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#1 Old 26th Jun 2026 at 6:55 PM Last edited by chitownriverscum : Yesterday at 1:04 AM.
Default Looking for some deco dogs to stand in for real pets
I don't have Pets, so my Sims' household animals are limited to statues, or the animated/ride-on kind that Beck used to make, for instance. In particular, I'd like a Pekingese, just to sit on the floor, but other dogs would be weclome, too, and cats as well. I have a plethora of barnyard animals already, to dress up those rural lots, plus some converted from Zoo Tycoon I believe. I have a scary-looking German Shepherd statue somewhere on my computer; I must've deleted it from my DL folder though.

Animals kept in small cages would also be nice: hamsters, newts, that sort of thing. You'd think someone would've made a feedable version of the BG fishtank that had other kinds of creatures living in it, but I've never seen one.

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#2 Old 26th Jun 2026 at 7:24 PM Last edited by simmer22 : 26th Jun 2026 at 7:46 PM.
There's a set here with rodents:
https://nonsensical-pixels.tumblr.c...iso-rodents-set

Another set here with a mix of small animals:
https://zx-ta.livejournal.com/20024.html#cutid1
And here:
https://gardenofshadows.org.uk/gard...10963#msg610963 (pic in the zip file)

https://www.simszoo.de/filebase/cat...-decor-animals/ (various animals, some rats/mice/birds, not sure about cats/Dogs - they used to have some)

Some dogs and cats
https://www.medievalsims.com/forums...php?f=80&t=3752
https://www.medievalsims.com/forums...php?f=80&t=3793

Mila and Kativip had several deco cats/dogs, but not sure if the sites still work.

If you need stuff to fill an aquarium, I think I can find some useful links for that, too.
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#3 Old 26th Jun 2026 at 8:02 PM
Quote: Originally posted by chitownriverscum
Animals kept in small cages would also be nice: hamsters, newts, that sort of thing. You'd think someone would've made a feedable version of the BG fishtank that had other kinds of creatures living in it, but I've never seen one.


They never needed to, because the womrat cage has been altered to have other animals.
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#4 Old 27th Jun 2026 at 8:30 AM
Quote: Originally posted by Charity
They never needed to, because the womrat cage has been altered to have other animals.


For the person who disagreed. https://modthesims.info/d/464697/up...nd-rodents.html
Me? Sarcastic? Never.
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#5 Old 27th Jun 2026 at 12:21 PM
I think the disagrees point is that the animals in the rodent cage are not the same as fish in a tank, not that the mod didn't exist. It's like saying who needs cats in the game if you have dogs.
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#6 Old 27th Jun 2026 at 2:11 PM
Delonariel has insect terrariums here: https://delonariel.livejournal.com/8191.html
(I did these with the FT ant terrarium animations - but you need FT for those. I think it's at GoS somewhere, plus it's on my site).
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#7 Old 27th Jun 2026 at 3:02 PM
So, just to be clear...
The altered wormrat cage on MTS requries Pets, but the fishtank on Garden of Shadows is converted from TS3, and is base game compatible (even though it includes a wormrat)? That's what I'm reading, anyway...

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#8 Old 27th Jun 2026 at 7:24 PM
Quote: Originally posted by simmer22

If you need stuff to fill an aquarium, I think I can find some useful links for that, too.


Would that be the basegame fishtank, or another aquarium with slots for objects? Either way, I'm intrigued.

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#9 Old 27th Jun 2026 at 7:46 PM
Quote: Originally posted by chitownriverscum
Would that be the basegame fishtank, or another aquarium with slots for objects? Either way, I'm intrigued.


Mostly just decorative objects, but you could add them to a fish tank/aquarium (with OMSPs), or build your own.

Reef/plants/decration
https://veranka-downloads.tumblr.co...dise-conversion

Some of Windkeeper's aquarium/fish stuff at TSR:
https://www.thesimsresource.com/dow...fish/id/252046/
https://www.thesimsresource.com/dow...rals/id/328100/
https://www.thesimsresource.com/dow...ones/id/326544/
https://www.thesimsresource.com/dow...rium/id/324692/
https://www.thesimsresource.com/dow...lass/id/201244/
https://www.thesimsresource.com/dow...ims2/id/257089/

Build-your-own aquarium kit (based on BG aquarium)
https://modthesims.info/d/637829/aq...keover-kit.html

Deco aquarium
https://gryning.tumblr.com/post/636...l-aquarium-from

Placable aquarium fish effect
http://www.insimenator.org/index.php/topic,72928.0.html

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The animated small pets by bienchen83 are based on womrats (and birds?).

I think all (or most of) the links I've posted are either plain deco or BG compatible. The ones by Zx-ta are just deco, but I think they're based on the same TS3 animals as the ones by Bienchen.
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#10 Old 27th Jun 2026 at 8:12 PM
Quote: Originally posted by HugeLunatic
I think the disagrees point is that the animals in the rodent cage are not the same as fish in a tank, not that the mod didn't exist. It's like saying who needs cats in the game if you have dogs.


Well, it's more that the womrats lend themselves better to lizard etc. conversions. It was just a hypothesis as to why noone had tried to make the fishtank do that.
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#11 Old 28th Jun 2026 at 1:02 AM
Riekus13 did some nice recolors (meshes included) of some of kativip and maryata's cats and dogs here and
here.

Leoz94's Bioshock Infinite conversions include a birdcage and a darling little rat.

Kativip has several sets which contain cats and dogs, a couple bunnies, and a few rats. cat, dog, bunny, dog, pig, horse, deer, dogs, sheep, goats, cat & bunny (WARNING: post contains scary gory dog monster), cat, cat & rats

I don't know whether these are UC or BG or somewhere in between, but thought it was worth a mention, at least.
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