It's bad enough to see all the strays looking sick & filthy, but seeing pets from my own households looking like that is inexcusable. Non-active children always look fine, so why can't our sims also take care of their pets when we're not playing that household?https://i.imgur.com/EtK5sTJ.pngIf she can walk her dog, then surely she can bathe her & get her medical attention as well, can't she? That dog has looked like that for a while now.

"ldmarko;d-946655" wrote:It's bad enough to see all the strays looking sick & filthy, but seeing pets from my own households looking like that is inexcusable. Non-active children always look fine, so why can't our sims also take care of their pets when we're not playing that household?https://i.imgur.com/EtK5sTJ.pngIf she can walk her dog, then surely he can bathe her & get her medical attention as well, can't she? That dog has looked like that for a while now. Wow that is actually super sad! I have the cats and dogs pack, but haven't actually played the game enough to see that. I surely hope they could fix that. Many use gaming to escape these cruel issues in the world, not see them in the game :(

I even had my current household visit the vet clinic, even though their pets were fine, to try to trigger a vet visit for this dog, but they didn't show up. Oh well, got the current pets vaccinated, so at least I've saved two of them from that so far.

"kalaksed;c-16679236" wrote:honestly, it's not just the pets, it's just most visible with them. unplayed sims are notoriously bad about taking care of their own needs. there have been times when i've loaded a household just to get a message that every member of the family was going to die of starvation in two hours...Yeah, I've switched households to find them all running to the fridge or toilet, even when I cheat the whole worlds' needs up before rotating, but when I see them out & about they usually look fine, or will at least tend to their own needs. It's just the pets that look bad.

I believe this has to be fine tuned in a future patch. Pets are affected by us not playing the lot, while sims are not. It doesn't make sense. Also the frequency of sick pets feels way too high, as they should not get any more sick when not played than sims do. I hardly see sick sims walking about. The features are cool enough, but the frequency needs some tinkering.

@SimGuruNick @EA_Mage Is this issue on your team's radar?

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elliebreton
Legend
7 years ago
"LoriTSp;c-16683655" wrote:
I've had to have all my households stock up on wellness treats, just so I can take care of each family's pets. It's really quite disheartening to see pets hungry or vomiting whenever I have a sim visit a household.

Can you buy those on the computer or just from a vet?
HeidiGrrrl
New Hotshot
7 years ago
Ever since the Seasons expansion I've found my pets have become too stupid to find their food bowl, and they all end up starving to death. I'm constantly having to call them to eat, otherwise they die. And this is in every current lot I'm actually playing!
ThatMermaid95
New Spectator
7 years ago
"elanorbreton;c-16689607" wrote:
"LoriTSp;c-16683655" wrote:
I've had to have all my households stock up on wellness treats, just so I can take care of each family's pets. It's really quite disheartening to see pets hungry or vomiting whenever I have a sim visit a household.

Can you buy those on the computer or just from a vet?

I believe you can order them... but now I think it might be that it's just from the vet
elliebreton
Legend
7 years ago
"PastelMermaid;c-16690904" wrote:
I believe you can order them... but now I think it might be that it's just from the vet

I'll have to check that next time I play. I've been getting sick pets recently when switching households and could do with a good supply.
AaronRulz78
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
"HeidiGrrrl;c-16689626" wrote:
Ever since the Seasons expansion I've found my pets have become too stupid to find their food bowl, and they all end up starving to death. I'm constantly having to call them to eat, otherwise they die. And this is in every current lot I'm actually playing!

Is this true? I thought pets can't die of hunger. I thought I read that.
rosemow
Hero
7 years ago
"HeidiGrrrl;c-16689626" wrote:
Ever since the Seasons expansion I've found my pets have become too stupid to find their food bowl, and they all end up starving to death. I'm constantly having to call them to eat, otherwise they die. And this is in every current lot I'm actually playing!

Hello @HeidiGrrrl
You may like to post feedback about the issue that you are having on this AHQ EA thread
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-CD-Pets-won-t-eat-unless-they-re-told-to/m-p/6904830#M67243
ldm2
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
"rosemow;c-16687203" wrote:
Hello
You may like to post feedback on this AHQ EA thread
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-CD-Pets-needs-are-not-filled-while-playing-another/m-p/6460123#M53434

I followed the upload directions & hopefully got it right. Looks like they have been trying to address the issue for a while, so hopefully a fix will come soon.

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