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[Zaphod]

I made an animal trap, but before I could constructively use it a lizard (vermin) wandered into it while it was sitting in my stock pile. I'm a bit of a newb. So how do I get it out or butcher it? My butcher shop doesn't seem to have the option to slaughter it.

[Sphalerite]

Animal traps only capture vermin-size creatures, which can't be butchered.

Very odd that a creature would just wander into it while it was in a stockpile, I've never seen that happen.

[Zaphod]

well what can I do with it now?

[Sphalerite]

You can build a cage and assign the lizard to the cage.  Dwarves who like lizards will get a good thought from seeing it.  Dwarves who hate lizards will get a bad thought from seeing it.

Or you can tame it and then make it available for adoption, and then a dwarf who likes lizards may eventually adopt it and then carry it around with them.

[Zaphod]

I can tame it with a kennel right?

[Sphalerite]

Yes, assuming that you have a dwarf with the Animal Trainer skill.  I'm still not sure how you got the lizard in the first place if you don't have a kennel, since the task to capture a small animal is performed through the kennel in the first place.  You might have gotten it if you bought or stole a cage from the elves that happened to contain a lizard.

[Bobiloco]

Are you guys talking about cage traps or animal traps?

I too am getting vermin sized creatures from my animal traps. Wasn't really sure what they were used for, or what I might catch with gems. I see I get 'live lizard' in the unit list but like you say I can't slaughter them. What's the point of animal traps?

[Quietust]

Certain captured vermin can be processed to create trade goods - for example, if you catch fire snakes from a volcano or the magma sea, you can extract liquid fire and sell it to caravans for 500☼ per vial (plus the value of the vial itself). Also, if you manage to capture purring maggots from the caverns, you can milk them and make dwarven cheese.

[Sphalerite]

Animal traps are for capturing vermin-sized animals.  At the moment, these aren't terribly useful.  A few of them, such as moghoppers and fire snakes, can be processed for valuable extracts.  Any vermin can be put on display in a constructed cage, or tamed and made available for adoption and then become the pet of a dwarf.  Other than that, they're pretty much useless.

[Zaphod]

Seriously the lizard just wandered into it. The trap was sitting unbaited in my stockpile.

How do I put it on display?

[snelg]

How do I put it on display?

Build a cage and assign the lizard to it.

[Zaik]

I think dwarves can eat vermin in animal traps, but won't unless they're really hungry.

I'm not sure though, it's been forever since i fiddled with them.