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Is coffee o.k. for rats to drink?

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Shin Chan(my eldest male rat) is insisting on being out of the cage during the day(he even tried to chew his way through the metal bars on the cage and almost tore his nails off and broke his jaw!) and he likes to drink my leftover coffee in the mug.

So I can stop him from doing this, it's just extremely hard because he is VERY spoiled. Hence why he gets to be out of the cage all day(he's litter trained and way smarter than any cat b/c he can do tricks and knows hand signals as well as voice command).

Anyway, if it's safe for him to have a little I will just let him have it to avoid him throwing a fit. I searched this online but I must not be very good at it because I could not find anything about rats drinking coffee. Thanks.

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no rats should not drink coffee, the hot temperature could burn their little mouths as they should only drink water, also DO NOT give them any fizzy drinks like coke as this will kill them as they cannot burp.
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I wouldn't think the caffien would be good for him at all.
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I certainly wouldn't recommend it . I'd be concerned about the effect of the caffeine on his little heart. Speak to your vet though.
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NO! It will get hyper.
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No! caffeinated or carbonated drinks are not good for rats!! maybe you could take water and squeek strawberry or bluberries to spice up his water?? but i would deff stop feeding him coffe, i use to feed my ratty human food and she got overwieght which led her to get tumors which i feel really bad cause she got tumors because of me =(
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no caffeine and sugar are bad for rats
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Nope. Sugar. Caffene. Bad stuff! Let him through a fit and he will get over it!
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no u ****** dum *** ur going to kill the rat how stuped are u
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NO!!!! Take him to the vet!
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no way
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no it will s***w up his digestive system!!
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Caffeine is definitely not good for rats little systems. Try not leaving your coffee where your rat can get to it. It must be fun to have such a trained rat, mine are crazy hyper
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