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[Uzu Bash]

I have yet to kill a cat for a catsplosion. I always nip the problem in the bud early, make a cage first off from my carpenter's workshop, and cage all kittens as soon as the game alerts me to them.

Speaking of which, any way to edit the raws so that cat birth = pause game?

I wish I had done this sooner. Because only one can be used at a time, to cage one animal at a time, the rate of kittens being born now requires four cages built. After I get the max population, then I'll look at revoking the grandfather clause on the current pets, but I'm a bit concerned about the hot-tempered soldiers who are cat lovers.

[lolghurt]

I have yet to kill a cat for a catsplosion. I always nip the problem in the bud early, make a cage first off from my carpenter's workshop, and cage all kittens as soon as the game alerts me to them.

Speaking of which, any way to edit the raws so that cat birth = pause game?

I wish I had done this sooner. Because only one can be used at a time, to cage one animal at a time, the rate of kittens being born now requires four cages built. After I get the max population, then I'll look at revoking the grandfather clause on the current pets, but I'm a bit concerned about the hot-tempered soldiers who are cat lovers.

In 31.16 and earlier, you can put multiple creatures in a single cage.
I don't remember how I did it, but I made it so that the only female cat in the fortress was the one i had brought with me (like, birthed cats/cats brought by migrants were male).
~80 male cats. ~70 caged cats.
Cage is in the magma sea somewhere.
most are caged.

[duckInferno]

You can create animal pits -- channel a pit (doesn't have to be large, even 1x1 is fine).  Designate with 'i' the hole + the floor next to it as a 'p'it.  Press 'P' and select the animal(s) you wish to enpitten.  In the pit itself, make sure there's no way out (bridge wall/locked door/pet-free door/no ramps up) or they'll just wander out.  Do what you want down there... drowning pit, atom smashing bridge, whatever.

Three awesome reasons to use a pit:

• You can select multiple things to be empittened and free dwarves will all go at it at once, instead of caging them one at a time
• Perfect for freeing up animals/goblins/etc from your cage traps, no need to build cages/guess which ones aren't empty/link to levers/etc
• Despite the creatures being uncaged while dwarves transport them, they can't attack

Note that this doesn't work for adopted pets.  And I wouldn't pit flying hostiles

[vhappylurker]

You ever consider caging then butchering any extraneous cats to start up a nice meat/leather/soap/prepared meals industry? Turn those furry freeloaders into profit!

[Afelia Fail]

You can create animal pits -- channel a pit (doesn't have to be large, even 1x1 is fine).  Designate with 'i' the hole + the floor next to it as a 'p'it.  Press 'P' and select the animal(s) you wish to enpitten.  In the pit itself, make sure there's no way out (bridge wall/locked door/pet-free door/no ramps up) or they'll just wander out.  Do what you want down there... drowning pit, atom smashing bridge, whatever.

Three awesome reasons to use a pit:

• You can select multiple things to be empittened and free dwarves will all go at it at once, instead of caging them one at a time
• Perfect for freeing up animals/goblins/etc from your cage traps, no need to build cages/guess which ones aren't empty/link to levers/etc
• Despite the creatures being uncaged while dwarves transport them, they can't attack

Note that this doesn't work for adopted pets.  And I wouldn't pit flying hostiles

Any creature that is able to steal, will try to run, and attack the dwaves, be this a goblin thief or rhesus macaque as far as i know.

[Uzu Bash]

In 31.16 and earlier, you can put multiple creatures in a single cage.

As far as I've played, I've always been able to hold multiple creatures in cages. My point was that caging will occur one job at a time, done by one dwarf, to catch and haul one animal. If you've got a litter, average 2 cats, born every week, and that dwarf may not be done within the week, the only speedy way to get them before they adopt is to have many cages ready and many dwarves snatching them up.

After they're off the caged, you can consolidate them all into one much more easily.

[Oxinabox]

You ever consider caging then butchering any extraneous cats to start up a nice meat/leather/soap/prepared meals industry? Turn those furry freeloaders into profit!

even the kittens are cunning, on the way to the butchers they adopt someone.
Meaning to get to there nice soft meat, i have to first cut though a dwarf.dy
Dwarf: "Your taking my precious new kitten? Over my dead body!"
Me: "I'll see what can be arranged, but it may take a while"
*Organises menacing spike danger room*

[Orkel]

I'll have to kill off some cats soon, there is a fair amount of them now. Will try the ways in this thread.