Pets feedback: Unplayed pets' health

I agree, it’s also a reason as much as I like Brindleton bay I don’t play in it as I hate all the dirty, sick strays wandering about.

I’ve seen Gilmore Girls and there are not tons of strays in Stars Hollow! (For those that don’t know Stars Hollow is an inspiration for Brindleton Bay)

+1.

The "NPC" Sims should be taking care of their pets. What kind of person shows up with a sick, dirty dog to a restaurant?

Agreed. It just does not make sense to do. I mean I get giving them pets add realism but I dont want sick pets running amok all over the town.

Giving them pets does add realism. But having them take sick and filthy pets anywhere but the vet does NOT.

Not something I want to see off my sims's doorstep.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/A%20Mega%20Reboot/36%20Spooky%20Day/07-15-18_4-28-25nbspPM.png

Brindleton Bay is like pet hell and it just gets worse the longer I play.


I feel like making some kind of pet care station in the park, so I can try to at least clean up and heal the strays if that's possible.

I agree. It makes sense for strays and makes you want to adopt them and care for them, but it shouldn't happen with pets that are part of a family. I think they did this in part so you'd have potential patients at the vet clinic, but this part should have been more like the hospital from Get to Work, where sims come in sick but aren't actually sick otherwise. It's not like it would cause problems for continuity, considering recently treated pets will still fall ill the next day when unplayed...

@CK213 Those images kind of break my heart, honestly.

It super bothers me too, especially the pets that HAVE owners. Stop neglecting your dogs and cats, you monsters!

I wish we at least had a world cheat to make all pets clean and healthy.

If any of you guys are cool with mods, this one by LittleMsSam seems to work pretty well: https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175411104103/no-sick-dirty-sad-and-hungry-cats-dogs-npcs

It helps a lot!