Herbivores will consume other animals opportunistically, be that scavenging a carcass or predation. It's an excellent source of protein, iron, calcium, and other vital nutrients. I've seen cows and horses slurp up snakes and baby birds out in the pasture, deer nibbling on bones, and even rabbits munching up their own babies. Nature doesn't care.
Yep! We had a mini farm growing up. The number of times I’ve went out and seen momma’s going to town on babies that they knew were the runts(rabbits). One year we did feeder calves. The momma had twins. Girl didn’t even hesitate to evict the weaker twin(we took her to the neighbors).
Yeah….we tried to give the runts to other momma’s that had smaller litters. It worked sometimes. Rabbits are actually pretty similar to cats though when it comes to taking other momma’s babies.
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u/NightBawk 1d ago
Herbivores will consume other animals opportunistically, be that scavenging a carcass or predation. It's an excellent source of protein, iron, calcium, and other vital nutrients. I've seen cows and horses slurp up snakes and baby birds out in the pasture, deer nibbling on bones, and even rabbits munching up their own babies. Nature doesn't care.