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[Harken]

Alright so I have a silk farm full of tamed cave spiders and I've noticed that apparently the poor arachnids are getting killed when moving through a doorway tile at the same time as a dwarf entering or exiting the room. From what I've seen the door slams shut killing the spider. I have the doors set to pet-impassable. Anyone else notice this before?

[Niyazov]

Yeah, vermin get killed in doors. Maybe try making the room only accessible through a staircase with a hatch cover on the floor above? I'm not sure if hatches kill vermin but if it's on a different floor you're probably safe since i don't think tame vermin_grounder will use stairs.

[slothen]

i keep forgetting that vermin are persistent creatures even when not visible.  I'm assuming you just cage and release them in the room and get silk?

[Harken]

Yeah, vermin get killed in doors. Maybe try making the room only accessible through a staircase with a hatch cover on the floor above? I'm not sure if hatches kill vermin but if it's on a different floor you're probably safe since i don't think tame vermin_grounder will use stairs.

Using a hatch is a good suggestion, I'll have to try that next fort. So if I allow access only from above or below they won't attempt to migrate up/down the stairs?

i keep forgetting that vermin are persistent creatures even when not visible.  I'm assuming you just cage and release them in the room and get silk?

Cage released, yes. Though I have noticed that even with tame spiders they'll still occasional bite your dwarves.
So I have a custom silker profession set so a single dwarf spends his life collecting the webs.
He's already been bitten so it's not a big deal.

I ended up altering the entrance a bit to make it more difficult for the spiders to reach the door, hopefully this will cut down on spider smashings.