[chuff me dizzy]

Im not an animal lover ,and scared of nearly everything with fur ,I know cats know if you dont like them ,my eldest daughter has a cat that they treat as a child ,the damn thing knows Im terrified of it,to the point of I will not sit down in the house in case it jumps on me ,it slinks past me and gives me a look as if to say "Remember your place bitch "

[smudgie]

My pet rat ate its five offspring.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by smudgie

My pet rat ate its five offspring.

I had a rabbit that always ate her babies smudgie,she never left one alive,she was a cow of a mother

[Kyle]

Chuffing hell, bring the mood right down with tales of infanticide why don't you's

You got any happier stories?

[x-evenstar-x]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

I had a rabbit that always ate her babies smudgie,she never left one alive,she was a cow of a mother

That's awful! Why did you let it do that? Couldn't you have taken the babies away or something? Then again perhaps they wouldn't have survived.

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

I had a rabbit that always ate her babies smudgie,she never left one alive,she was a cow of a mother

Yeah. Our rabbit did the same, our fault for picking them up I think. She could smell us on them.

[Josy]

Wtf have I just read

[x-evenstar-x]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Yeah. Our rabbit did the same, our fault for picking them up I think. She could smell us on them.

Oh my days!

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by x-evenstar-x

That's awful! Why did you let it do that? Couldn't you have taken the babies away or something? Then again perhaps they wouldn't have survived.

They were too young to take away from her ,otherwise I would have done that,I'de go out and things were fine and then I'de go out to them again and they were gone,it was heartbreaking,but that's nature I guess.One of the babies did survive a couple of days we got excited and called it Dancer as it used to wobble on it's legs,then she did the same .

[user104658]

... ... Rabbits need to have zero human contact of any kind after birthing. Even going to look at them can stress out the mother and then she'll either kill them herself as a survival tactic or she'll stop producing milk and the poor buggers will starve. Either way, they eat them to stop the smell from attracting predators.

MALE rabbits will kill the babies for giggles, and need to be kept away at all costs. Nasty!

[x-evenstar-x]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

They were too young to take away from her ,otherwise I would have done that,I'de go out and things were fine and then I'de go out to them again and they were gone,it was heartbreaking,but that's nature I guess.One of the babies did survive a couple of days we got excited and called it Dancer as it used to wobble on it's legs,then she did the same .

Aww that's so sad :-( must have been awful!

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

... ... Rabbits need to have zero human contact of any kind after birthing. Even going to look at them can stress out the mother and then she'll either kill them herself as a survival tactic or she'll stop producing milk and the poor buggers will starve. Either way, they eat them to stop the smell from attracting predators.

MALE rabbits will kill the babies for giggles, and need to be kept away at all costs. Nasty!

I heard somewhere they did this , don't guinea pigs and hamsters do this too if the scent of human is on the babies?

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

I heard somewhere they did this , don't guinea pigs and hamsters do this too if the scent of human is on the babies?

I was told that too Kizzy,so we kept well away from her,but had to go into the hutch to feed her etc,we didn't pick the babies up or anything ,but it was hard not to look at them and not go AwNow we only have ONE rabbit and a couple of guinea pigs,the guineas are kept separately,I might add.

[Nedusa]

Dogs have owners, Cats have servants.....!!!

[armand.kay]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

They were too young to take away from her ,otherwise I would have done that,I'de go out and things were fine and then I'de go out to them again and they were gone,it was heartbreaking,but that's nature I guess.One of the babies did survive a couple of days we got excited and called it Dancer as it used to wobble on it's legs,then she did the same .

Omg what a bitch
Can't you stop her from getting pregnant again?

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by armand.kay

Omg what a bitch
Can't you stop her from getting pregnant again?

This was a a few years ago armand she is dead now,she was a rescue rabbit and was preggers when we got her,she did have another litter while with us as we had a male that 'accidently' escaped and had his wicked way,lol,we didn't mind as we could have housed them,but she killed them all again,so we were very careful not to let her get preggers again and she never,she was lovely but not mother material.

[Z]

My cat was neutered, couldn't imagine her having kittens at all, the vet said she was a "very aggressive, dominant female", she's a sweet little thing but she can be really vicious (she lost one of her eyes in a fight with a ginger tom...), just couldn't imagine her having kittens. Maybe she's aggressive because she was neutered? I don't know.

[Kyle]

Originally Posted by Zee

My cat was neutered, couldn't imagine her having kittens at all, the vet said she was a "very aggressive, dominant female", she's a sweet little thing but she can be really vicious (she lost one of her eyes in a fight with a ginger tom...), just couldn't imagine her having kittens. Maybe she's aggressive because she was neutered? I don't know.

Is she a tortoise shell? Mine is a tortoise shell and they are aggressive as *****. don't you dare stroke her too long or she will will plant her face on your hand.