Mice eating eachother..!

[AkHerps]

I walked into the garage(which is heated) where my last two female mice are. I haven't been breeding, just keeping about 4-5 females on hand in a 10 gallon tank with food, water, wheel, bedding, and the plastic igloo houses.

I went out to say hi today and give them some food...and one...was eating the other one!!! I was just like..oh my gosh!!! I didn't really know whether or not the other one had died from some illness or what, but the cannibal mouse was killed with a pellet gun to the skull because I don't know if they were both sick or what, but I don't want to risk anything becauase I have 4 pet rats.

Does this happen often?? Why would this happen!? I feed them lab blocks everyday, along with fruits and veggies...Are mice just cannibals!?

I'm thinking back and we had one or two "escape" I'm really hoping I'm not going to find dead little mouse bodies under their bedding!

[llovelace]

check the water bottles, make sure they are not clogged.

[RichsBallPythons]

mice eat one another when hungry or dehydrated.

[AkHerps]

I topped it off last night and it was working fine, I always use my finger to make sure water is coming out..I saw them drinking out of it last night...T_T They get a full bowl of lab blocks and other things like fruits and veggies and whole wheat cereals every morning..I really don't want this happening again when I got to get a couple mice soon....

[iCandiBallPythons]

Silence of the mice

[AkHerps]

rofl!! That's baddddd.

[iCandiBallPythons]

rofl!! That's baddddd.

Better yet!
YouTube - Hannibal Lecter - Fava Beans and Chianti

[Oxylepy]

They may have fought or that one may have died. You have to be there to see it happen. Sometimes the mouse die of heat and another will eat it. Or there is a scuffle that leads to death...

[AkHerps]

I'm just going to assume it was probably sick, it did look a little rough around the edges a couple days ago.

[suzuki4life]

you might have farted up the street and mouse thought it was a gun shot and a war broke out. Mice are evil little creatures that make as much sense as the comment for the reason why they would do it. I have seen mice you could easily handle raise up multiple litters and then a female kill everything in the cage with it, no apparent reason as to why.