Pet Lifespan

"Simfan923;c-16083700" wrote:

"kati77;c-16083675" wrote:
But is the lifespan related to the one you use with your sims? I mean, if my sims have the long lifespan, then shouldn't pets live longer, too?

Yes that appears to be the case. Basically pets don't have their own lifespan setting (i.e. they share the sims' lifespan settings). So whatever lifespan you have for your current save, your pets will follow suit. How much long they'll live is unknown atm.

Sounds good. I mean, a pet with always the same very short lifespan with humans living on long lifespans wouldn't really make sense :)

Does anyone know what the lifespan would be if set to long? I assume the 5-6 weeks pets & 12 weeks for sims is the normal setting?

No, it is still not known. They did say 2 days for the puppy or kitten on the broadcast. Hopefully a Guru will answer this.

Ok. Let's do a little math.
1 week is seven days.
So, the life of the pets lasts about 21-28 days when created as an adult and about 35-42 days if created/born as a kitten/puppy.
And they said that puppy stage is 2 days, so the other life stages should last for 33-40 days... Wait a minute. This doesn't make any sense.
21-28 days when created as an adult and 35-42 days when as kitten/puppy. This should mean that kitten and puppy stage lasts for 14 days.
Is this 2 days for the short lifespan? No, it can't be. Short lifespan is two times shorter than normal, and 14/2=7. Ok, let's do some more math.
Long lifespan is 4 times longer than normal. So, 14/4=3.5~4. And 4/2=2. So I think normal should be 4 days (I think).
Ok. Now I'm confused. SimGuru, please help! :s :'(

If we go by the above 6 weeks for pets and 12 weeks for sims on normal setting then I think long would be about 23 weeks(162+ days) for pets(according to sims wiki the long lifespan for sims is 324+ days so about 46 weeks). No idea about individual life stages. Maybe that is half of sims as well? 12 days long setting as baby, 6 days as puppy or kitten on long setting?
Though you could turn off aging until you want the puppy/kitten to age up?

"samlyt22;c-16083529" wrote:
Sounds about right to me, a sim from birth to elder lives 12 weeks so I think it would be too long if pets lived longer. Not saying I'll be emotionally ready to say goodbye at that point though.

Agreed. The average worldwide life expectancy is around 70 years....as high as low 80s in several parts of the world. The average life expectancy for most dog breeds is 10-13 years....with a few breeds being 6-9 years. So a dog’s life expectancy is around 14-16% of a human’s life expectancy. Comparing that to 12 sim weeks is about 12-14 days for dogs. Cat’s have a 12-15 year average age life expectancy. Even taking the high end of 15 years would be 16-18 days compared to the 12 sim weeks of our sims. So if they went be real-life comparisons, our sim pets would live less than 3 weeks. If they are giving us 5-6 weeks for pets, then the lifespan is almost double what it would realistically be....which I’m completely fine with as it gives us more time with our pets.

"raybaggins;c-16084287" wrote:
all this maths, omg.

I agree. LOL.

I don't even know I clicked on this thread. I play with aging off. XD

"Rae357;c-16084008" wrote:
Does anyone know what the lifespan would be if set to long? I assume the 5-6 weeks pets & 12 weeks for sims is the normal setting?

Long is 4x Normal.

"ZhaguiSimmer;c-16086169" wrote:
I hope MCC updates the custom age duration for dogs and cats.

That's like one of the best mods ever. I truly believe mods and creators will come up with something.

I'm sure the creator will include a section of MCCC that's entirely for pets. I can't wait to see what they come up with.

Well, it sounds pretty normal to me. For the last couple of days I've been playing TS3, because I wanted to remind myself how dogs and cats look and behave there. I must admit that the lifespan there seems short, but also acceptable, if you know what I mean. Also, kind of irrelevant, but how can I go back to TS3 CAP when I've seen the TS4 one? I mean, the feelings... ;)