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Thats honestly a good question because I have been trying to find out my pets ages. I know theyre probably adults because I created them in create a sim, but i dont even think there was a option to choose rather you wanted a kitten adult cat or a elder cat. I saw in the vets office that theres treats that ages your pets up or down, but how the heck do we know what their ages are now? i am trying to figure it out and if i find out i will tell you

Okay so Serg just became an elderly boy. :'(
However that answers some questions, one of which I know for sure is that the adult male dog (large breed) life span is approximately 18 days long. He looks so grey and sweet..

"Mstymay;c-16169614" wrote:

pup/kitten - adult - elder
Short 1.5 Days 12 Days Varies
Normal 3 Days 24 Days Varies
Long 12 Days 96 Days Varies

Thank you very much for posting that, Mstymay! :)
@That1Guy352 here it is!

@Rumpelstiltskin thank you for updating me!

Awesome! Thank you @Mstymay :)

Will pets still age and die even if you have aging for Sims turned off?

no pets won't age if aging is off.

There are approximate days, but not exact as people have found pets who should be the exact same age, either born together or made in CAP together, aging up days apart.

I tested this out with the control mod that allows you to see the ages of pets. I took 3 groups of 7 pets with a mix of 3-4 dogs/cats each. These were all newly created in CAP. I checked ages as puppies/kittens and then immediately aged them to adults in CAS/CAP to check ages again. Here's what I found:

There are definitely no set ages for pets....they all varied along a range. I also found out something else very interesting....cats have longer lifespans than dogs! This is the case with real-life....but it's also the case here. In all 3 groups, the cats had consistently longer lifespans. Here are the numbers that I saw:

Puppies/Kittens:

Short Lifespan: 0-1 days
Normal Lifespan: 1-2 days
Long Lifespan: 4-6 days for dogs; 5-6 days for cats

Keep in mind that there are still the additional days before the auto-aging kicks in once they are ready to age up. On long, this is 4 extra days. So that's why puppies and kittens generally age up after around 9-10 days total on long. For short, you're looking at somewhere between 1-2 days total and on normal, you're looking at 2-3 days total.

Dogs/Cats (Adult):

Short Lifespan: 9-10 days for dogs; 11-12 days for cats
Normal Lifespan: 17-20 days for dogs; 21-24 days for cats
Long Lifespan: 69-79 days for dogs; 88-94 days for cats

These numbers do not include the extra day or days for auto-aging after the pet has filled their age bar. You shouldn't get more than 1 extra day on normal....but long lifespan should add 4 extra days to the above numbers before the auto-aging takes place.