cannibal mouse

i have a famale mouse that recently had babies for the second time,but like the 1st time she keeps eating her babies. anybody experienced in breeding mice know why she might be killing her babies? i heve her in a 15qt tub always has food and water

Mice have the tendancy to be more prone to cannibalism than rats.

4 main factors are:

inadequate food

lack of water

stress

over population

Now you also have to keep in mind that sometimes the babies dye and since they are scavenger they will eat their dead.

If the babies are alive and she keeps doing that start from scratch and feed her off.

she always has food and water tho and she was also the only 1 in the tub besides her babies.. but im going to start over i have 2 other females with a male..

What are you feeding?

The one thing with mice is that it is harder to start a colony than it is with rats but when you found the right animals it is as easy than it is with rats. took me 3 attempts before finding the right animal and since than I ihave zero cannibalism and litter that average 13 to 16 babies.

It is doable just be patient.

they have always eaten their first drop for some reason. seems pretty normal on my side of things

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Originally Posted by Rhasputin

What are you feeding?

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some mouse food i got at the petstore cant remember name tho but their like little blocks and sometimes ill feed them veggies like carrots

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Originally Posted by Deborah

The one thing with mice is that it is harder to start a colony than it is with rats but when you found the right animals it is as easy than it is with rats. took me 3 attempts before finding the right animal and since than I ihave zero cannibalism and litter that average 13 to 16 babies.

It is doable just be patient.

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i was thinking of trying to switch my snakes to rats but at their size i cant find any rats for them last time i tried to buy i asked for a rat pup and they didnt know what i meant they keep showing me rats that were to big and mice that they said were the smallest rat they had.. but i feed off the mouse to my spider i will start over and see what happens

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Originally Posted by jcoylesr76

they have always eaten their first drop for some reason. seems pretty normal on my side of things

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this was her 2nd 1 tho i tought she wouldnt eat them but i checked this morning and they were all headless babies

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Originally Posted by JaGv

some mouse food i got at the petstore cant remember name tho but their like little blocks and sometimes ill feed them veggies like carrots

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What is the protein level of that food.