Saturday, November 14, 2009

Is herbal tea okay for rats?

My rats seem to really like this tea made with birch leaves, parsley leaves and verbena leaves. I'm wondering if anyone knew if any of these ingredients were at all harmful? Or maybe beneficial?

Is herbal tea okay for rats?
I'm pretty sure nothing in there is deadly, I would just limit their intake of it. I'm not sure of any benefits to any of those, but then I'm not up on my holistic medicines and herbal teas. I do know that some species of verbena are abortifacients, so if you have pregnant females, or females you want to be pregnant eventually, I wouldn't.


Our rats still retain some of their sense to not eat something if its previously made them feel icky, but they still don't pull the wild rats way of 'tasting' and waiting. They just plunge right in. So, I'd think that if it made them feel ill in anyway, they wouldn't want anymore. I'd just say, keep it in moderation.





And yeah, I let my rats eat on my table too. I was eating a bowl of cereal on my couch watching TV one morning, and the rats were out like usual and the one dove off of my shoulder, into my bowl. That was a mess. Its not weird to share with them, it would be rude not to.
Reply:i dont think so... rats cant eat alot of greens (i dont know why). its much safe if you would just let your rat stick to water and give him/her rat treats instead (corn flakes) :)
Reply:better safe than sorry...your rats might like it but it can harm them...id quit giving it to them...
Reply:How on earth did you find out that? Most rat-owners don't include their furry friends at teaparties
Reply:rats practically eat anything


it might as well be okay if it doesnt have sugar :)
Reply:I have 2 rats at my home and sure I feed them sugar,so why can't you? If you want your rat to be happy,give him sugar.But don't give him sugar or herbal tea like it's his food or like it's water,just make it a snack.For tea I'd say about half a cup a day or less.You should only put a little sugar in your furry friends diet and not a lot at ALL! Two much sugar can cause diabetes causing the rat to die.Only a little sugar!!!!





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Reply:well sometimes when hamsters are really stressed liek they just arrived at a pet store from a plane ride the owners of the pet shop suggest to give them some camomile tea, im not sure about the tea that u described but if there was no problem the first time then it should proabably be fine





Hope this helped!


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