Pets starving to death?

[Don Volta]

Recently the pets of my dwarves are suddenly starving to death, any reason why that happens? they recently arrived.

[UBoy]

try making a pen outside at the entrance of your fort. There are certain animals which need to graze on grasses and plants. Hope that helps.

[Don Volta]

Originally posted by UBoy:

try making a pen outside at the entrance of your fort. There are certain animals which need to graze on grasses and plants. Hope that helps.

oh ♥♥♥♥, pets too? thats probably it, so i have to check everytime they bring pets and assign em to the pen outside? i already have one made.

[kheftel]

Dwarves with pets are supposed to feed them I think. But yeah, pasturing the grazers helps some.

[McFuzz]

Pet cows are still grazers. Yep. You gotta pasture Snuffles.

[Grimbot]

Pets shouldn't (I don't think) starve under normal circumstances. Animals in general, though, default to your main meeting area.

If you build a pasture and put your original animals into it, you'll need to update the pasture with any "new arrival" animals as well (or build them a new pasture) or they'll wander into your meeting room or tavern and eventually starve to death.