sickly livestock??

[rmemech]

so i have some chickens, cows and sheep now. most of them are healthy, but i do have one sickly chicken and one sickly cow. there are no dead zombies in the fields and they have plenty of food and water. how do i heal them??

[Nordil(Hun)]

You shoot them.

[Puppers]

Originally posted by Nordil(Hun):

You shoot them.

NOO

[DrLamp]

Sounds to me like steak is about to be on the menu.

[jaelee1111]

Don't name animals. It will be hard later.

[Chaosolous]

You cure them with salt. 🧐

[DrLamp]

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

You cure them with salt. 🧐

hehe

[rmemech]

any real answers please? we are all trying to figure out the new build, thank you

[Animalman]

try looking for magazines maybe you'l learn a recipe that can identify or treat it

i don't know myself would love to find out

[Against All Evil]

Originally posted by rmemech:

any real answers please? we are all trying to figure out the new build, thank you

I don't know how to heal them either.
(maybe you cann give them antibiotics or herbal remedies?)
But isolating them seems to be the necessary first step.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by rmemech:

any real answers please? we are all trying to figure out the new build, thank you

These are real answers:) Just ones you dont like.
Most likely you need to find that magazine i once found. Cant recall what's its name is but it is for animal handling. (And likely you also need a certain level of animal handling and maybe even doctor to cure your sick animals. If it is even possible. Elsewise you are probably better of killing them and using their parts to craft.)

[Animalman]

you can try bringing the sick one indoors and letting it sleep inside, and isolating it in case its sickness is contagious

[Crabby]

Originally posted by rmemech:

so i have some chickens, cows and sheep now. most of them are healthy, but i do have one sickly chicken and one sickly cow. there are no dead zombies in the fields and they have plenty of food and water. how do i heal them??

i'm pretty late to this party

i actually just now found a sick bull in a horse trailer and nurtured it back to health by just giving it food, water and pets for a couple days. Apparently they do eventually get healthy again by themselves, depending on the severity of the sickness, by just leaving them be with the stuff they need. Petting is optional but could help them reduce their stress but possibly heal them faster.

What's for sure is that you should isolate them from the rest of the herd to prevent the sickness from spreading, and give them lots of food and water so they got everything needed to regain their strength

[DivineEvil]

Currently i have to assume that an animal being sickly means the same as for the player character having wounds - its an indicator of overall health, that is reduced by hunger, thirst or stress. If you keep the animal in good conditions, it will get better on its own. I also highly skeptical that sickness is contagious, coz I haven't observed any transimission of the status between animal in the same animal zone.

[connsmitty]

ive been taking care of 7 cows for a few weeks in-game now and they get sickly when they run low on water. But after i give them a bunch of water they go back to being healthy. just make sure they have access to plenty of food and water and they'll be fine.

[rmemech]

thanks, how about chickens?