Desire for realism or interest in health issues isn't particularly american. If we have social workers to cart off the children when they do badly in school and our sims can burn the house down if there is no smoke alarm, the catbox thing is just one more way to add detail to the game. And randomcrazychik made a good point about the pregnant belly.

I was surprised to see a mod like this coming from dickhurt, who is a favourite of mine because of making so many great hacks to improve realism. But for those who prefer to make their gaming as uncomplicated as possible, this will be very helpful. And what if a pregnant sim lives alone, with cats? So thank you for this.

I think they didn't allow pregnant Sims to clean out the litter box because they wanted to put in a bit of realism, as cat excrements carry toxioplasm, which can harm babies in real life.

It's still a nice mod, though.

It's not the cat litter itself, it's a chemical naturally found in the digestive tract of cats.

Lol.

I agree with most of you. Yeah, you can catch toxo, but here in Aust we are tested for immunity. I grew up with cats, so I was immune, my children are growing up with what my husband calls our menagerie huh? He must be studing them coz he ain't feeding or walking them! = 2 chickens, soon to be 2 and a black chick (lol, surprise Daddy!) a pain in the A, not so Great Dane puppy, a cockatiel and 3 cats. Yep sucker for strays... :0( So I assume they'll even be immune to swine flu at this rate.

Anyway, I got one of my cats the same week I discovered I was PG. If I had to clean the freaking litter tray (mind you, she would only use once and then required it to be cleaned- hence the name 'Princess Darlah') so will my PG sims! Mawhahaha-ha.

I've heard the toxoplasmosis thing - but a lot of people can get it without it bothering them, and being exposed to a cat for a minimum of a year before getting pregnant assures you can't be infected/reinfected. Therefore, if you have a new kitten and are pregnant, avoid the box. If not; a-ok! I downloaded this asap.

Yes, very true. When I was pregnant I wouldn't even go NEAR the box yet only clean it. Someone else could clean it, there was NO WAY i was going to put my baby at risk for a freakin' litter box.

And as for the discussion about why they did that since sims aren't affected by it since they are just sims. I believe they do it so it looks like they aren't influencing anyone. The way everyone sues everyone for anything these days I could just a see a pregnant woman blaming poor EA. They also don't allow teen sims having sex or getting pregnant, because YES it IS just a game, but they don't want to be held responsible for "influencing" anyone.

Actually, by 'litter', that's not their way of talking about the stuff that absorbs the moisture. They're trying to tactfully discuss the actual refuse. I have a friend who recently gave birth and has hardly been able to touch her cat for the past ten months. My husband and I are actually planning to get rid of our cats altogether when I get pregnant.

actually no, it presents a problem only if mother NEVER got it before and gets it while pregnant.
also not all cats have it, wearing gloves, washing hands will prevent it.
avoiding doing it will work too

so basically above statement is a lie.

Sorry people always say it about toxoplasmosis and being untrue it bugs me.

exactly!