Show ContentTwitches@lemm.ee12·3 months agoThat is good to know, thank you. I didnt know this, good to be careful. I looked it up. 36 to 68 mg is fatal. So a couple sips isnt bad, but, being in a coffee shop it probably wouldn’t be hard for Rocket to get enough to make him sick.
Show ContentMayor Poopington@lemmy.worldEnglish7·3 months agoWhen you factor in weight, that’s not too far off from where people start dying
Show Contentmic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish2·3 months agoYeah, it really doesn’t take much caffeine to kill a person. Plants literally started using it as a pest deterrent.
Show ContentEcho Dot@feddit.uk1·3 months agoAlso mint, and chocolate apparently. And of course chili’s. The only one that seems to actually work on us though is nettles. No one’s domesticated them.
Show ContentBarbecue Cowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish2·3 months agoNot wrong, but on the other hand, two of the Guinness verified longest living cats were said to drink a small bit of coffee with cream regularly. Both were owned by the same guy and a 38 year old cat is a bit controversial, but: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creme_Puff_(cat)
Show Contententwine413@lemm.ee2·3 months agoIt’s all about the degree of toxicity. Like chocolate and dogs, it takes a lot more than you’d think to be lethal.
Give him the coffee.
Caffeine is toxic to cats.
That is good to know, thank you. I didnt know this, good to be careful. I looked it up. 36 to 68 mg is fatal. So a couple sips isnt bad, but, being in a coffee shop it probably wouldn’t be hard for Rocket to get enough to make him sick.
When you factor in weight, that’s not too far off from where people start dying
Yeah, it really doesn’t take much caffeine to kill a person. Plants literally started using it as a pest deterrent.
Also mint, and chocolate apparently. And of course chili’s. The only one that seems to actually work on us though is nettles.
No one’s domesticated them.
Not wrong, but on the other hand, two of the Guinness verified longest living cats were said to drink a small bit of coffee with cream regularly.
Both were owned by the same guy and a 38 year old cat is a bit controversial, but: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creme_Puff_(cat)
It’s all about the degree of toxicity. Like chocolate and dogs, it takes a lot more than you’d think to be lethal.
The decision has been made, Rocket.