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[Teferi]

my map has purring maggots but whenever i go and store them I somehow lose them in a little while after catching them. anyone know how to keep them?

[ThtblovesDF]

Like you keep everything from moving solve every problem . Encase it in obsidian.

[Teferi]

Like you keep everything from moving solve every problem . Encase it in obsidian.

hardy har har. I would like to milk the things

[Derakon]

You aren't losing them. They're getting eaten. For whatever reason, captured vermin are the first things that get eaten out of the food stockpile, instead of the last. Yeah, I don't know either.

[0x517A5D]

For whatever reason, captured vermin are the first things that get eaten out of the food stockpile, instead of the last.

I think it's because they're cheap.

I read somewhere on the forums or the wiki that when the economy starts, penniless dwarves will choose whatever food is cheapest and eat it for free.  A live large roach, for example, is worth 2 dwarfbucks.

The normal way to preserve vermin is to {forbid} them as soon as you notice their existence.  You will need to experiment to find out if they can be milked while forbidden.

Whatever you do, don't tame them.  The wiki says that tamed purring maggots can't be milked.  Either don't use the kennels' "tame a small animal" option, or lock the maggots up while taming other vermin.

[Aspgren]

try to tame and then milk. the wiki could be wrong ...

i suspect your cats eat the damn maggots too

[Yanlin]

I think this is your problem.

[Fossaman]

Taming maggots makes them un-milkable.

So you're pretty much SOL, really. The only solution I can think of is to assign a single dwarf who hates purring maggots to be the trapper/milker and shut him off from the rest of the fort, so none of the other dwarves can get to the maggots to eat them.

[Phazer]

ive had several roaches but never seen them get eaten, does this happen when economy hits?

[Fossaman]

Vermin may be eaten at any time, but I believe it depends on each dwarf's preferences. Something about exotic foods, I seem to recall.

[Time Kitten]

Taming maggots makes them un-milkable.

So you're pretty much SOL, really. The only solution I can think of is to assign a single dwarf who hates purring maggots to be the trapper/milker and shut him off from the rest of the fort, so none of the other dwarves can get to the maggots to eat them.

Actually, you need someone who loves them.  Someone who hates them will just go mad from seeing horrible things in cages and having absolutely horrible meals 24/7

[Aspgren]

Taming maggots makes them un-milkable.

So you're pretty much SOL, really. The only solution I can think of is to assign a single dwarf who hates purring maggots to be the trapper/milker and shut him off from the rest of the fort, so none of the other dwarves can get to the maggots to eat them.

Actually, you need someone who loves them.  Someone who hates them will just go mad from seeing horrible things in cages and having absolutely horrible meals 24/7

"So. Urist McWoodcutter... we already have 20 woodcutters, what else can you tell me about yourself?"
Well.. I have a severe phobia of purring maggots.
"How severe?"
Very much so sir. I panic, get the cold sweats and...
"That's all we needed to hear. Congratulations you're now Urist McMaggotMilker. Guards, lock him in the 'maggot pit'"
NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!