rabbits

jeff morpeth · 28th Jan 2007, 16:58

as above im not shooting them,im breeding them with my granchildren,but i went out the other night ,the doe had give birth to a few,i kept away ,when i went in the morning,she had eat and killed them,whats that all about then ,any info,it said nowt about anything like that in the library books,

rhysduk · 28th Jan 2007, 17:01

She was probably hungry

Cant find anything on gd 'ol google about it.
Never heard of this before though

Rhys
(LB)

jeff morpeth · 28th Jan 2007, 17:06

neither have i mate,but it wasnt very nice to see,first thing in the morning

**TaffyGun** · 28th Jan 2007, 17:08

Rabbits are well known for eating their young....she may have felt threatened or there was something wrong with them.....these are just guesses but it does happen

jeff morpeth · 28th Jan 2007, 17:19

cheeres taffygun,ive never heard of it before mate,thanks for info

codling99 · 28th Jan 2007, 18:02

a lot of animals eat their own young,if bothered.best not to go anyere near them when they got young ,for at least a week after birth,ferrets eat they young too if you open box to look at them too soon.have know dogs to do it too.

jeff morpeth · 28th Jan 2007, 18:05

bloody hell, i never new so many alimals,eat there own,i wouldnt of bothered,with rabbits for the gran kids ,if i knew this thanks

BobBU689 · 28th Jan 2007, 19:44

Years ago i used to breed birds, various kinds and had several avaries on the go at once.
On two occasions i had budgies kill and part eat all their brood.
Again you would not expect that of seed eating birds but they did. Not just a peck but ate them from the head down.

Nice to see you back on line jeff.

jeff morpeth · 28th Jan 2007, 19:59

cheeres bob mate nice to hear from you again,theres some cannibals out there int there mate

mrteabag · 28th Jan 2007, 20:47

mice do it too