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Dwarf Fortress => DF Gameplay Questions => Topic started by: Wicked on July 14, 2020, 05:35:22 am

Title: Adopted pet starving
Post by: Wicked on July 14, 2020, 05:35:22 am

Hi There,
I am recently returned after a long absence. I never did get past Newbie. I am using V 0.43.05 because that is what I had left over from last time around.

So, I have an adopted pet cavy (what IS a cavy?) starving. Guess the owner is slack. How do I fix this?
thanks

Title: Re: Adopted pet starving
Post by: Uthimienure on July 14, 2020, 06:55:15 am

Put the cavy in a pasture that has grass or a cave floor with plant growths.
Have you checked the DF Wiki, by the way?

Title: Re: Adopted pet starving
Post by: Wicked on July 15, 2020, 01:19:21 am

Thanks for that, didn't know that would work with owned pets

Title: Re: Adopted pet starving
Post by: PatrikLundell on July 15, 2020, 02:29:11 am

It might not work. It's possible for grazers to start following their trainers around, resulting in them starving to death (happened to a couple of war trained elephants in an old fortress of mine).

Title: Re: Adopted pet starving
Post by: anewaname on July 15, 2020, 11:03:25 am

Grazer pets will stay in the pasture most of the time. The trained animals that chase the animal trainer are more of a problem.

Title: Re: Adopted pet starving
Post by: Schmaven on July 17, 2020, 04:11:19 pm

Chained up grazers will be kept alive by your dwarves even if chained on barren land.  It does require more plant farming / gathering however, since your foodstocks are used rather than the wild growth.