About feeding animals

[Moyocoya]

Can we feed them insect meat without making them sick?

[Flin Fredstone]

For your carnivore animals i think yes.
Tooltip does say a % chance of getting sick but i think that only applies to humans consuming it.

Disclaimer: Don't shoot me when i am wrong.

[Moyocoya]

Well... I was talking about the ulfens I intend to tame in the spring. So if I understand you correctly, in that case the answer is no.

[Mnementh]

Hi, Moyocoya!

Tamed animals can safely consume both fresh and decaying food without experiencing any adverse effects.

[Flin Fredstone]

Ulfens are herbivores. They don't eat meat.
In the feeder panel you can select which food for either carnivore or herbivore you want to use.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2992116418

[Moyocoya]

I see. Thanks for the explanation. I hadn't understood that there were two different kinds of food for different animals...
By the way, just so I can plan ahead a bit: do animals eat as much as humans? In other words, one prepared ration a day or 10 unprepared rations?

[Flin Fredstone]

Oh sorry i don't know that. I just feed them and if you have ranching set to a priority they get taken care off. Perhaps not a useful answer sorry.
As for the feeder, when you only have a few Ulfens the standard 3 wide feeder might hold a bit to much food and you get rotting notifications.
If that happens you can cheat the system by emtptying the feeders and it gets mixed with your stash and up it to full preservation again.
Or you can use the mod that offers a 1 tile feeder, cutting the spend food down by 2/3.

[Mnementh]

Most animals consume 10 units of raw resources per day. Carnivores eat meat, herbivores consume grain, hay, vegetables, and fruits, while omnivores have a diet that includes both of these food groups. Additionally, all animals consume slop.

Smaller animals, such as dogs and shriekers, consume 5 units.

[Flin Fredstone]

Ah nice Mnementh. Good to know for people that are in to the details.

[Moyocoya]

Great. Thank you Mnementh for these details. And thank you both for your time in responding.

[Ominous187]

Originally posted by Mnementh:

Most animals consume 10 units of raw resources per day. Carnivores eat meat, herbivores consume grain, hay, vegetables, and fruits, while omnivores have a diet that includes both of these food groups. Additionally, all animals consume slop.

Smaller animals, such as dogs and shriekers, consume 5 units.

is there a way to set how much food to give? the fact you say such and such eats 10 or 5 i find it wasteful to need to feed my dog 100 meat if its only going to eat 5

[Flin Fredstone]

@Ominous187

For omni/herbivore feeding i can give you an easy solution. For carnivores not so much.

[bmnoble981]

Originally posted by Ominous187:

Originally posted by Mnementh:

Most animals consume 10 units of raw resources per day. Carnivores eat meat, herbivores consume grain, hay, vegetables, and fruits, while omnivores have a diet that includes both of these food groups. Additionally, all animals consume slop.

Smaller animals, such as dogs and shriekers, consume 5 units.

is there a way to set how much food to give? the fact you say such and such eats 10 or 5 i find it wasteful to need to feed my dog 100 meat if its only going to eat 5

With the amount of bugs attacking you(assuming your not playing the guardians scenario), you will always have a considerable amount of bug meat ready to be harvested, just make sure to put the feeder underneath one of the animal shelters roofs to make sure it lasts as long as possible.

Once you have fridges/freezers or a cool/freezer room made by using air cons and setting the temps to either refrigerate or freeze the contents of your storage in the room you can store a massive amount of meat for later use. I tend to make a point to use excess raw food to make slop and store a bit for emergency's.