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Humane Euthanization?

To be completely honest. I think that's the stupidest thing I've heard all day.

Natural balance? So you think starving to death is better than being put to sleep? To me that's cruel. Letting an animal suffer because "it's natural" is not only terrible but stupid.

I'm sorry to be so forward and blunt, but I can't believe someone would have that kind of a view. :(

As for non-feeders. There are a lot of techniques to get non-feeders to eat and at a certain point if none of those techniques work, I personally would NOT just let the hatchling die of starvation. If it continues to refuse no matter what you do, then it's time for it to go to sleep and pass on. Suffering is not something anybody, animal or person should have to do until the end.

If given the choice when I get old or if I were to end up a vegatable with no quality of life. I hope that by the time I get old they allow medical "murders"., because I would rather be "euthanized" than drag on without being able to truly LIVE.

Why let something live if there is no quality of life? Or if you know it will die anyway but more slowly and painfully?
 
I'm not deciding it for anyone else but myself. And I strongly disagree with putting a snake in the freezer because it's not anesthetically pleasing.

If the animal is ill and on it's way out, I still disagree. Set it free, let nature be the judge. As far as imbalancing an ecosystem by releasing corn snakes in the wild. I don't see that making the news about how it's negatively effecting the enviroment. Like I said, "Where there's life, there's hope."
 
Well, welcome to the world Em, people have all different types of views. I won't call your view stupid though, it's your opinion.
 
Rotach said:
I see humans deciding upon euthanization as an unnatural approach. It's interfering with nature's most basic response to the end of life.
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Sooo, you let your snake(s) run free in the yard? Because, of course, having them in a cage (among other things) is interfering with nature . . .

D80
 
Honestly the guy doesn't have a leg to stand on after what happened in teh other thread. But oh well, that's two of my threads he's managed to derail in the end. I'm just glad I got the information I required from both before that happened! :D
 
Rotach said:
I absolutely loathe the idea of euthanizing a baby snake due to a kink it's tail, or it refusung to eat. I think it's appauling. I'd rather see the little guy set free in your backyard.
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Nope. Nope.com!
 
If the animal is ill and on it's way out, I still disagree. Set it free, let nature be the judge. As far as imbalancing an ecosystem by releasing corn snakes in the wild. I don't see that making the news about how it's negatively effecting the enviroment. Like I said, "Where there's life, there's hope."
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its a similair notion that has messed up a lot of the wild Desert Tortise in my area.. Never, ever releash a CB animal.. Believe me, it is reasoning like yours that tends to get Government more wrapped up into our hobbies than we need.. Also it views like your own that tends to wipe out native populations because of some strain of URI that wipes out almost an entire population to the endangered list..

*shrugs* Freezer bait for my kings and milks is much more accpetable, even though it is unpleasant..


Regards.. Tim of T and J
 
wow everyone, i looked at this thread yesterday, and it was informative and interesting, and now it's off all tied up in insults and opinions having to do with nothing but ethics.... come on now!
 
wow everyone, i looked at this thread yesterday, and it was informative and interesting, and now it's off all tied up in insults and opinions having to do with nothing but ethics.... come on now!
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I agree with Brent.. Enjoy your stay...

Most times I should just refrain from exp[ressing my opinions or beliefs.. this of course, if you ask me was very loaded question and I didn;t really expect much more than what we have seen for results.. Believe me, there are a lot of loaded questions that get asked here that really don;t need to be here and there of course are a lot of people here who think its there right to cram their opinions down your throat.. I just figure at best it Caveat Emptor.. Be careful of what you buy..

Regards.. Tim of T and J
 
I hope nobody feels I was trying to ask loaded questions.

I was genuinely searching for information on the original topic, not trying to start a fued or anything. :shrugs:
 
Em Wright said:
I hope nobody feels I was trying to ask loaded questions.

I was genuinely searching for information on the original topic, not trying to start a fued or anything. :shrugs:
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Sugar, you're doing just fine. Considering a couple of the trolls/barnacles you've picked up along the way, you're doing just fine. :D ;)
 
Let's not bring anything over here now. :p

So is the butterknife the only thing people can think of? I'm curious about the hip... dislocation thing or something? I've not really heard anything about it, but I would like to know more. It's a technique used on adult mice, right?
 
Em Wright said:
So is the butterknife the only thing people can think of? I'm curious about the hip... dislocation thing or something?
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Dislocating the neck, being easy and quick, would not cause me to explore other options. ;) Not sure about a hip dislocation unless you just wanted your mice unable to walk. :poke:

D80
 
Maybe it was a disease I heard someone talking about then or something.... I knew there was some sort of "dislocating" thing. But yeah, the neck sounds better for that. LOL. ;) Thanks Brent!
 
I'm so proud of myself. I haven't said one word on this thread.

Oops, there I go again. Opening my mouth.
 
I have to say I had a friend of mine come over and do the cervical dislocation thing for me once... I could never do it myself. I'm way too squeamish. To be honest, I stick all my mice (except for adults) in plastic bags, then into tupperware, and then into the freezer. It generally takes a few minutes for them to.. suffocate =( ... but I just could never break their necks. I'd have nightmares! I know it's probably not the most humane thing, but they die rather quickly and it's not much different from being squeezed to death by a big scary snake.
 
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