[giznort]

Thhe amount of poison necessary to kill a mouse is a lot less than it takes to kill a puss. (Thank God). That being said, you should still take measures to make sure that kitty doesn't get into the bad stuff.

My kitty vet book explains situations wherein a dose of milk, although not recommended as a regular dietary fixture, may ease the stomach in cases of an irritant. Help me, vet people; could it assist in a slight case of mouse poision?

[YankeeinOkieville]

Thanks gizzy and meows for your concern. I don't know about milk for warfarin (rodent poison) but I think milk or cream would definitely be Mickey's preferred method of curing absolutely anything that ails him.

I keep an old stack of Mother Earth News around and they have a great column called "country vet". On p.95, issue 176 - November 15, 1999 there is a list of antidotes for some common poisonings. It lists Vitamin K for this particular one. There is a 2 part article, part 1 being in issue 175 about recognizing the symptoms of various poisons. According to the article symptoms could yet show up in the next 10 days.

Of course I also called Mickey & Beanie's vet to ask about signs and alert them in case he needed to be brought in for vitamin K. I just might take him in tomorrow for a precautionary shot, it'll be cheaper than waiting til he needs a transfusion.