How does the sims pet expansion pack work?

Does it unlock a pet shop?
How do you create a new pet, like where do you go to start? Do you need to go somewhere or is there a button…?
Can you mix and match features?
How many pets can you have per household?
Can your pets have babies?
If you create a horse, where do you keep it?
Does it cost money to create a pet?

Answers to these questions and any other information that anybody has on the pets expansion pack would be great! Thanks!




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i am getting a dog next Saturday but i need to purchase a dog bed, food, toys, crate, lead well you get the gist. just to clarify im not buying a dog from a pet shop.




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My family is starting up our aquarium again. it has been years, so we are trying to learn as much as possible.In the past, we used a 40 watt bulb and the fish were fine, but the guy at the pet shop says to go bigger…the tank is 48 inches in length, 18 inches in width and 21 inches in depth in case you needed to know. Any other special advice you can give me?




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i am getting a dog next Saturday but i need to purchase a dog bed, food, toys, crate, lead well you get the gist. just to clarify im not buying a dog from a pet shop.




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Are good quality rawhide bones OK for dogs?

I don’t really trust what vets say with regard to food and treats since mine told me to only feed my dog dry food because it’s better for his teeth.
I am in Ireland and there is no such thing as a good pet shop here so we are limited to rawhide or nothing for a treat.
He has a Kong but I have never put peanut butter in it! I think he would like that but isn’t peanut butter also bad for them?
Also if rawhide is so bad for dogs why is it sold so widely?




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Hi i’m Looking to buy a Leopard Gecko and have reserved one at a very caring and responsible pet shop. The Gecko i have reserved is 3 years old and very friendly and tame. Do they get boring and are they hard too look after with feeding, cleaning etc. Are they worth getting? And also do they have too feed of live crickets and meal worms or can they feed of dead, frozed or canned. Please Helpp !!!! Thankyou !




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I’m looking for some great pet stores (family owned, locally owned, small chains) that specialize in fish, aquariums and supplies. I love all fish, but I have only dealt with freshwater.

I live in Baytown, but it doesn’t matter which side of Houston it’s on. I’m just tired of Petco and Petsmart and the little pet shop we have here which is awful.

Thanks so much for your help!




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Pet Store Crates & Puppies?

So I JUST made this connection. I have a rescued Border puppy that I’m fostering, he’s twelve months old, and is pretty much a fantastic pet. But he has a closet demon, he’s from a pet store (bred for them), and he has crate aggression on random occasions.

They kept him in a crate every day all day (no walks, no outside time, the only "out" he got was to be moved into another crate when they were cleaning his first one).

It just now dawned on me because when he goes into the crate a first time, he’s okay with it. But the second time, he growls and gets very stressed out.

Could this possibly be because of his ordeal as a puppy of never leaving the crate, and he now thinks that he’s never coming back out?

He was at the pet store for two or three months, and he was given up because of this issue. They’ve had him for six months, purchased him when he was four and a half months old.

My question is, can I safely use a crate again without stressing him out, or should I implement another form of ‘housing’ when we leave for the day?

I know the pet shop he came from, and ALL dogs are kept the way he was, many three and four dogs to a cage (depending on size). My second question is should I report them for animal cruelty now that they’ve psychologically damaged a dog- and probably many many more?




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Pet supplies online, small shop, mega store?




Would you rather shop at a private pet shop for supplies and even animals and pay more money or shop at a mega store petco petsmart superpetz etc and pay a little less or shop online and pay less?

It seems the mega stores and online is putting most of the private shops out but I try to give as much business to the private shops as I can afford so they won’t go out.

How important is a small privately owned shop with knowledgeable people that may cost more than saving money to you?




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Bearded dragon possibly mbd petland?




So i went into petland discounts today and saw a bearded dragon (citrus morph i believe) and the pet shop only had a basking bulb in his enclosure and no uv source and get this they had him housed with a curly tail lizard on sand substrate,I looked closely and it seems to have a dent by the tail area and he drags his belly and front leg is a little bent back.Im no expert but this seemed to had been MBD.So i went and complained of course and to my surprise these guys have not a clue with MBD is and they never heard of cypress mulch.I guess they got tired of my criticism and the fact that i was right and asked that i leave.Has anyone ever seen things like this in petland or is it just this one?




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