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[Nokao]

Hi !

I can't undestand how to take animals I buy,
out from the cages ! And they always starve !

I readed the wiki but it only explains a strange way to open it with levers, but that's for cages "built" in a place.

I talk about animals in a pile !

[knutor]

Assign that caged critter, to an activity zone, pen.  The pen needs to be in soil or sand, if the critter grazes.  If not it can go straight to a stone floored activity zone, pen.  If the critter is assigned to be butchered, the dorf will remove it, on its own, no lever is required.  Same goes for if the critter is assigned to a rope/chain/restraint or another cage.  Lever only needed for dorfs that accidently passout ontop of their own cage traps, and get themselves erroneously ensnared.  Sincerely, Knutor

[Nokao]

mhh ... it's already in a sand area, inside my fortress, in pen/pasture zone, assigned to it.

But they still all starve (some o ther animals near are free in the room, and dont't starve).
And they are still in the cages !

[kingubu]

Is the animal stockpile inside the zone?  I've noticed they wont move animals out of a built cage that is inside a zone into the same zone.  Maybe animal stockpiles do the same.

[Nokao]

THAT WAS IT !!!

Thanks ... a whole game with dying animals
Now I understood the problem !

The wiki should be clearer about this.

[knutor]

Grats!

[Nokao]

I mean it, someone should update the wiki and/or fix this in the game.

I tought it was a good idea to put an animal stockpile IN the animal training / pasture zone.
But in this way they starve to death in the cages, just near their free-fed-happy animal companions.