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PintOfBass

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Animals+Dwarfs=Pets...?
« on: June 17, 2015, 12:55:33 am »
I have been playing for years and one thing has always given me trouble.  I can't remember once that I had a dwarf adopt a pet that was not a cat/dog.  I have purchased pets from the Elves, trained many different species but no one has adopted anything.  I have tried just leaving the animals unpinned, pinning them in meeting areas both to no affect.  If you have done this successfully, or do so consistently I would like to know how you go about it.   
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Bumber

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Re: Animals+Dwarfs=Pets...?
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2015, 04:26:58 am »
Have you set them as adoptable on the animals screen? I believe a dwarf must also have a preference for an animal to adopt it (or it at least helps.)
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Re: Animals+Dwarfs=Pets...?
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2015, 07:08:42 am »
Quote from: Bumber on June 17, 2015, 04:26:58 am
Have you set them as adoptable on the animals screen? I believe a dwarf must also have a preference for an animal to adopt it (or it at least helps.)

Yes I have that toggled on.  As to the second point, is it 0% with out preference and some chance with?  Does the game check for adoption multiple times for each dwarf or am I wasting my time keeping the animals for the purpose of being pets if they have been exposed to each dwarf a couple times with out affect.  I think this is likely since I have had forts with lots of available pets and still no adoption with 5+ years.
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Re: Animals+Dwarfs=Pets...?
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2015, 07:58:06 am »
Maybe they don't like your animals.

 I found a migrant who had a pet bunny adopted a black bear shortly after I bought it from the elves. But I forgot to check his preferences.
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Re: Animals+Dwarfs=Pets...?
« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2015, 01:56:32 pm »
You need proximity most of all as far as I can tell.  I put a pig sty in my noble quarters, and my baroness has adopted 17 of the adorable little piggies.  My farmer, who spends all his time by the food stockpile, has about half as many cats.
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