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Sorry if this is a dumb question.  I haven't done much with pets yet.  Can a pet be made to live indefinitely?  I know they don't age with aging off, but that has to be turned on sometimes so children will age.  Has anyone made a hack for this?

Also, if I get a parrot for my Uni students, will it age while on campus?

I suppose if they eat enough of the 'kibble of life' or whatever it's called then theoretically they can live forever.

With the kibble of life yes they can.  I bought a pet for my vampire sim who is now a great grandmother and she's had the dog since she was an adult with a kid.

Thanks, that's a relief.  I had read that the kibble of life could only be used one time.

I play my sims almost in "real time."  As in, I've had the game for two years, so the sims have been alive two years.  Having a pet die after a month of play doesn't make sense with that mindset.

I play very similar, my sims are aging very very slowly. One good idea of Pets was that they age at a different time (between 10 - 12 a.m., I haven't completely worked it out, because I always forget to check at the right time), so it means you can turn aging off in the morning and turn it on again afterwards if you want your "human" sims to age.

I think it can be used 5 times, just like the elixer. You need to have one of your 'human' sims command the pet to eat the kibble. I think the sim has to have at least gold aspiration, too, otherwise there could be problems, just like with the other reward objects.