Are rats cannibalistic

Answer 1

Mice can be cannibalistic if given the right circumstances. Anyone that breeds mice will attest to the fact that mothers will not hesitate to cannibalize their babies if they believe they are in danger of some sort. This is both to regain some of the energy lost by having the babies (and if she believes they are going to be eaten by a predator otherwise, giving them a quick death.)

If 2 male mice get in a fight, and one kills the other, they have been known to eat the dead one.

Starvation can also provoke a mice to attack another mouse for a food source. But that's pretty rare seeing as they can eat just about anything they find. And they can survive on the smallest amount of food.

Answer 2

Yes. When a rat has a baby the mother rat could eat her often and belive me it happens often. Rats will also eat eachother if the arent fed well so you should always feed your rats and make sure their water bottle is full. But in most cases if you find parts of your rat it means that one rat died and the rat/rats ate their corpse

Answer 3

Hope this answer helps.

Well I'm not 100% sure on this one but a friend of mine put her mouse in with her brothers one night and by the morning her mouse was missing and her brothers mouse was almost twice its usual size.

Answer 4

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