I have a situation here and could use some advice... A syndrome seems to be spreading ever so slowly through my fort.
I call it the bloody bloated feet syndrome. Essentially a forgotten beast came by a little while ago, actually years ago, and took a good long nap, or rest, or whatever in a cavern lake and after dispatching a few FBs I saw fit to kill this one too just to be safe. I learned that marksdwarves could shoot it with bolts (I made a thread about it in this forumn in fact) so I carved out some fortifications etc, misjudged some things, and it got in my fort and I had to send the militia after it. I noticed two of them had received injuries and their legs were swelling. Foolishly I didn't think this would spread but I was wrong and I think they may now be dead but their affliction lives on.
Bloody bloated feet syndrome essentially makes the lower extremities swell then rot. Eventually the afflicted creature is immobile and passes out unconscience.
It has affected a few dwarves so far, some kids, including an unfortunate one year old and some random animals, including my prized tame wolf, one cat and a bunch of black bears and dogs. Luckily some of them are in cages already and I presume they will eventually succumb to the syndrome alas. I assume they fell into traps. My prized sheep and llama herds are untouched. My real concern is the animals running around with the affliction.
I am not sure what the best way to deal with this may be but I expect to endure casualties. I'm not really sure how it spreads and if it has an incubation period before showing symptoms. I could kill or isolate everything showing symptoms but if its already spread out further it may just be getting rid of the unfixable cases. My whole fort may already be infected. Speaking of which, I've seen some of these afflicted dwarves released from the hospital with the swelling so I'm doubtful the doctor can cure it.
I'm thinking to wall off the hospital when the doctor isn't there, and wall off all the knocked out dwarves and let them starve :S
As for the animals I think I'll either put them either into separate pens or put them down through application of my military.
Does anyone have any suggestions or similar experiences?
Incidentally, I notice a lot of my bears and dogs have injuries on their paws. Do they get into little scuffs occasionally? Is this normal?