then this is a different problem completely, because i have another problem keeping most of my ranched animals alive. the most noticeable for me is the shove voles went from 60+ to 8. and i thought it was because the ranchers are not doing their job.. but now you said this, i'm thinking this is why i can't get my drecos to reproduce, and why my hatches numbers are going down.. actually, out of all the ranched animals i have only pips, slicksters and pacu are the only one that still reproduce at the same rate as before!
yes i tried slowing down the game, i still have the same problem of puft flying in a corner and getting stuck there starving!
and i generally play with medium speed, max speed only when i start and i know my dupes are not gonna get in trouble when i'm not looking!