Cats & Mouse poison Question

Sammie5 made me think about this with the post about moving the couch!

If a mouse eats poison and then a cat catches and eats the mouse, will the cat be in danger?

Absolutly. The poison the mouse ate can be fatal to your kitty. Never poison rats or mice, use the traps. It is a faster kill and less suffering for the rodents, as well as, the critters not dying in the walls stinking things up.

I don't know for sure but I would say yes on this one. If an animal can pass poision to their offsprings thru nursing I would think that the poision could be passed to another animal if eaten. JMO

Absolutely, and it can put your cat into either renal failure or stop their heart, depending on how much poison the mouse ingested before it died.

I quit using poison on the mice a full year before I got Sam. I switched to traps. But cats are the best mouse "repellent" I have ever used. It took three months after Sam arrived for mice to be gone for good, and we have never seen another one.

Definitely!!!!

That's why there are warnings on poisons to keep them away from domestic animals. Even, fly spray can irritate a dog or a cat and when concentrated enough, cause breathing difficulties.

The poison also kills the hawks and owls that catch the mice. Mouse and rat poison is a killer of rodents and all of their predators.

I wasn't thinking of using mouse poison. But I was curious. Because I think that is how Kiddy dissappeared a year ago. My house is kind of like a duplex and I think the guy next door was using poison. And I saw Kiddy swallow a mouse whole that looked very bloated. It wasn't long after that Kiddy dissappeared. Right after Kiddy ate the mouse, I called a vet. She said that she didn't think it would kill the cat but I wasn't sure. She said I could bring him in if I wanted but I didn't see Kiddy after that. It was so sad. And I felt really bad because it was my daughters cat and she left him with me while she was in Texas.