Lil_Branchette
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Yesterday, I came to work at 7 am, and I had to make sure that all the animals had food and water before opening the store at 9 am. I was doing my rounds, and I peeked in the mice's cage. I saw two mice that were snacking on what looked like a peach. Karen and Pia bring fresh fruit often, for the animals. The rest were sleeping in their house. However, I noticed three mice that were very sluggish, and barely moving. I petted them and they opened their eyes and slowly crawled. I know the animals really well, and our mice don't usually act like that. Those three mice looked sick. Usually, the mice are perked up, healthy and energetic. That's when I looked more closely at the "peach". That's when I noticed the "peach" had a mouse tail and ears. Oh my god, it was a cannibalized mouse that was so chewed up and bloody, that you could clearly see all the guts and bone. I nearly puked! I took the sick mice to the sick room, and later on, one of the sick mice died. Oh yeah, I also had to get rid of the mangled carcass..... Exactly why did the mice do that, when they had plenty of good, healthy food to eat?