My Rabbit Eats her Babies  

actually it is a common thing and it is not cruelty
most famous for eating their newborns are the pigs, but i have heard the same for rabbits, dogs and mice
it's not the diet you keep your rabbit - as far as i know the reasons are not found yet
some say it is because something in the baby's smell tells mother the babies are strangers, not her own or that they are "wrong", ill
other say it is because the babies hurt their mother and to get rid of the torture she kills them
anyway, if it is possible try to take them away, keep them separated from their mommy and bring them only in feeding hours or even feed them by yourself (of course this is a little expensive)
good luck :)

Ohh its common, I remember I was so upset when I found out all the babies dead because the rabbits ate them. I wouldnt say ate, but they bit them and they died T__T
I thought maybe because she thought it looked like carrots so she bit them T__T

Wow, what a bad mommy! We've had birds do that..some lovebirds can be very carnivorous. I would say that in the future-somehow-you're going to have to handfeed those poor things!

I have heard of this happening and I have actually experienced it! My dad use to have a Golden Retriever and she had puppies. A couple of them died so the mother ate the dead puppies. It is because the mother didn't want anyone taking her babies away from her. It is for protection. It is just normal for a dog to do this. It scared me at the time! I was only little. I went down to check on the Mother and the Babies, and the mother started growling at me. I looked closer and it was because a couple of the puppies had died while birth. So, don't be alarmed at this rabbit's actions. It is normal but sad for animals to do this.

I have heard of this before, and I've heard a variety of reasons why. But I have no idea which reason holds more truth than others. The most common one I hear is that the mother realizes there's something wrong with the baby/babies. I guess that's possible, and perhaps the mother is afraid the "sick" ones will infect the others or herself? I'm not sure. Did she eat all of them, or just a few? I've never actually seen that happen before, but I imagine it's pretty disturbing to see! Ew. :(