What to do if a cat eats a mouse

Dec 12,2023
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If your cat eats a mouse and has no adverse reactions, don’t worry. It is a cat’s nature to catch mice. Cats can also eat mouse meat to supplement the body’s essential taurine, making it easier to move around at night. Generally speaking, if the mice caught by the cat are healthy and not mice carrying bacteria or infected with plague, they will not have adverse effects on the body. On the contrary, if the cat is found to have abnormal reactions such as convulsions and foaming at the mouth, , it is necessary to induce vomiting in time and take the cat to the pet hospital for examination and treatment immediately to prevent adverse consequences.

Precautions for cats eating mice:

1. First observe the cat’s physical changes. If the cat has no reaction, such as being in a normal state of mind, eating normally, and playing normally, the cat owner does not need to worry too much. Cat eating mice is a natural behavior.

2. It is best not to let cats eat mice often. Mice contain many infectious diseases and bacteria, which can also cause some bad harm to cats. It is recommended if conditions permit. Directly purchasing some taurine tablets can directly improve your cat’s physical fitness.

3. Make sure that the mouse is not poisoned or died of disease, otherwise it may transmit pathogens to the cat.

4. If a cat shows symptoms such as vomiting, loss of appetite, lethargy, etc., it is recommended to take the cat to a pet hospital as soon as possible for induced vomiting and gastric lavage to reduce drug absorption, and provide intravenous infusion to accelerate toxin metabolism.

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