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Couldnt find the thread where someone was talking about this so I thought I might show a small how to. There is a rat shortage in Tucson like no one's business. SO, to help out a friend feed her boas I did a little how to on humanely euthanizing prey items. Item in question is a ring neck dove and thats about all that is available here at the moment. Its that or no rats for 3 weeks. Any who- the how to:
(works with any bird/rat/rabbit)
Step one- make sure the animal is calm and not stressed (it helps you get good grip)
Step two- get a firm but gentle hold of the animal
Birds: around the wings with one hand with thumb and forefinger facing each other
Rabbits: Gently invert the animal and stroke its back, holding its back legs firmly
Rats: Gently but firmly grip the base of the tail and back legs inverting the animal
Step three- cervical dislocation:
Birds: Put palm of hand on back of head, gently but firmly gripping the head and pulling it down until you hear it POP and feel the spine separate from the back of the skull killing it
Rabbits: Repete above for birds but push the head towards the ground and pull the legs up, the loud POP will be audible and the neck should flop freely
Rats: You can pin their head down with a rod or paint scraper and pull up or repeat the above method for the bird/rabbit and this works as well
Showing my friend a how to she wanted to record me doing it so she could have an example for later use.
Warning: video shows euthanasia by cervical dislocation and I might add that birds do tend to flop about even after their heads are completely removed so any twitching is just nerves and the animal is long dead
CO and CO2 gas is not always available and you do not want to endanger your reptile when you dont have to, its also more humane for the food item in the long run. This is not cruel and is much more quick than CO2 gas. The brain stem is separated causing instant death and thus no suffering. Hope I dont get flamed for this I just thought it might be helpful to someone. :/
God forbid someone can't find something and to heck with someone trying to make something informitive
Um, pretty sure he wasn't criticising you. Was just stating that it's brought up all the time - which it is. No need to get your panties in a twist. And I agree with him on the method.
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God forbid someone can't find something and to heck with someone trying to make something informitive
Easy killer. It was not about you, this was a good post, thanks for taking the time to put it together. I'm just saying this gets brought up in debates a lot, and people have a lot of different opinions on the humane way to do it. Like I said. C spine dislocation seems to me like the most humane way.
...and after having watched your video, good technique and thanks more. I do this several times a day while dove hunting, and your method seems much more effective.
Easy killer. It was not about you, this was a good post, thanks for taking the time to put it together. I'm just saying this gets brought up in debates a lot, and people have a lot of different opinions on the humane way to do it. Like I said. C spine dislocation seems to me like the most humane way.
Its hard to read emotion from text so excuse my testyness but usually any thread I seem to start turns into an attack which makes me feel bad and regret ever posting. I just read your post and assumed the worst and assumed this was going to spiral into a scarcasm off. My appologies for misinterpreting your post.
Its hard to read emotion from text so excuse my testyness but usually any thread I seem to start turns into an attack which makes me feel bad and regret ever posting. I just read your post and assumed the worst and assumed this was going to spiral into a scarcasm off. My appologies for misinterpreting your post.
Dude. Chill. Seriously.
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Thanks for the post. The bone popping is so gross. lol
Its not as bad as slaughtering goats. That is a whole nother ball fieldof gross. When the bones pop you know you did it right and other than birds rats and rabbits rarely if ever death kick because of CD. Birds are weird
I didn't think the flopping was excessive in the video.
Seriously. I opened my bag after a successful dove hunt one day, and one flew out. I break every neck on every bird. And he flew away...not very straight, but he took off.
Seriously. I opened my bag after a successful dove hunt one day, and one flew out. I break every neck on every bird. And he flew away...not very straight, but he took off.
...Ew.
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Thanks! I hope to get a rabbit and rat soon to show examples. Its really easy to do and if you have to mass kill it only takes a second to do then in the freezer. I should mention in my first post which i will edit now that I think of it:
Corneal reflex- basically poke it in the eye with a finger, if it blinks its still alive and not dead, in this case just twist the head. I usually twist at the end of my final pull down on rabbits and I have never had the corneal reflex crop up. But do not put an animal that is basically just paralyzed into the freezer. You can harvest as many animals as you want with the above method and freeze them right then just make sure you didnt just paralyze it, often times people dont push hard enough and only break their necks, you need to separate the chord from the brain. The neck should stretch out about 2 or 3 extra inches if properly done.
EDIT HELP: How do I edit the first post, its only giving me the option to edit this one?
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