gasing rats

[Tonya]

hey ...i know this is a weird question but i was just wondering if you can gas rats with propain or not??? thanks
TONYA

[lubricus]

I'm not into the hole gassing thing, it seem like a slow way to dye, I prefer the 150 miles an hour to the concrete floor method my self.

[wtac]

IIRC, they use CO2 in an enclosed chamber. You can use propane if you wish for "hands off" asphyxia but that's a WAY more dangerous route to go for obvious reasons .

[DragnDrop]

This didn't belong in the General Discussion forum when there's a feeder forum made just for feeder discussion.

[Paul McCleary]

I believe most veterinary organizations regard asphyxia with carbon dioxide as the most humane way to dispatch rodents. One possible exception is for 'pinkies', where research/testing labs use decapitation using scissors or a similar tool (way too nasty amd unnecessary for herpetoculturists!). I have a friend in charge of a school science department who gases all my feeder rodents with CO2...

[lubricus]

Gassing is slow and cruel, there's no need for it....like I said before blunt trauma to the head works the best....I wonder why I'm thinking about concentration camps all of a sudden??....but hay if the slow way is your thing then why not just throw them in the freezer!

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[lubricus]

Originally Posted by Paul McCleary

I believe most veterinary organizations regard asphyxia with carbon dioxide as the most humane way to dispatch rodents. One possible exception is for 'pinkies', where research/testing labs use decapitation using scissors or a similar tool (way too nasty amd unnecessary for herpetoculturists!). I have a friend in charge of a school science department who gases all my feeder rodents with CO2...

why should we be this concerned about are feeder rats & mice when most of us dont ever give a thought as to how cows, chickens, pigs, fish or whatever we humans eat are killed... they dont get gassed thats for Sure