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In a life simulator where you can choose your own career, marry a spouse, have kids, and build your dream house, what could be more furrtastic than being able to adopt your own pets? In The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs you get to choose your new furry companion whenever you want.
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Are you looking for man’s best friend to have by your Sim’s side till they die? Do you want a house full of cats? Maybe you want to start breeding animals and sell the puppies for a little side income? Hop into our purrific guide to learn all you need to know about adopting pets in The Sims 4!
How To Prepare Your Sim’s Home For Pets
Before your Sim adopts a cat or dog, you should first prepare the home for a pet by buying everything they need, so go into Build Mode and search for Pet Care. Here is everything you’ll need for your new pet:
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Food Bowl |
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Pet Door |
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Training Equipment |
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Cats/Kittens |
Bed |
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Food Dish |
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Litter Box |
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Toys |
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Pet Door |
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Scratching Post |
How To Adopt A Pet In The Sims 4
Once you’ve prepared the home for the pet of your choice, it’s now time to adopt! There are two ways to adopt a pet via the adoption agency:
- From the computer, you’ll click Household, then Adopt, then Adopt Cat/Dog.
- From the phone, select Home, Call Adoption Agency, then Adopt Cat/Dog.
A menu will come up showing the dogs or cats that are currently available, and you can choose to adopt up to three dogs or cats at once. Hover over each animal’s portrait for more information including name, age, breed, gender, and whether they’re spayed/neutered.
If you don’t like the options before you, close out of the adoption menu, save your game, and then restart. When you go back in and pull up the adoption menu, you’ll have a whole new selection of pets to choose from.
Make your selections and click the checkmark at the bottom right of the adoption page, and a representative from the adoption agency will show up with the pet for your adoption evaluation. Use this time to introduce yourself to the animal.
When you’re ready to adopt, click on the pet and choose the ‘Adopt’ option. A menu will pop up asking if you’re sure you want to adopt this pet.
Press okay, then choose a name for your pet. Once you’re finished, the adoption fee (200 Simoleons per pet) is paid and the pet will be added to your household.
How To Adopt A Stray Pet
If your sim lives in the Brindleton Bay neighborhood that comes with the Cat & Dogs expansion, they will sometimes encounter stray cats and dogs. If you would like for your Sim to adopt one of these stray animals, you must first approach the stray with the Friendliest Introduction.
Continue with friendly interactions until you get the option to Offer Friendship, and once you and the stray are friends, you will unlock the ability to adopt the stray and take it home. Unlike formal adoptions, where you pay an adoption fee, you’ll instead receive a small amount of Simoleons for adopting a stray.
If you’re having a hard time finding stray dogs, travel to the island where the Deadgrass Discoveries museum is, and wait a little while. Eventually, a few stray dogs should start showing up.
How To Adopt A Ghost Pet
On Deadgrass Island, you can find ghost dogs or ghost cats due to the nearby pet cemetery. If you’d like to bring one of these specters into your home, there are two ways to adopt them.
Invite Ghost Pet Into Your Household
Ghost animals will appear sometime after midnight in or around the area of the cemetery on Deadgrass Island, and to adopt one, you must first befriend them. Just like any other Sim or pet, have your Sim interact with the pet by playing with it, giving it a treat, playing fetch (if you have a ball), and various other activities.
Once you get your friendship level up to Good Friends, the option to Invite To Household should appear on the interaction menu. Click that, and the ghost pet will be added to your household.
Resurrect Ghost Pet
Do you want to adopt a ghost pet but don’t want them to stay a ghost pet? You can resurrect them! First, you must visit a pet hospital and purchase an Ambrosia Pet Treat from the vending machine for 2,500 Simoleons.
Then, when you find the ghost pet you wish to take home, interact with them and choose the option to Give Ambrosia Treat. This will resurrect them into living pets and immediately add them to your household.
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