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randyshipp

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Do wounded pets/war/hunting animals ever heal?
« on: May 08, 2011, 06:08:41 pm »
If I have wounded animals after a fight is there anything I can do to nurse them back to health?
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Re: Do wounded pets/war/hunting animals ever heal?
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2011, 06:31:41 pm »
You can't give them medicine or anything.

They either survive on their own, or they die. They commonly die of infection.
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randyshipp

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Re: Do wounded pets/war/hunting animals ever heal?
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2011, 09:44:29 pm »
OK...we'll see then.  Fido's in pretty rough shape after taking on the Goblin Mace Lord.
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Re: Do wounded pets/war/hunting animals ever heal?
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2011, 10:05:41 pm »
Quote from: randyshipp on May 08, 2011, 09:44:29 pm
OK...we'll see then.  Fido's in pretty rough shape after taking on the Goblin Mace Lord.

Did he win?
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Re: Do wounded pets/war/hunting animals ever heal?
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2011, 11:37:48 pm »
Enable the Animal Care task on whatever dwarf it is assigned is the best hope you can give it. I had a skilled animal care dwarf once bring a war elephant back from having a broken skull, bruised spine, and damaged feet. The elephant lived on to kill 3 or 4 more goblins before dying
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Re: Do wounded pets/war/hunting animals ever heal?
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2011, 11:54:57 pm »
Animal caretaking is bugged and doesn't work.
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Re: Do wounded pets/war/hunting animals ever heal?
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2011, 01:22:48 am »
There is nothing in the game as of 31.25 that provides healthcare of any kind to animals in your fortress. They'll show up on the health screen requesting diagnosis, but since they can't be healed with the usual dwarf skills, they're on their own. I've had three-legged dogs guarding my fortress before.
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Re: Do wounded pets/war/hunting animals ever heal?
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2011, 03:21:03 am »
They heal from natural healing, nothing more. Animal caretaking is indeed useless.
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