diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/animals.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/animals.yml
index e2dd9ac3f3..2280c3fecb 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/animals.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/animals.yml
@@ -1784,6 +1784,11 @@
   # intended for swarms that eat pills so only temporary
   - type: TimedDespawn
     lifetime: 60
+  - type: Hunger
+    baseDecayRate: 10 # always hungry
+    starvingSlowdownModifier: 1
+  - type: Thirst
+    baseDecayRate: 10 # always thirsty
 
 - type: entity
   parent: MobMouse
@@ -3381,7 +3386,7 @@
   - type: HTN
     rootTask:
       task: RuminantCompound
-      
+
 - type: entity
   name: diona nymph
   parent: [SimpleMobBase, StripableInventoryBase]