my female mice ate my male mouse...why?

A possibility is that they felt the male was a threat to their babies. Remember animals don't tend to have that 'family mentality' even though he's known to you as the dad to the female mice he's just a male mouse. Another thing is I know female rodents after giving birth can sometimes not keep themselves well nourished so they may eat either the babies or the cage mate for protein.

The first possibility is more likely which is why with animals its important to remove the males.

Girl Eats Mouse

I'm not sure about mice, but I've heard that when a rat's cagemate dies, the others will try to either bury it by covering it with the cage litter, or destroy the body by opening it up. If this is true for mice, then it might be possible that the male died of natural causes and the others attempted to bury it. However, I'd double check the facts before confirming anything.

Lol I have no idea why he did this. It could be that your female was actually mistaken for a male and your mouse recognized him/her as a threat. Just get another pair, maybe from a breeder would be better so he/she can properly sex the mice. Also, just ignore the uneduacted people who call it cruel to feed mice to reptiles. We know that it truely isn't and it's the only thing they can eat. Snakes aren't vegitarians people.

ok had millions of those and i can help a lot.......

k separate the male from the female mouse, put the female in with the babies if u dont the male will keep the female distracted and the babies will die.

OMG, thats sorta what happened 2 my pair of dwarf hamsters!

probably because he died and rodents eat eachother when their dead because in the wild the live in burrows usually and eating eachother it the easiest way to keep their home clean

http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/careofrats/a/ratsas...

You should have got rats they dont do that crap D:

mice are like the praying mantis while the female is

uhhh having fun she eats off the males head so

mice are like that.

PMS? Happens!

animals don't usually resort to cannibalism unless they're starving. they also don't resort to murder unless it's to save their own life.