The Dangers of Rat Poison

 

The Dangers of Rat Poison

People have no idea how far reaching simply putting rat / mouse poison out actually is. All they see is a rodent problem they want a solution for. Sadly, thousands of pets DIE every year from eating those poisoned rodents….. One such kitty from our rescue became a victim last night because of it….. Marshall was in his forever home and doing amazing, until a poisoned rat came into his home and he caught it….. Marshall ate it and instantly became sick. Marshall was rushed to the emergency vet last night where he had to be euthanized because he could not recover from being poisoned.

Note – Marshall was a 100% indoor kitty. The poisoned rodent came into HIS home, not the other way around. Meaning, the poisoned rodent ate somewhere else then came into Marshall’s home to die. Marshall should have been safe, but a neighbor decided to put out rodent poison that is UNSAFE for other animals……Marshall is DEAD because a neighbor had no concern for other people’s pets.

 

https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/Safe-Rodent-Control/rodenticide-risks.html#

 

There are so many other options to control rodents, but this neighbor obviously did not think when putting out a very toxic substance….. Not only will this type of poison kill the rodents, it will also kill anything that ingests the poisoned rodent…… It can, and does, create a chain reaction of death. But, this neighbor had zero care about that.

 

The sad reality of what this type of poisoning does to an animal is sickening. They will basically bleed out internally long BEFORE showing any symptoms of being sick. By the time symptoms show it is usually too late to save them. It is a SLOW and PAIINFUL death to animals subjected to this type of poisoning.

 

https://veterinarypartner.vin.com/default.aspx?pid=19239&catId=102894&id=4952117

 

The NIH has a nice article with tons of statistics on this matter, it is alarmingly tragic.

 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8188559/

 

Now, I know many of you will not bother to check out the links. That is your choice. I put them here to help educate the twatwaffle who poisoned a happy, healthy kitty who was safe inside his furever home. I want them to know exactly what they put Marshall through and how I wish it had been them instead. Marshall did not deserve this death at all.

We all understand this winter weather has caused the rodent population to seek better shelter. It has caused them to appear inside homes that have never seen rodents before. This is NOT an excuse to be careless and put out toxic poisons that cause a chain reaction of death. Please use humane traps, live traps or solutions that do NOT involve such toxic poisons.

Believe it or not, live trapping could provide a small side income for you by offering the rodents to people who have snakes. YES, pet snakes eat wild rodents. So, instead of killing innocent pets why not trap the rodents and offer them to snake owners? Many snake owners may even have traps they can loan to you for this purpose!!!!

I am livid right now that a kitten I hand raised is now DEAD because someone chose to poison rodents…… I must go for now, before I really say something that does get me a FB suspension….. But to the asshat that poisoned Marshall YOU are 100% responsible for his vet bill and I suggest you contact me or his forever mama to work out how to pay for that!!!!!