Successful breeding of Pets?

Whelp, I finally at least got my cat to mate with another cat! Buuuut it took me having to create a female and place her in the household/family for it to work. Which makes no sense, because they had not interacted with each other before that point, and it still worked on the first try......Literally both of the other cats listed (strays) had denied my male cat 20+ times, so the only reason that I can think of is that it has something to do with my Sim being decent friends with the family's new cat?
Now fingers crossed for a kitten or two!

I have tried mating several times but with no luck. Last time I even got a note that my dog is pregnant and then one saying that she is in labour and finally I got to name two girl puppies but for some reason puppies haven't been borned no matter what notes have said. They don't show up in my househould. Maybe it's a bug?

//Now I noticed that one of my sims had the puppy in her relationships and once I called the puppy to come she showed up on the list of my sim family members on the bottom of a screen but I still can't find the other puppy.

Wow alright, within the hour my cat was notified that she is pregnant! Took only one try, but it took easily 50+ attempts to get a cat pregnant.....

Anyone know approximately how long the pregnancy phase lasts before they deliver? I adopted a stray and when I tried to get her to mate with another cat, it said she couldn't because fixed pets can't mate. I thought it was odd that a stray would be fixed....so I went into CAS and her aging options are greyed out and say you can't edit pregnant sims. Also, she keeps throwing up around the house and when I took her to the vet, it says there that she's not sick. So I'm guessing maybe she got pregnant before I adopted her? Not sure how long the pregnant phase lasts though.

EDIT: Never mind, she just went into labor about 2 days after I adopted her....looks like I got lucky and didn't even need to breed her, haha.

I'm trying to breed my two dogs. The female is in heat, she's howling with hearts all the time. I encourage the male to mate with her but when they get face to face they growl and in their thought bubbles they have the other dog's face crossed out. But then the female walks away and keeps howling and blowing hearts. They keep doing the growling thing over and over and over again, I don't know what to do

My cat got pregnant on the first try when my Sim encouraged her to mate. For those having trouble, perhaps try using the lot trait for breeding. I haven't tried it, but it may help.

I didn't know what those hearts meant around my dog at first. I took her on a walk & took her off her leash & she took off. By the time I called her back & was trying to encourage her to mate with another dog...the option was grayed out, as she had already woohoo'd with some dog on her own. Just waiting to see if she's pregnant.

My dog cannot be nice to anyone, not other dogs or other sims. My dog never interacts with any other dog, and when I encourage her to breed, there's always the growling. It's pretty game-breaking, since I cannot get her pregnant for the life of me...

"Urbiezira1995;c-16158213" wrote:
My dog cannot be nice to anyone, not other dogs or other sims. My dog never interacts with any other dog, and when I encourage her to breed, there's always the growling. It's pretty game-breaking, since I cannot get her pregnant for the life of me...

If your sim becomes better friends with the dog you can tell the to be nice to other animals and sims.

It just dawned on me that breeding is probably affected by what "Sim maximum" options we have selected in our game options menu! If you guys are close to your sim limit perhaps it lessens the chance or blocks it entirely. Just a thought. Not sure though.

"jennlynh;c-16159411" wrote:
Is there another sign that you can tell that the female cat is in heat? I have asked my 2 cats several times "encourage to mate", half the time the hearts are above. But I think I've asked them at least 15 times and nothing. How do I know if they like each other? Anyone have any tips?

No and I would love if a dev could step in and explain how the process works and if there is anything that we can do in-game to increase the chances of breeding.