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== Feeding ==
 
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These creatures have particular [[diet]]s and will react differently to various foods according to how appealing they find it. From best to worst, the grades of food are as follows:
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These creatures have particular [[diet]]s and will react differently to various foods according to how appealing they find it. From best to worst, the grades of food are as follows:<ref>[[Source:Edog.h#line10]] for definition of food grades</ref><ref>[[Source:Dog.c#dogfood]] for food classification</ref>
  
 
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|meat [[meat ring|ring]]/[[meat stick|stick]]/[[meatball|ball]]/[[huge chunk of meat|chunk]]
 
|'''treat'''
 
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|safe [[egg]] (do not throw!)
 
|safe [[egg]] (do not throw!)
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|safe [[corpse]], non-vegan
 
|safe [[corpse]], non-vegan
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|safe [[corpse]], [[vegan]]
 
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|[[clove of garlic]]
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|yucky MANFOOD (ACCFOOD if starving)
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|'''acceptable''' ACCFOOD
 
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|[[apple]]
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|[[tin]]
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*[[lembas wafer]]
 
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*[[food ration|food]]/[[cram ration|cram]]/[[K-ration|K]]-/[[C-ration|C]]-ration
 
*[[food ration|food]]/[[cram ration|cram]]/[[K-ration|K]]-/[[C-ration|C]]-ration
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|Acidic, poisonous, petrifying, old<ref>50 turns or older. Lizards and lichens never age.</ref> or Rider [[corpse]] unless resistant
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Revision as of 14:55, 9 January 2011

A domestic animal is one which can be pacified or tamed by throwing food at it. They are:[1]

Additionally, a chameleon in the form of any of these can be tamed with the appropriate food, remaining tame even as it changes forms.

Pacifying and taming

Throwing any kind of food--except an egg or cream pie--at a domestic animal will make it peaceful and remove any fear effects, even if it is not something that the animal would normally eat.[2][3] For example, a dog could be made peaceful by throwing a carrot or a lichen corpse, and a horse could be made peaceful by throwing a food ration or a gnome corpse.

If the food is considered a treat, a suitable corpse, or otherwise “acceptable” food, the animal will become tame and will eat the food. The animal is not considered starving for food classification purposes, but “acceptable” foodstuffs (which pets normally eat only if hungry) are sufficient for taming.[4]

Feeding

These creatures have particular diets and will react differently to various foods according to how appealing they find it. From best to worst, the grades of food are as follows:[5][6]

Food grade Effect
treat A delicious treat suitable for training.
good Will be eaten happily.
acceptable Will be eaten if hungry. (The minimum food grade needed for taming.)
yucky Will be eaten only if tame and starving, as indicated by "Foo is confused from hunger." or "You feel worried about foo."
inedible Will be left untouched even while the poor creature starves to death.

Generally, the carnivores (cats and dogs) prefer meats, while the herbivores (horses) prefer produce. Corpses and eggs that would be harmful to the animal if eaten--being poisonous, acidic, or petrifying--are treated as inedible.

Food Carnivores (cats/dogs) Herbivores (horses)
tripe ration, or meat ring/stick/ball/chunk treatDOGFOOD inedibleMANFOOD
safe egg (do not throw!) goodCADAVER inedibleMANFOOD
safe corpse, non-vegan goodCADAVER inedibleMANFOOD
safe corpse, vegan inedibleMANFOOD goodCADAVER
clove of garlic yucky MANFOOD (ACCFOOD if starving) acceptable ACCFOOD
tin inedible MANFOOD inedible MANFOOD
apple, carrot yucky MANFOOD (ACCFOOD if starving) treat DOGFOOD
banana yucky MANFOOD (ACCFOOD if starving) acceptable ACCFOOD
people food: acceptable ACCFOOD yucky MANFOOD (ACCFOOD if starving)
other comestibles: yucky MANFOOD (ACCFOOD if starving) acceptable ACCFOOD
Acidic, poisonous, petrifying, old[7] or Rider corpse unless resistant inedible inedible

SLASH'EM

SLASH'EM adds the following domestic animals:[8]

Also, some animals in SLASH'EM can be tamed or pacified with specific foods; throwing other kinds of comestibles at them has no pacifying effect.[10]

Tameable with cheese:

Tameable with carrots:

Tameable with bananas: all apelike creatures (monsters represented by Y)

See also

References

  1. monst.c: domestic monsters have the M2_DOMESTIC flag.
  2. dothrow.c, line 1383 (see also definition of befriend_with_obj at mondata.h, line 190)
  3. dog.c, line 756: "worst case, at least it'll be peaceful" (see also dogfood above)
  4. dog.c, line 808; see also edog.h and dogfood in edog.c
  5. Source:Edog.h#line10 for definition of food grades
  6. Source:Dog.c#dogfood for food classification
  7. 50 turns or older. Lizards and lichens never age.
  8. monst.c in SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2
  9. dog.c in SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2, line 734: "Koalas can only eat eucalyptus"
  10. mondata.h in SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2, line 239: "[Tom] Dorothy wants more pets..."


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