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    Pets are always sick when play rotational

    graventhegraventhe Posts: 1,332 Member
    in The Sims 4 Packs Discussion
    Everytime I play get back to a household that only left ONE day the pets are always sick even though I cured them already recently when was playing the household few sim days before..

    It gets annoying to the point of stop owning pets, even the wellness treats I keep buying are running out of my sims inventory because EVERYTIME I play another household again that I left for few days the pets are sick again..

    What's even more annoying there's no mod to fix this and I wish there was an option to fix this through MCCC

    EA please fix this!

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      LaBlue0314LaBlue0314 Posts: 17,438 Member
      Actually, there is a mod that does deal with this.
      https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175411104103/no-sick-dirty-sad-and-hungry-cats-dogs-npcs
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      calaprfycalaprfy Posts: 3,927 Member
      I can handle the rotational sickness, it's the NPC animal sickness that displeases me.
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      elanorbretonelanorbreton Posts: 14,608 Member
      It is about time they fixed this bug, it seems to have been going on forever.

      It particularly grates on me when I rotate back to my vets household and her dog is sick.
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      mustenimusteni Posts: 5,417 Member
      I play without mods so still waiting for EA to fix it. It's really annoying. I buy the wellness treats too although I think it's silly I have to do that... It also takes away from the times when the pets are actually sick because I feel nothing for them.
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      graventhegraventhe Posts: 1,332 Member
      LaBlue0314 wrote: »
      Actually, there is a mod that does deal with this.
      https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175411104103/no-sick-dirty-sad-and-hungry-cats-dogs-npcs

      I noticed this mod a while ago but it's not updated more than a year! (Since June 2018) so I'm very certain it's not compatible with university patch

      I wonder if there's a setting in MCCC that turns this off

      And yes this bug has been there since cats and dogs release, it's really about time to fix it!
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      logionlogion Posts: 4,756 Member
      edited November 2019
      This was the reason why I removed almost all my pets from my households. I could just not be bothered to cure them all the time.

      Here is my old Answer HQ thread on this issue: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-CD-Pets-needs-are-not-filled-sick-while-playing-another/td-p/6460123

      Nothing have happened since 2017.

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      Stina1701AStina1701A Posts: 1,185 Member
      Yeah, this is why more than half of my Sims have at least 5 wellness treats in their inventory. I once put the dog hangout on a Granit Falls rental to attract strays to adopt (the household's story was that they found a stray and adopted her while on vacation and brought her home) and I had to go into debug and get a more than a few wellness treats because EVERY single dog was sick with something. I've even had my Sims cure my other Sims' pets when they come across them, either by visiting or meeting them somewhere on an outing.
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      AlbaWaterhouseAlbaWaterhouse Posts: 3,953 Member
      musteni wrote: »
      I play without mods so still waiting for EA to fix it. It's really annoying. I buy the wellness treats too although I think it's silly I have to do that... It also takes away from the times when the pets are actually sick because I feel nothing for them.

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      telemwilltelemwill Posts: 1,761 Member
      graventhe wrote: »
      LaBlue0314 wrote: »
      Actually, there is a mod that does deal with this.
      https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175411104103/no-sick-dirty-sad-and-hungry-cats-dogs-npcs

      I noticed this mod a while ago but it's not updated more than a year! (Since June 2018) so I'm very certain it's not compatible with university patch

      I wonder if there's a setting in MCCC that turns this off

      And yes this bug has been there since cats and dogs release, it's really about time to fix it!

      I always follow the mod updates after each EA update and wait until all my mods have been updated before playing.

      Little Ms. Sam is very good at testing and updating all her mods after each update. She has already updated any mods that needed updating with University and reported all others as fine. She is one of the few I feel quite comfortable using. I don't own Cats and Dogs, but I would definitely use this mod if I did.

      Fortunately, updates don't affect every mod. I'm guessing EA hasn't changed much about pets in a while. That's why this mod hasn't needed any updating.

      I hope that makes you feel better about using it if you want to use mods at all. I know some prefer not to use them.
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      DevilNDisguiseDevilNDisguise Posts: 2,225 Member
      telemwill wrote: »
      graventhe wrote: »
      LaBlue0314 wrote: »
      Actually, there is a mod that does deal with this.
      https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175411104103/no-sick-dirty-sad-and-hungry-cats-dogs-npcs

      I noticed this mod a while ago but it's not updated more than a year! (Since June 2018) so I'm very certain it's not compatible with university patch

      I wonder if there's a setting in MCCC that turns this off

      And yes this bug has been there since cats and dogs release, it's really about time to fix it!

      I always follow the mod updates after each EA update and wait until all my mods have been updated before playing.

      Little Ms. Sam is very good at testing and updating all her mods after each update. She has already updated any mods that needed updating with University and reported all others as fine. She is one of the few I feel quite comfortable using. I don't own Cats and Dogs, but I would definitely use this mod if I did.

      Fortunately, updates don't affect every mod. I'm guessing EA hasn't changed much about pets in a while. That's why this mod hasn't needed any updating.

      I hope that makes you feel better about using it if you want to use mods at all. I know some prefer not to use them.

      Yup, all of what they said; not all mods need updating after each patch, especially if nothing has changed in relating to what the mod is for.

      I have this mod, it still works.
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      LiELFLiELF Posts: 6,527 Member
      I'm so fed up with the sick pets. Why are these issues allowed to run rampant once a pack is over three months old? 😡
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      Paigeisin5Paigeisin5 Posts: 2,140 Member
      Just one more thing that makes rotational play so difficult. MCCC has a motive decay setting for all Sims and for cats and dogs. I have the ones for cats and dogs set to half of the default amount, and revisit households with pets every four Sim days. This has cut down on the number of sick pets I get while rotating through households. Another trick I use is to send the Sim I am playing to the lots with pets to do wellness checks, and if I find a sick pet there, I then offer the pet a wellness treat. And I use debug to load up on those wellness treats so all my Sims have at least six in their inventories. It's much faster than going to the vet clinic, and I only go to the clinic to have pets spayed and neutered. But I'm at the point in this save I am currently playing where my newly married Sims are throwing whims to have babies. So tonight I am going to set the motive decay for the pets down even more to see if this will buy me an extra day or two in my current rotation schedule. I will let you know how it goes if you're interested. :)
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      Missmagoo2Missmagoo2 Posts: 1,255 Member
      I really want to like having pets around, but them being sick all the time makes me want to put them all up for adoption :(
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      SheriSim57SheriSim57 Posts: 7,011 Member
      Yeah, I don’t use mods and custom content. I don’t know why they let strays even get sick since you aren’t playing them. I wish they would lower how often pets get sick too.
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      heartlacingheartlacing Posts: 24 Member
      Seeing sick pets stresses me out so much lol. I know the functionality is there to provide a reason for sims to populate the veterinarian lots, but the sick animal animations are so unnerving.
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      VamprisVampris Posts: 1,127 Member
      I feel like the main problem is there is no "cooldown" for animals getting sick. Once they get cured they can immediately get sick right away if you're unlucky enough. Tbh it makes living in Brindleton bay so...depressing to see sick animals everywhere.
      Missmagoo2 wrote: »
      I really want to like having pets around, but them being sick all the time makes me want to put them all up for adoption :(
      Same, you have a cat/dog for one day and they have already gotten sick three times. Either that or they suddenly stop being housebroken and start pooping in every room.
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      ChampandGirlieChampandGirlie Posts: 2,482 Member
      Yes, thanks for bringing this up. I hope they fix this. It is annoying for rotational play.

      I've also taken to stashing wellness treats in a sim's inventory but I'd prefer for this to be corrected. I don't mind that pets get sick but that they always get sick during rotational play is annoying. As soon as I return to a household, I need to feed one of those treats or urgently rush to the vet which isn't practical.
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      Nekia33painterNekia33painter Posts: 336 Member
      Has anyone else had this issue where the sims always rudely introduce to pets and strays.
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      Destin2016Destin2016 Posts: 568 Member
      Buy vet treats and feed them to your pets ever so often. They’ll keep them well.
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      SimsandraSimsandra Posts: 315 Member
      I hate that too, is it really a bug? I mean, the game generates sick pets (townies) to fill the vet clinic, so you have patients when you play yourself and of course to fill the lot, when you visit the vet. But the game also takes existing pets to fill the lot.. maybe it's done on purpose?!
      And yes, it annoys me, so I barely have pets anymore (all families with pets have an examination table and they cure their pet at home) but thats not a real solution. I just dont want all sims being vets. In real life not everyone can cure their pets themselves xD
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      ElliandreElliandre Posts: 2,468 Member
      I play on rotation and notice this too. Every time I switch to a house with a pet, the pet is always sick, and I have to take it to the Vet. Good idea to stock up on wellness treats, but I thought these can't cure a pet illness, only help prevent them? Can the pet be cured at home with a treat?
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      CamkatCamkat Posts: 2,329 Member
      Elliandre wrote: »
      I play on rotation and notice this too. Every time I switch to a house with a pet, the pet is always sick, and I have to take it to the Vet. Good idea to stock up on wellness treats, but I thought these can't cure a pet illness, only help prevent them? Can the pet be cured at home with a treat?

      They can! We shouldn't HAVE to do this, as others have mentioned, it kind of takes away from the feelings you might get if a pet were actually sic, but the wellness treats do work as a cure.
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      NADYSOPHIENADYSOPHIE Posts: 356 Member
      I also have the same issues and I hate it. They really should fix it and make the percentage of having sick animals less.
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      83bienchen83bienchen Posts: 2,589 Member
      LittleMsSam has a fix for this issue:

      https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175411104103/no-sick-dirty-sad-and-hungry-cats-dogs-npcs
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