dog with fleas and green mouth after vet?

[briana081100]

help! i cant seem to get rid of the fleas that my Sims dog has. I took him to the vet, gave him wellness treats, debugged, removed all of my mods, cleared the cache, even uninstalled and reinstalled origin and it still will not go away. additionally, the shower/tub combo that they have will not stop being dirty. (not sure if these two are related). when they go to clean it, they start to clean it and then stop. when i right-click on it and click "make clean" nothing happens. how do i solve this? :-( 

[RandomBuzziness · Accepted solution]

@briana081100 I think the Shower/Tub Combos not cleaning properly is still a current bug. Here is the Bug Report on that one:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Shower-Tub-Combos-can-t-be-properly-cleaned/m-p/8931252#M...

There is a mod that will fix this problem or you could try a cleaning spell if you have Realm of Magic. You can find the mod in Little Ms Sam's Random Bug Fixes (ShowerTub Cleaning Fix) if you are interested in trying that.

I think the problem with sick pets not being fully cured when visiting a Vet, with no further treatment options available, is also current bug but I can't find a bug report for that one. I know this has happened in my game before-- cat gets sick, cat goes to vet but is still sick after the visit, there are no further options in the game to treat the cat. Some people just save their pet to their Library and use that to replace their pet in their game. There is a Little Ms Sam mod to fix this as well, it's called "No Sick, Dirty, Sad and Hungry Cats & Dogs (NPCs)". This mod has an interaction called "Treat Pet" that should fully heal (get rid of the fleas and green mouth) your pet if it did not get fully healed after visiting a Vet or after using a Wellness Treat.

I don't usually like to recommend using mods to fix things like this because I know many players prefer not to use them and console players can't use them at all, but sometimes they are the only option other than replacing your shower/tub combo or replacing your pet.

Good luck, I hope this helps :D

[RandomBuzziness · Accepted solution]

@briana081100 I think the Shower/Tub Combos not cleaning properly is still a current bug. Here is the Bug Report on that one:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Shower-Tub-Combos-can-t-be-properly-cleaned/m-p/8931252#M...

There is a mod that will fix this problem or you could try a cleaning spell if you have Realm of Magic. You can find the mod in Little Ms Sam's Random Bug Fixes (ShowerTub Cleaning Fix) if you are interested in trying that.

I think the problem with sick pets not being fully cured when visiting a Vet, with no further treatment options available, is also current bug but I can't find a bug report for that one. I know this has happened in my game before-- cat gets sick, cat goes to vet but is still sick after the visit, there are no further options in the game to treat the cat. Some people just save their pet to their Library and use that to replace their pet in their game. There is a Little Ms Sam mod to fix this as well, it's called "No Sick, Dirty, Sad and Hungry Cats & Dogs (NPCs)". This mod has an interaction called "Treat Pet" that should fully heal (get rid of the fleas and green mouth) your pet if it did not get fully healed after visiting a Vet or after using a Wellness Treat.

I don't usually like to recommend using mods to fix things like this because I know many players prefer not to use them and console players can't use them at all, but sometimes they are the only option other than replacing your shower/tub combo or replacing your pet.

Good luck, I hope this helps :D

[jeni2810]

I had the same issue with my dog

Here's the bug report

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/Dogs-unable-to-be-cured/m-p/9228021#M141887

[RandomBuzziness]

@briana081100 and @jeni2810 I've recently learned that the "sick pet that cannot be cured by a Vet" thing might clear itself after a week or so in-game, or if you save & exit and restart your game a few times. I haven't tried waiting it out like this but I have heard it did work for others.

[briana081100]

@RandomBuzziness thanks for the help! i couldnt figure out how to add just the dog itself to my library so i ended up just removing him and replacing him. 

[jeni2810]

I have been wondering this too - just having a pet in my library, as mine is/was a selfsim of my dog, who is 14!  I havent tried to be honest but am thinking when I want to add her to another family, I would just delete the people sim. I have seen  pet only households in the gallery so that may work to save in the library too.