I just experienced my first autonomous try for puppy between the two dogs in my household. It was very unexpected, as I'd been playing for maybe a week in-game and I hadn't thought it would happen that soon. While I'm happy to have an adorable puppy in my household now, I'm a little confused because I was never notified that Lady (the mother dog) was pregnant, only that she had gone into labor. I thought we were supposed to be informed of both? I even went back through all of my notifications to see if I had missed it and I hadn't. Is this a glitch or was the information on pet pregnancy notifications we got from the gurus incorrect? Has anyone else experienced this?

I think it was some type of glitch. I just got notified that my dog was pregnant so the notification is definitely supposed to pop up. Hope this helps! :smiley:

I didn't get a notification either, which I'm fine with. I like surprises, but now that explains why every attempt to get them to mate they refused. Her name is Lady too...lol.

"littlemissgogo;c-16154936" wrote:I know you're supposed to get notifications when you're the one directing them to but not sure about autonomous breeding. Maybe it's intended as a surprise? Who knows.I had a cat I directed to mate with Mayor Whiskers, but they just ended up fighting, so I had them try again and my sim got a moodlet saying the mating had failed. I tried a third time and the option was grayed out, saying something like "spayed pets can't mate" even though my cat isn't fixed. I decided to just leave it, as I already had a pretty full house at that point. However, a few day later, I get notified that the cat had gone into labor and she had two kittens, one of whom looks exactly like Mayor Whiskers, minus the clothes, so I know he was the father. I'm just confused because, again, I wasn't notified that she was pregnant, even though this time I had directed the two cats to mate.

"KHS12;c-16156409" wrote:I was notified.Was the pregnancy the result of autonomous or user-directed woohoo?

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NovaMary
8 years ago
> @bombtori said:
> Yeah, I have a female cat. I never got her fixed. One day, I got a notification she was going into labor! There are no other cats in my household, so she got preggo by some tomcat I guess :D

Did you get your kittens?
Mine is on labor for almost 3 sim days and I don't know what to do or to buy! I even get her checked at the vet with no results D:
Cornwallfr
8 years ago
"Chanmi;c-16156698" wrote:
> @bombtori said:
> Yeah, I have a female cat. I never got her fixed. One day, I got a notification she was going into labor! There are no other cats in my household, so she got preggo by some tomcat I guess :D

Did you get your kittens?
Mine is on labor for almost 3 sim days and I don't know what to do or to buy! I even get her checked at the vet with no results D:

How many people live in your household? If your cat is expecting triplets and you have 5 other sims, you'll be over the limit.
floridameerkat
8 years ago
"KHS12;c-16156592" wrote:
"floridameerkat;c-16156417" wrote:
"KHS12;c-16156409" wrote:
I was notified.

Was the pregnancy the result of autonomous or user-directed woohoo?

User-directed. I tried 50+ times to get my male cat to breed with any of several female strays on the docks, and it never worked. I moved a female cat in to my household and it took 1 "encourage to breed with ..." to get the cats to mate, and within the hour was notified that the female was pregnant!
I was highly frustrated with the interaction not working but moving the cat I wanted mine to breed with in the to the house worked wonders.

I wonder if it didn't work because you didn't own the female cat? The gurus have said that there aren't any kitten/puppy strays, so maybe the game prevents female strays from becoming pregnant to make sure that stays true?
NovaMary
8 years ago
> @Dijktafone said:
> Chanmi wrote: »
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> > @bombtori said:
> > Yeah, I have a female cat. I never got her fixed. One day, I got a notification she was going into labor! There are no other cats in my household, so she got preggo by some tomcat I guess :D
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> Did you get your kittens?
> Mine is on labor for almost 3 sim days and I don't know what to do or to buy! I even get her checked at the vet with no results D:
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> How many people live in your household? If your cat is expecting triplets and you have 5 other sims, you'll be over the limit.

I just have 1 sim, the male and the female cat. But I closed and opened the game and I got the kittens ^_^
Cornwallfr
8 years ago
Ah well congratulations, and that was actually quite insightful :)
KHS12
8 years ago
"floridameerkat;c-16156730" wrote:
"KHS12;c-16156592" wrote:
"floridameerkat;c-16156417" wrote:
"KHS12;c-16156409" wrote:
I was notified.

Was the pregnancy the result of autonomous or user-directed woohoo?

User-directed. I tried 50+ times to get my male cat to breed with any of several female strays on the docks, and it never worked. I moved a female cat in to my household and it took 1 "encourage to breed with ..." to get the cats to mate, and within the hour was notified that the female was pregnant!
I was highly frustrated with the interaction not working but moving the cat I wanted mine to breed with in the to the house worked wonders.

I wonder if it didn't work because you didn't own the female cat? The gurus have said that there aren't any kitten/puppy strays, so maybe the game prevents female strays from becoming pregnant to make sure that stays true?

Ah didnt know that! That would likely be why.
bombtori
8 years ago

> > > @bombtori said:
> > > Yeah, I have a female cat. I never got her fixed. One day, I got a notification she was going into labor! There are no other cats in my household, so she got preggo by some tomcat I guess :D
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> > Did you get your kittens?
> > Mine is on labor for almost 3 sim days and I don't know what to do or to buy! I even get her checked at the vet with no results D:
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> > How many people live in your household? If your cat is expecting triplets and you have 5 other sims, you'll be over the limit.
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> I just have 1 sim, the male and the female cat. But I closed and opened the game and I got the kittens ^_^

Yeah, mine only had one kitten because I already had 7 sims in the household. Glad you finally had your kittens! :smile:
geist3047
8 years ago
I'm not sure if this is the place to post this. But I have a dog who wont give birth or even go into labor. She was successfully bred and stayed pregnant for way over the game's limit. Even stranger was that I asked my male to breed with her and he not only could but did I got another pregnancy notification, it's been nearly 3 days since this pregnancy started and still no labor, no puppies. Its just a pair of sims and the pair of dogs too so I know its not a household size issue. Any thoughts on this?
Wishings
8 years ago
"geist3047;c-16165289" wrote:
I'm not sure if this is the place to post this. But I have a dog who wont give birth or even go into labor. She was successfully bred and stayed pregnant for way over the game's limit. Even stranger was that I asked my male to breed with her and he not only could but did I got another pregnancy notification, it's been nearly 3 days since this pregnancy started and still no labor, no puppies. Its just a pair of sims and the pair of dogs too so I know its not a household size issue. Any thoughts on this?

Phantom pregnancy. It sometimes happens with sims too. The only way I know to correct it is to delete the pregnancy buff for the sim affected. I'm not sure you can with the pets unless you have the mod that makes them controllable so you have access to their buffs.
geist3047
8 years ago
> @fadingaudio said:
> geist3047 wrote: »
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> I'm not sure if this is the place to post this. But I have a dog who wont give birth or even go into labor. She was successfully bred and stayed pregnant for way over the game's limit. Even stranger was that I asked my male to breed with her and he not only could but did I got another pregnancy notification, it's been nearly 3 days since this pregnancy started and still no labor, no puppies. Its just a pair of sims and the pair of dogs too so I know its not a household size issue. Any thoughts on this?
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> Phantom pregnancy. It sometimes happens with sims too. The only way I know to correct it is to delete the pregnancy buff for the sim affected. I'm not sure you can with the pets unless you have the mod that makes them controllable so you have access to their buffs.

Yeah I went and tried that, it didn't work. Im just gonna delete the problem dog and reroll her and her mate as puppies. Once I've got everyone up to at least companion (I figure the sims relationship with the pet is an important as well) I'll age them up and try again.