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[Akhiloth]

I'm serious.
I was in a really bad situation and I was about to losehave fun, dwarves were going insane and that stuff, when a message popped up saying "(Dwarf Name) has become a stray cat." like it was a profession change.
Maybe he just went insane and started thinking he's a cat but still. WTF?

[Chutney]

Cats get dwarf names when they're pets. Unless you're sure it was a dwarf before the change, I think that it was just a pet kitten growing up.

sorry

[Wolfius]

That's... odd.

Are you sure it was a dwarf, and not a named stray kitten growing up?

[detinith]

well that's why you're freefalling into the pit of everlasting fun, you're allowing kittens to adopt! 

[Qwernt]

If it went from dwarf name to stray cat, then I would suspect the owner got killed.  Growing a kitten into a cat would not make it stray...

[gtmattz]

If it went from dwarf name to stray cat, then I would suspect the owner got killed.  Growing a kitten into a cat would not make it stray...

Actually, when any animal goes from being in a  *young* state to an *adult* state you get the message 'XXX has turned into a stray [insert animal name here]'.  So what I think has happend here is a kitten managed to get a name from murdering a few rats or something then when it became an adult, viola, you get the message 'Urist McNamedkitten has turned into a stray cat!'


Just my .02 dorfbucks on the matter.

[Albedo]

I thought there was a minor bug in the game where "once a pet, always a pet" - the animal wouldn't become stray if the owner died.  Unless becoming mature resets that label.

I don't think animals can get "named" from killing vermin.  They don't show up on the "kill" record.  (But the combat system has a huge randomizing factor in it - it's mathematically possible for a kitten to kill a dragon, so...)

But, gawdz, it's DF, who knows?! 

[Derakon]

Assigned pets (hunting and war dogs in the base game) can't be reassigned, even if their owners die. If I recall correctly, however, adopted pets become stray when their owners bite the dust.

[Sensei]

Well, question answered- it was a named kitten growing up. If you have regular sieges, it could happen.

At any rate, dwarves do not turn into cats, EVER. Well, not until the magic arc.