I was walking my dog in a field today, and he found a mouse and ate it. I'm not sure if it was already dead but it was floppy, and i've caught mice in traps before and they've gone stiff within 12 hours, so i know it was fresh.
I'm not sure if HE killed it though. He was trotting through some tall grass about 10 yards from me, and i saw him start rolling on the ground. I went over and there was a dead mouse laying next to him. I went to reach for him and he picked up the mouse and swallowed it whole!
The closest house is about 300 yards away, but i have a question... Could this mouse have injested poison and run this far before dying, and then my dog ate it, thus my dog would have eaten rat poison....
Could a mouse make it that far after eating poison?
Could the amount of poison a mouse eats be enough to harm my dog? (mouse a little smaller than 2 golf balls next to each other. Small enough to swallow whole) I'm really just afraid that the mouse ran out into the field and died of poison right before my dog ate it.
Hes pooped twice since he ate it about 11 hours ago, it was too dark for me to check and see if a mouse came out
*gross.... And hes been acting normal.
Anyone have suggestions? I was at the vet today for his rabies shot, and told her he ate a mouse whole today, and she said hed be fine as long as there wasnt any poison in it... and left it at that.
I'm not sure if HE killed it though. He was trotting through some tall grass about 10 yards from me, and i saw him start rolling on the ground. I went over and there was a dead mouse laying next to him. I went to reach for him and he picked up the mouse and swallowed it whole!
The closest house is about 300 yards away, but i have a question... Could this mouse have injested poison and run this far before dying, and then my dog ate it, thus my dog would have eaten rat poison....
Could a mouse make it that far after eating poison?
Could the amount of poison a mouse eats be enough to harm my dog? (mouse a little smaller than 2 golf balls next to each other. Small enough to swallow whole) I'm really just afraid that the mouse ran out into the field and died of poison right before my dog ate it.
Hes pooped twice since he ate it about 11 hours ago, it was too dark for me to check and see if a mouse came out
Anyone have suggestions? I was at the vet today for his rabies shot, and told her he ate a mouse whole today, and she said hed be fine as long as there wasnt any poison in it... and left it at that.