[Maci_girl]

Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

I am thinking that box of rat poison was empty...rat poison will kill a GOAT!!!! They hemorrhage to death.....
Your Yorkie can die EATING a rat that has eaten rat poison and is in the yard looking for water.....so if you are using RAT POISON on your property, you not only have to watch out for the actual poison, don let your dog find a rat that has been poisoned by your poison.

It is quite possible that the box was already empty as it had been hidden there for a while and the vet didn't really find any pellets when he induced vomiting. It gave my mom quite the scare though. I will make sure my mom knows that the poison can be passed from a rat or mouse to any animal who eats it. Don't know if she thought about that. Though our dogs aren't allowed to roam around outside, they are always on a leash or directly supervised since there is no fenced in yard area. They could find a mouse inside though, so that is something I should warn my mom about since my sister's dog still lives there right now. Thanks for the warning!