any of you guys know of any female animal that kills it babies.i heard of fish doing it,and some birds do it,and a lot of male parents do it. but has any of you heard or know of a mother animal killing its baby.? not the best subject i know,but i am finding it difficult to find an answer on google.
If a mother guinea pig has a back to back pregnancy, (two litters of babies extremely close together), she may be more likely to eat her babies, due to nutrient deficiencies.
Hamsters do....If a mother guinea pig has a back to back pregnancy, (two litters of babies extremely close together), she may be more likely to eat her babies, due to nutrient deficiencies.
another question?if a dog has a load of pups and one dies,is it because the one that dies is not strong enough to fight for food,or have any you ever heard of the mother pushing the weak pup away.?
another question?if a dog has a load of pups and one dies,is it because the one that dies is not strong enough to fight for food,or have any you ever heard of the mother pushing the weak pup away.?
believe it or not aka,during the great famine in Ireland when food was near gone the family would give the food to the strongest in the family in the hope that strongest might be able to get some food for all the following day.
believe it or not aka,during the great famine in Ireland when food was near gone the family would give the food to the strongest in the family in the hope that strongest might be able to get some food for all the following day.
I used to love keeping hamsters until one day I saw my female hamster licking one of her babies clean - I thought. No, she bit its head off
I had always been upset by the hamsters biting at the bars of the cage, so after seeing that I let them have the run of a spare room. You can imagine what happened, no killing of babies but loads of hamsters!
I used to love keeping hamsters until one day I saw my female hamster licking one of her babies clean - I thought. No, she bit its head off I had always been upset by the hamsters biting at the bars of the cage, so after seeing that I let them have t