Humane Ways Of Putting Down Your Feeders, a vetrenarians preference

Alright i asked the vetrenarian i do volunteer work for what methods she thought were the most humane ways to put down feeders and she told me she used to work at a chicken farm while studying and they would kill all the males(this is an egg farm) by cervical dislocation. At first she thought there might be a better way and went looking for some. She tried shocking, gas chambers etc. and she finds that shocking is too gruesome and half an hour after gassing half of the chickens started to twitch(hence still alive). Also take note that with chickend blunt trauma to the head does not work. So in her opinion. Blunt trauma to the head and cervical dislocation are some of the quickest,easiest and painless deaths you can use for your feeders. I'm not saying gas chambers are bad. They just take a LONG time and don't always kill your mice. Also with gas chambers you cant kill pinkies. And many people will freeze their pinkies wich is a slow death and not deemed "humane". It does seem gory at first since that some of the animals will twitch after either blunt trauma to the head or cervical dislocation but remember this does not mean their still alive. This is just the nerves. Hope this helps a bit. I know i had a bit of trouble finding my information on how to put down animals in a way that is the less cruel. And also note that gassing is NOT cruel and is used by many people with no problems.

Thats true camille, those two ways are the only ways recognized by the canadian animal society thingy, blunt trauma to the head and cervical dislocation.

yeah i read the report(not all of it though because i lost it )

I would like to add though that Co2 chambers only work on rodents with their eyes open. Pinkies and fuzzies have a natural ability against the gass, in the nest they often are smothered by their parents and siblings where they take in a lot of Co2. The best way to euthenize them is to put them in a Co2 chamber untill they get knocked out, and then put them right in the freezer (making sure they arnt near each other). You can also try cervical dislocation, but get ready for pinky mush.

yeah i know but hey when you have to feed your snakes

hmm good info =) passed it on to a friend of mine whos breeding rat feeders, she was going to freeze i think shes reconsidered to blunt force now though. All pretty gross but snakes gotta eat, Im just glad Brys here to do it for me the odd time we have no choice to buy live. Its kinda weird to whack a mouse then go cuddle my egyptians rite after.

I find the best and easiest way to pre-kill rodents is to just simply hold them by the tail and wack them hard against a hard surface. Easy and quick.

i do that. i have a brick i hit em on. oh and id like to announce that i have had my first litter of mice that no one has eaten..yet. so i think my hypotheses(sp?) was right and thr first batch were killed because the male was not the father. *crosses fingers*

Yikes, my rats were like that =( hopefully it all works out for you!, I gave up on mine because she killed 3 litters in a row now matter what I did so they ended up as feeders for Denise.

Its been 4 days now and their all hale and hearty.

I need to know ASAP if cervical dislocation is done the same on rabbits as it is on rats

you got my awnser on msn

haha yea lol we took care of them ,they're in the freezer now

Though I usually buy my mice and pinkies prefrozen these days,blunt force has always been my method in the past. It is quick and humane.I've kept all of the small mammals used as pets at one point or another.I love all animals and wouldn't do anything I didn't regard as swift and painless.

Most people in the reptile community usually prefer the swift and painless way too. Though depends *lol* Some just dont like rodents *cough* bryan *cough*