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My rat passed away...but we found a hole in its stomach.

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#1 ·
My rat passed away today and it lives with 3 other rats and when we found it dead it had a hole in its stomach like the rats were eating its stomach after it died we think one of the rats got into a fight with the other and the rats ate it afterwards idk but let me know your thoughts sorry about the somewhat graphic description.
 
#2 ·
That sounds like a horrible thing to find! From what I understand, rats will eat dead rats to ‘deter predators’, it’s an instinct. It would kinda be like us not leaving the garbage bins open to avoid attracting raccoons looking for an easy meal, if that makes sense.

Maybe the rats did get into a fight and someone got killed, but rats can die unexpectedly for any reason at any time.
 
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