Disappearance of Litter #1

[Amber White]

Well, I'm a little late in getting this piece of news out, but apparently my
first litter (just two of the little critters) died.  I know that sounds like
I don't care at all, but it happened a few days ago, so I've had time to get
over it (and besides that, they were only 2 days old, so I didn't even have
enough time to grow attached to the poor things!)...anyway, do the parents
usually eat their young if the babies die?  I was checking on them the other
day, and the babies were nowhere to be found.  I didn't want to be too
intrusive, so I let it go for a little while, and when I came back, I checked
again.  Nothing.  I was still afraid to do anything, because I didn't want to
upset them if their babies WERE hidden somewhere else, but by the next day, I
was really worried.  So I picked their bedding apart piece by piece, and
there were no babies.  Nothing!  The only thing I could assume from it all
was that the parents must have eaten them.  Unfortunately, I don't know if
the babies were alive or dead, but I would think they had died....

At any rate, I was upset about that, but I'm going to keep a closer eye on
the second litter, just in case Mom 'n Dad are turning into cannibals.  ;)  
Mom picked up Hamlet (aka 'Willie') tonight, looked him in the eye, and said,
"Why'd you eat your babies?"  Well, it was funny at the time, hehe....

I just hope the second litter turns out better!  And if this sort of thing
happens again, then I'm gonna have to either separate these two, or get
Hamlet neutered.  ;)  I should have known better than to name them after such
tragic characters.....  ;o)

~*~Amber~*~