cowplant in the backyard and Patchy comes by every now and then. So even if she spends most of her time gardening, writing or making floral arrangements she isn’t lonely.

I've been debating getting this pack as well, but there just isn't enough in it that appeals to me. I really dislike that you can only have one rodent in the cage at a time, that there aren't multiple types of cages, that you can't put it in a ball to roll around, and that the plastic tubes in the pack are just decorative 2D stickers.

If all the objects in the pack had been devoted to the rodents instead of adding stuff for C&D (which should have just been patched into the game for people with that pack) then it could have been worth it. SP are usually very specific in their theme, and if the rodents had been more detailed and with more functions then it would have been worth it.