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[Rat Of Wisdom]

Ah, see, here I thought you meant use DC to force a mood on a dorf, then cause him to require only bones, and then forbid all bones but the cat's. Hence my scepticism. Still, though, no matter how you slice it, the kitty's bones are still at the bottom of the well...

Since you brought that cat on embark and it adopted one of your dwarves, it's likely you just ran into this bug:

000132 □ [dwarf mode][pets]   cats aren't buried and that makes the adoptee sad

Cats that arrive with immigrants get buried properly.

I'm not at all sure I did bring him on embark, he's just been around as long as I can remember =/ The engraver in question likes cats for their aloofness, so it may have been an on-site adoption (although I didn't know dwarves named their pets upon adoption).

[Quietust]

All pets gain names when they are adopted by dwarves, and cats are no exception (although the adoption occurs in the opposite direction in their case). Technically, it doesn't matter whether the cat was brought on embark or raised from a newborn kitten - if it adopted its owner rather than arriving as a migrant's pet, it won't get buried.

[Rat Of Wisdom]

That is sad. I guess I'll have to settle for dumping the bones atop the coffin =( Oh well.

[darthbob88]

Haven't had this problem, but some of my war dogs, who died of old age, were left to rot in the refuse pile, rather than buried in the coffins which had pet burial enabled. Annoying, especially since they can't be butchered.

[Ashery]

I don't think war dogs are counted as pets. Much in the same sense that stray animals don't get assigned to a coffin.

[Axe27]

I think the only way you can truly do honor to the cat is to eat his meat, make his hide into crafts, and use his bones to strike down numerous goblins.

None of this "burial" stuff. If that cat had been a cat of the dwarfs, it would be honored to be used.

[Aspgren]

Unrelated note:

Cats will only adopt a dwarf they hang around and see. They might reproduce by spores (which I doubt tbh) but they can't adopt through them. Throw cats in a locked room and no matter how many they breed into they won't ever adopt one of your dwarves.

Usefulness of this is pretty much zero. Unless you want to match up a child with a pet for his safety. Chain an animal he likes in his room and then lock 'em in.

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also I have had a dwarf adopt a monkey she couldn't see, it was at the bottom of a watery hole in the ground. in a cage. for some reason it didn't drown and for some reason she adopted it - and went crazy when she couldnt get it.. but she might just have seen the bugger from passing by the hole

[Rat Of Wisdom]

I think the only way you can truly do honor to the cat is to eat his meat, make his hide into crafts, and use his bones to strike down numerous goblins.

None of this "burial" stuff. If that cat had been a cat of the dwarfs, it would be honored to be used.

Pfft. Clearly you do not own cats IRL.

Cat stuff

Mmyeah, I have everything that isn't a pet in a cage of some description. I hit the animal cap a while ago, and all my dorfs are ecstatic constantly... I'd have started butchering kittens a long time ago, but I ph33r the crap out of cuddly-wuddly syndrome. Be just my luck to move the cage next to the butcher's shop and then have the fucker adopt someone. Unless I lock the doors and ensure the butcher's got animal hauling on... Hmmm. (After all dorfs can only be adopted once right?)

Also, regarding your spoilers,

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cages are effectively suspended-animation devices for anything except dwarves; nothing drowns, nothing breeds and certain HFS won't melt or burn them (not even wooden cages).

[ronnyfire]

I say you must mod in the ability to make animal traps out of cat bones,
then turn all awesome cats into animal traps, and help them catch vermin in the afterlife.

- Edit -

In all reality, a dead cat converted into an animal cage is more useful than a living cat, trapped vermin are good dwarf food

[lucusLoC]

@ rat

a dorf can be adopted by any cat, even if he has been adopted before. i had a smaller fortress with a dorf who had more than 20 cats as pets. . . . .

i assigned a few war dogs and made him a woodcutter. it worked well.

[Magil]

I don't think war dogs are counted as pets. Much in the same sense that stray animals don't get assigned to a coffin.

I've seen stray animals get put in a coffin. I'm not sure what exactly the trigger is, but I had a cougar up for adoption for a long time until it died of old age, and it got put in a coffin.

[bmaczero]

I don't think war dogs are counted as pets. Much in the same sense that stray animals don't get assigned to a coffin.

I've seen stray animals get put in a coffin. I'm not sure what exactly the trigger is, but I had a cougar up for adoption for a long time until it died of old age, and it got put in a coffin.

Maybe that's what determines it?  If the animal was up for adoption and a dwarf adopted it?  Because I've had a room full of pet-only coffins available, and an assigned war dog was thrown into the refuse pile while two Stray Cougars (who I think were up for adoption but not adopted) were put into coffins.

[Bralbaard]

They threw a dead/decaying cat in the well? In real life, that would be a wonderfull tactic to kill a fortress. now I know why dwarves prefer to drink alcohol...

[Duuvian]

Surely the most DWARVEN way to honor a dead cat is to make an Artifact out of his bones and skull. Maybe a Cat-Bone WarHammer.

No. Obviously the most DWARVEN way to honor a dead cat is to throw him in your drinking water and then give it to your injured pals.

[Grendus]

Dwarves will default to any refuse pile that involves dumping over a ledge. I think they have a contest to see who can throw a rock the furthest. The current record is one square. It's kind of like the special olympics...