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It depends… If they're anything like mice, my mice have destroyed (eaten) a litter for no apparent reason. I've witnessed a mother mouse cannibalize an entire litter just because she was disturbed, by putting more food in her house… I've also handled minute old babies and helped with the birth, when the mother couldn't handle the process and nothing happened to the babies, they lived long lives. I think it depends on experience, age, stress and genetics of the doe.

Granted, I probably wouldn't disturb a wild nest of bunnies just for shits and giggles… but I think usually a mother will cannibalize their young for more reasons other than only human intervention.

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