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How exactly do I prevent my pets from roaming all over my farm. I've set them inside a brick wall but every time I whistle them to their house they just end up walking threw the wall and other various objects once they wake up. I want them to be in a small area that they cannot escape. Thanks for any help!
Aw I say let them roam free I would feel a bit mean keeping them penned up lol. I love seeing the dogs and cats wandering around having fun and the horses stay close to there stables anyway.
Unfortunately you can't. It drives me absolutely nuts because I love my set up but they never ever stay (Well, my donkey and horses stay. Only my dogs and cats get out)Quote:
Originally Posted by atown113
I really wish SC would fix this in a future update.
My dogs and cats roam everywhere, which is fine. Unfortunately, the horses stay too close to their stables and get in my way when I'm trying to harvest my production machines. Or they're stepping into the machines themselves, pesky things. I wish they WOULD roam a bit a give me some room! :rolleyes:
I tried to keep all my animals protected from preditors but my one pet, Cat, won't stay put. However, it turns out she's an attack cat.
D'awww!!! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DanaProvs31
Not to do with the pets but something that made me 'awww' in a sad way. I saw someone's farm where they had walled in the frogs. There were about 8-10 frogs all in a small walled square area. I wish I'd taken a screen shot! :eek:
Pretty sure I saw something mentioned in another thread that cats and dogs don't seem to like walking over the stone path. I'm conducting an experiment as I type, my three kitty cats (and a handful of frogs) are all surrounded by the stone path and so far none have moved out of the area.
Will keep them there a while longer to see if they manage to hatch an escape plan...
Weird, innit? They have no problem crossing it to get to their food bowls though. I solved the problem by not continuing the path all the way to the house so now, when they wake up, they all wander across the front of the house and get around it that way.Quote:
Originally Posted by GorillaByte
Weird but apparently true! I can confirm my cats (although not too happy about it - as you may see in the pic) did not stray from their stone path enclosure until I released them a good day or so later.Quote:
Originally Posted by LadyDawnD
Weird also is how the animals can find their way into certain spots and then get stuck. How is it they manage to get there and then can't get out?! My donkey is now in the habit of roaming around and getting wedged between the coffee stand and fence..with all that espresso I'm surprised he can fall asleep so often!
I saw a farm that had a bunch of foxes in a fence pen and another that had a bunch of frogs in a pen. Do the foxes get on anyone else's nerves when they won't get out of your farm no matter how many times you tap them?
I know! I have a horse (one of the dim Bay ones) who has gotten stuck outside the bottom wall between the wall and the blackberry bush on a few occasions. I have to move the wall to let him back in then he just saunters through the gap and carries on suggestively raising his eyebrows at me!Quote:
Originally Posted by GorillaByte
Maybe the path is coated with a toxic substance?
I love foxes ordinarily, but these foxes irritate the hell out of me. The constant scratching. I have fences along the front edge of the farm to keep them out. I hadnt had any get thru until recently. I can dismantle walls and corral the foxes in and gradually coax them outside where they disappear into the wood. But recently one got quite far into the farm before i knew. I tried my corral method, with major movement of decorations, bushes, machines etc. the little buggar insisted in staying where he was. Now he is stuck up the back of the farm near the mine. Too far in to get out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chroniclermata
I've seen that, too. In some cases, it looks like there are hundreds of frogs/foxes there. How do they do it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Chroniclermata
I've got one trapped between a tree and the edge of the river. Dunno how it managed to get there but, for some reason, it can't get out.
Didnt get to bed yet LadyD.... Had a brain wave instead on what to do with the foxes. Rather than rewrite it pop over to ideas under Fox Traps. I think my current efforts to move the fox on will make up another episode of Country Calendar.
I'll have a look now. You should be sleeping!Quote:
Originally Posted by Judesnz54
Mr Snow and Mr Snow ushered the fox off the property, although you can still see his tail. So i moved him from the mine to the far right corner. Now it is 1.55am and I am still up....Quote:
Originally Posted by LadyDawnD
i like your animal pen area. I wish i had more room to space them out like that. It looks better and is better animal husbandry.