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Contents

  • Maps
    • Households, Houses, Lots and Collectibles
      • Collectibles
      • Neighborhood 1
      • Neighborhood 2
      • Neighborhood 3
      • Neighborhood 4
      • Neighborhood 5
      • Neighborhood 6
      • Empty Houses
      • Empty Lots
      • Houses to Place
      • Families to Place
  • Essentials
    • Introduction
      • Introduction
      • Leading a New Life
    • Basics
      • Basics Introduction
      • Required Reading
      • Mood
      • Wishes
      • Opportunities
    • Skills
      • Skills Introduction
      • Athletic
      • Charisma
      • Cooking
      • Fishing
      • Gardening
      • Guitar
      • Handiness
      • Logic
      • Painting
      • Writing
      • Other Skills
    • Relationships and Socializing
      • The Art of the Conversation
      • Relationships and Socializing
    • New Simology
      • What's New
      • Traits
      • Pet Trait Reinforcement
      • Moodlets
      • New Wishes
      • Lifetime Wishes
      • New Opportunties
      • New Skills
      • New Socials
    • New Features
      • New Features Introduction
      • Pets and Other Expansion Packs
      • Scrapbook
      • Pet Memories
    • New Objects
      • Buy Mode
      • Other Collections
      • Build Mode Objects
      • New Object Interactions
    • Cheats
      • Cheats
  • Walkthrough
    • Create a Pet
      • Create a Pet introduction
      • Create a Horse
      • Horse Traits
      • Create a Dog
      • Dog Traits
    • Horses
      • Horse Petology
      • Skills
      • Inventory, Lifetime Happiness, and Lifetime Rewards
      • Needs
      • Horse Interactions
      • Horse-Related Objects
      • Equestrian Center
      • Breeding and Raising Horses
    • Dogs
      • Dog Introduction
      • Dog Petology
      • Dog Skills and Inventory
      • Dog Lifetime Happiness and Lifetime Rewards
      • Interacting with Dogs
      • Dog-Related Objects
      • Breeding Dogs
      • Dog Aging and Death
      • Dog Park
    • Cats
      • Cat Petology
      • Cat Skills
      • Cats Lifetime Happiness and Lifetime Rewards
      • Interacting with Cats
      • Cat-related Objects
      • Breeding Cats
      • Cat Jungle
    • Small Animals
      • Small Animals Introduction
      • Habit Interactions
    • Wild Animals
      • Wild Animals Introduction
      • Wildlife
    • Tour of Appaloosa Plains
      • Wide Open Spaces
      • Places of Employment
      • Pet Specific Locations
      • Other Businesses
      • Parks and Fishing

The Sims 3 Pets Guide › Walkthrough › Cats

Breeding Cats

Fortunately, cats never accidently have kittens. You have to deliberately breed your cats before they’ll have a litter. And you won’t even see the Try for Babies interaction unless you have a doghouse on your lot. Yep, that’s right, a doghouse. Technically it’s a pet house. Cat’s don’t get their own private parlors of amour. They use a doghouse, just like dogs do. Preferably one dogs haven’t used! Ick!

Note

Unlike horses, dogs and cats can’t be sold. So there’s no financial reason to raise cats. But kittens are so cute!

When a daddy cat and a mommy cat love each other very much...

Like dogs, cats retire to the privacy of the pet house to conduct their courtship. When they emerge, the female cat has a chance to be pregnant. If so, you get a message telling you to prepare for kittens.

Like other pets, cats don’t make a huge fuss about it. They just pop out a few kittens in a sparkly flourish. You then get an opportunity to name the kittens.

Note

Don’t worry if you change your mind. You can always rename an animal later.

Shakira and Simba have two new babies! Awww, they’re so cute. They have their mother’s stripes and their father’s markings. Kittens might also inherit skills from their parents or grandparents. You can keep your cat’s kittens, or put them up for adoption. The Social Workers assure you that good homes will be found for them.

Kittens start eating solid food right away, so be ready to fill those food bowls even more often.

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