She ATE her OWN Babies,WHY?

Oh God, Bamboee you scare me badly. I thought it was a human ;'(. What kind of fish you have got ? It is natural some fishes eat their own babies, like catfish. I dunno why, Even cats, the male sometimes kidnap his babies and eat them. I ever saw it and I was like eewww that was not a good view. I think your fish was very hungry or she saw them as food :D.

Hi dear.. Perhaps you dont know the instinct of fishes. The mom fishes often keep her babies on mouth when she finds any danger around for her babies. Hope this information will help you in future. I am telling you from my wildlife experiences. there may be another cause hidden. have a nice time.

Hello.. It depends upon what kind of fish it is... Animals like dogs or snakes eat their babies... A female dog after delievery gets so hungry that she eats half of them, I have heard... And a snake too eats his own eggs.. That is perfectly natural for them.. You will see a mom dog protecting her live babies, and yet, she has eaten those babies siblings before some time.. . I think, the kind of fish you have is one of such animals..

Hmmmm... They are animals. They are not humans Well, I think that is what we call 'survival of the fittest'. That mother fish is we do not know the reason why she ate her babies. We really do not know. The same with the human if poverty occurs and there is no food to eat or let us say, stranded in the middle of the sea. I heard that if many people stranded in the middle of the sea with no food to eat, they would end up eating each other to survive.

To many fishes it's normal to eat their babies. Reaso can be lack of the right food or perhaps fear. I am not specialized in all kind of fishes, know a lot about predators and I know that if the mother feels treatened there are species who eat their own kids too and they don't know they did it. It's a reaction in times of need. I don't think all fishes have the feelings of motherhood. It depends on the kind of fish. With some fishes the men take care of the babies, the other fishes come alive and have to take care of themself (so yes it's better to take the mother out because they don't need her to raise them. Unless their are a lot of plants where the babies can hide). I think the fishes you talk about are goldfish, black mollies or guppys (don't know the english names for it) or so. If this is true it fits. They don't need their mother. Might be better if you start breeding you get informed first so you wont't get shocked. BTW this is for them normal behaviour = nature.

I have not experienced this myself but I know and read about animals that eat chidlren. I think maybe they take those children as a threat or something like that and since they feel so much insecure, the only thing is to get rid of them by eating.

There are tons of animals that will eat their young. Its called the circle of life. unfortunately we watch good nature shows, and then see movies like Nemo and think fish, mammals, animals, etc are good parents. Think about the sea turtle that buries her eggs in the sand. They hatch and have to come up out of the sand and pray they make it to the water. Very few make it between seagulls, pelicans, even humans go beserk when they can grab one and think it can be a pet. Unfortunately its just a life circle of how animals survive. Sorry you lost your fish. Same thing happened to us when we were going to try and raise Discus fish. they ate the eggs. We finally gave up trying to breed them. Angel Fish will do the same thing. Good Luck to you.