Secondary poisoning

[IndyJones]

I'm a little bit concerned about potential secondary poisoning happening in cats.

I recently discovered a industrial rat poisoning station at the arena located behind my house, my conern is what would happen if a mouse ate the rat poison and got into my house where my cat would then eat it?

How big of a risk is secondary poisoning? Am I just being paranoid? My cats are both indoor cats but will kill rodents that squeeze into the cracks. This is a very old home so it's impossible to patch them all.

 

[LTS3]

There is a chance that your cat can become ill after eating a mouse that has ingested rodent poison. Even just killing a rodent but not eating it puts a cat at risk. The punctured rodent skin could leak poison tainted blood which your cat may ingest.