Cat

Cats are pets that can be bought or sold in The Sims: Unleashed, The Sims 2: Pets and The Sims 3: Pets. They are one of the most common pets that Sims can own, along with dogs. In some games, such as the GBA Sims games, they are not something that Sims need or have to take care of much, aside from petting them and and cleaning up their messes. They are mostly for show.

In the PC and Console versions, like The Sims: Unleashed, The Sims 2: Pets and The Sims 3: Pets they are one of the main parts of the game, in that they must be fed, given attention, played with, cleaned up after, and watched over.

The Sims: Unleashed
Cats were introduced in The Sims: Unleashed. In The Sims, a family can adopt a cat by going to the Pet Center in Old Town, or a Sim can befriend and adopt a stray. The Create a Sim section of The Sims does not allow players to create pets.



Skills for cats are obedience, tricks, and hunting. Cats may hunt cockroaches, mice and garden pests on their own. They can be told to hunt mice and garden pests, though they will not always do it.

The premade cats belonging to playable households in The Sims: Unleashed are:


 * Waggles, Boots, Scout and Maggie Kat (owned by Ginia Kat)


 * Menelaus and Hecuba Goth (owned by Gunther and Cornelia Goth)

The Sims 2: Pets


In The Sims 2: Pets, cats also have to be trained so they can live with Sims. The player can do this by scolding them if they don't want them to do something that is bad, e.g destroying furniture, or by praising them to continue doing it. Cats can be trained to be filthy or clean. Cats may get up on tables to eat Sim food that is on them, unless they have been trained to prefer pet food or to stay off furniture.

Unlike their counterparts in Unleashed, kittens in Pets are mobile and largely self-sufficient. They can feed themselves (provided there is food available) and sleep on pet beds without the help of a Sim or their mother. kittens can also learn Behaviors. However, they cannot go up or down stairs without the help of a Sim, and they cannot get jobs or learn Commands.

The premade cats belonging to playable households in The Sims 2: Pets are:


 * Mickey, Samantha and Faline Kat (owned by Tara Kat)
 * Cheech Kim (owned by the Kim family)

The Sims 3: Pets
Cats return in the fifth expansion pack for The Sims 3, The Sims 3: Pets. Like Sims, cats have traits of their own. Initially, they are assigned three traits. Unlike The Sims 2: Pets, cats have only six needs: Hunger, Bladder, Energy, Social, Fun, and Scratching

Unlike dogs and horses, cats have no traits that are unique to them.

Having any type of relationship with dogs and horses is possible, except mating. You can control the cats (and dogs and horses) directly, making things easier.

Cats are able to hunt for and bring home collectables that a Sim can keep in terrariums or send off to the science facility. Cats with the hunter trait, are especially good at this, but all cats need to train to be able to do this. They will then develop it as a skill, which they can level up as they get better at it. The higher level hunter a cat is, the more likely it is that it will catch something other than leaves, feathers and snake skin. A trailer for the console version of the game shows a cat banishing a ghost from the lot.

Cats can, like dogs, develop traits. This means that even though a cat is not born or made with a certain trait, it may develop it in the course of its life. For example, a cat that plays with toys a lot can develop the playful trait, or a cat that grooms him/herself often, might develop the neat trait.

Cats can breed (but a pet house is needed) and will give birth to several kittens providing there are not too many Sims in the household, if the player has one Sim you can have 7 cats, for example. The kittens are not able to do things that adult cats can (such as climbing stairs and playing with toys), they are quite enjoyable to watch. In order to have a larger littler of kittens, Sims may buy the lifetime reward "fertility treatment for cats". It takes about 4 days from conception till the kittens are born. Whenever a cat becomes pregnant, the same music that displays for Sims will be played.

The neighborhood that comes with the Pets expansion pack, Appaloosa Plains, includes a cat jungle where you can take your cat to play and meet other cats.

Trivia

 * There are over 30 cat breeds on the console version of The Sims 3: Pets, and over 40 cat breeds on the PC/Mac.
 * Cats have a large amount of lifetime rewards listed here, but do not have a lifetime wish.
 * You must have a sim in a household with animals. They can't live alone.
 * You can adjust the lifespan of the cats in the same way you adjust the sims lifespan.
 * Cats may react negatively to the TV, but can howl along with music.
 * Cats can vomit on the floor without explanation