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[snakekid6996]

So I went to the reptile expo today and while I was there I bought live rats, because they were 1/2 the price they cost at the pet store. I got 5 medium and 3 small rats. The problem is I thought I could put them in the freezer and they'd painlessly go to sleep and not wake up after an hour or two...well after like 5 hours they were still alive and seemed fine and I looked it up and everything said that freezing them was an extremly long and painful way to kill them. I took them out nd put them in a bin with hay as bedding and some seeds/rodent food. No one in this house has the heart to kill them :/.. I know it's supposed to be quick and painless but I cant hit there head with or against anything and I cant ring there necks...qervgkucbqrc....We don't have enough money for co2 to creat a chamber to kill them.. are there any other humain ways to do this or am I gumma have to suck it up and break all there necks?? :c

[infernalis]

Breed them, never buy another.

Honest suggestion.

[EmbraceCalamity]

Breaking their necks is actually the most humane way. It's quick and painless. Not pleasant, though.

Also, never, ever, ever freeze them alive. One of the most painful ways to die. You ever had frostbite? Even mild? It hurts like hell. I've seen people in tears over it. Now imagine that over your entire body for hours until you die.

~Maggot

[BryanB]

I go to expos and by bulk frozen. A bag in the freezer is better than a cage in the house.

[snakekid6996]

they were out of frozen...and the only reason I thought to freeze them is because my moms has fish tanks and she had to euthanize one of her sick fish once and she said that was the most humane way, because they go to sleep after a few minutes and just dont wake up

[EmbraceCalamity]

Originally Posted by snakekid6996

they were out of frozen...and the only reason I thought to freeze them is because my moms has fish tanks and she had to euthanize one of her sick fish once and she said that was the most humane way, because they go to sleep after a few minutes and just dont wake up

Fish can't feel pain. Rats can. Can't even begin to compare the two.

~Maggot

[snakekid6996]

Originally Posted by EmbraceCalamity

Fish can't feel pain. Rats can. Can't even begin to compare the two.

~Maggot

fish can feel pain
HowStuffWorks "Do fish feel pain?"

[EmbraceCalamity]

Originally Posted by snakekid6996

fish can feel pain
HowStuffWorks "Do fish feel pain?"

Fair enough. But that only serves to prove that neither of them should be frozen alive.

~Maggot

[snakekid6996]

Originally Posted by EmbraceCalamity

Fair enough. But that only serves to prove that neither of them should be frozen alive.

~Maggot

I know that know, but at the time all I knew was someone told me that was the way to do it. Actually two people, because the lady who sold me the rats said I could do that and they would die fast and easy.

[Jendee]

I breed some and order frozen as a supplement, to kill my live I pop in a pillow case and give one very hard smack on the wall lol

[snakekid6996]

Originally Posted by Jendee

I breed some and order frozen as a supplement, to kill my live I pop in a pillow case and give one very hard smack on the wall lol

What if You don't hit there head and they are still alive?? I'd feel horrible :/

[Jendee]

first couple times I didn't hit hard enough and I literally cried lol and it toughened me up to make sure I put them out on the first swing now I have no problem making sure there is no suffering

[snakekid6996]

so it's not really a matter of where You hit them, but how hard?

[GarterPython]

Whenever my fish are on the verge of dying I always put them in the freezer for a bit.

[snakekid6996]

^I just got told NOT to do that