She ATE her babies!

I just went on to check my female mouse and her ten babies, and she killed and ate them!!! :tears: :(

She had enough food, water, and bedding, why would she do that!?

Oh, I am sick to my stomach right about now...

Was it one of her first litters? If so, i have had many mothers eat their first litters. Also if they are breed too much too quickly they will sometimes eat litters.

Sounds like you have a sadistic mouse on your hands. :rofl:

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Was it one of her first litters? If so, i have had many mothers eat their first litters. Also if they are breed too much too quickly they will sometimes eat litters.

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Yeah, it was her first, or of what I'm assuming is.

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Sounds like you have a sadistic mouse on your hands. :rofl:

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:lmao: :gigle: :rolleyes: Very funny...

:O ewwwwwwwwwww...sorry but ewwwwwwwww. I don't think I could ever look at her the same.

I was in the store the other day that I get my feeders from. The owner always holds back old breeder mice for me as they are way bigger. He was telling me how when you put 2 male mice together they will go after each others privates so that there is only one able to breed.

egads....

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:O ewwwwwwwwwww...sorry but ewwwwwwwww. I don't think I could ever look at her the same.

I was in the store the other day that I get my feeders from. The owner always holds back old breeder mice for me as they are way bigger. He was telling me how when you put 2 male mice together they will go after each others privates so that there is only one able to breed.

egads....

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I know, I can't look at her... She was so sweet! I am so disgusted right now... and they weren't even two weeks old yet!

That's why I call mice snake food. Good luck with the next litter. Hopefully she'll have a change in diet post birth.

I was in a store where I pick up my feeder mice from last week and I saw one eating something ang realized it was a pinky, I was sooooo grossed out

It can happen with their first litters. The problem I've had is with faulty water bottles. Check your water bottles and make sure they can get water out of them, dehydration will make them eat their babies much quicker than anything else will. It's never fun when they eat them :(

I even had a mother start killing her babies in front of me. She only had 5 left and when i moved one of the babies, she just started goreing them and i couldn't believe it, i was able to save 3 babies by giving them to another mother. Mice on their first litters aren't good at all, in fact it is straight up wrong!

Don't fret it, she will get over it and have many many babies in the future. At least they aren't as bad of mothers as guinea pigs are...

I wouldn't worry about it too much since it is her first litter. BTW, I just realized you were from Middletown, OH. I am too.

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I wouldn't worry about it too much since it is her first litter. BTW, I just realized you were from Middletown, OH. I am too.

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Really? *High five for Middies!*

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Really? *High five for Middies!*

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My younger sister goes to Middletown High. I went there a my freshman year, back in '97 I beleive.

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My younger sister goes to Middletown High. I went there a my freshman year, back in '97 I beleive.

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I go to Stephen Vail (Middle School), I'll be in Middletown High School in a few years :giggle: :lmao:

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I go to Stephen Vail (Middle School), I'll be in Middletown High School in a few years :giggle: :lmao:

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You'll be there before you know it.

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You'll be there before you know it.

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Ha, I wish! Vail has uniforms, it's not air conditioned, the bathrooms are horrible, and the principal and vice-principal are horrible :/

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Ha, I wish! Vail has uniforms, it's not air conditioned, the bathrooms are horrible, and the principal and vice-principal are horrible :/

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Uniforms at a public school? I can see the rest, but uniforms. I went to a private school, Middletown Christian, and we didn't have to wear uniforms.

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Uniforms at a public school? I can see the rest, but uniforms. I went to a private school, Middletown Christian, and we didn't have to wear uniforms.

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Yeah, uniforms. The shirts are purple, gray, or white and you have to wear khaki pants.

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Yeah, uniforms. The shirts are purple, gray, or white and you have to wear khaki pants.

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Well at least you have your ball python and sadistic mouse.

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Well at least you have your ball python and sadistic mouse.

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:lmao: Yeah.

It could be the mom didn't like you handling the babies. Some mice don't like the babies being moved or handled. No telling. Mice do things.