How to euthanize prey...

[Gungirl]

Good thread..

You can only edit a post for a short time after you make the post.. 30 minute window or close to that.

[dinosaurdammit]

Originally Posted by Gungirl

Good thread..

You can only edit a post for a short time after you make the post.. 30 minute window or close to that.

Well dang, maybe if i ask a mod to put that up there for me, i feel its pretty important to check for corneal reflexes. I didnt even think about it till I got up this morning and poked myself in the eye and it hit me.

[Lankyrob]

Originally Posted by dinosaurdammit

Well dang, maybe if i ask a mod to put that up there for me, i feel its pretty important to check for corneal reflexes. I didnt even think about it till I got up this morning and poked myself in the eye and it hit me.

Do you do this every morning to check you are still alive?

[Aaron_S]

I still stand by CO2. I guess it's the difference between 10 animals and 1000.

[Jay]

Originally Posted by Aaron_S

I still stand by CO2. I guess it's the difference between 10 animals and 1000.

Dealing with thousands, c02 is much mor efficient. Also there's a lot less room for error when you're using c02, IMO.

[Will0W783]

We use CO2 here at my university, for animals that we are not immediately experimenting on. It looks quite painless; the rats lay down and fall asleep. After a few hiccups, they stop trying to breathe and they are gone. It certainly looks humane, far more humane than smashing their brains in or slitting their throats.

[dinosaurdammit]

Originally Posted by Lankyrob

Do you do this every morning to check you are still alive?

No its usually to pick out eye boogers

Originally Posted by Aaron_S

I still stand by CO2. I guess it's the difference between 10 animals and 1000.

I could probably do around 500 animals in less than 20 min with the above method, ive just gotten so used to it its second nature.

Originally Posted by Will0W783

We use CO2 here at my university, for animals that we are not immediately experimenting on. It looks quite painless; the rats lay down and fall asleep. After a few hiccups, they stop trying to breathe and they are gone. It certainly looks humane, far more humane than smashing their brains in or slitting their throats.

The "hiccups" are actuarially their diaphragm spazzing out. Some things they feel:

Headache
Lethargy
Elevated rate of cardiac output
Irregular heartbeat
Panic
Convulsions
Chest pain
Hallucinations
Vomiting
Stomach pain
Seizures
Memory problems
Changes in vision
Unconsciousness
Eventually death

Different source:

deeper breathing
twitching of muscles
increased blood pressure
headache
increased pulse rate
loss of judgement
labored breathing
unconsciousness (occurs in under a minute when CO2 concentration rises about 10%)
death



cites:Carbon Dioxide Poisoning
cites: Carbon Dioxide Poisoning

[EmbraceCalamity]

Originally Posted by Will0W783

We use CO2 here at my university, for animals that we are not immediately experimenting on. It looks quite painless; the rats lay down and fall asleep. After a few hiccups, they stop trying to breathe and they are gone. It certainly looks humane, far more humane than smashing their brains in or slitting their throats.

Take it from someone who's been suffocated and choked: asphyxia is terrifying. Just because something looks more humane, that doesn't mean it is.

~Maggot