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OMG, I can't do it...

C02 euthanasia

Since I will also have to deal with putting down older rodents in the near future, I decided to do a bit of online research and found this interesting link: http://www.alysion.org/euthanasia/
So far, I've used the freezer method for young babies and it makes me feel so bad to close the freezer lid and still hear them chirping. At one point, I checked on them to see if they had passed and they were still slowly moving, but no longer chirping. Poor little things.
The dry ice method makes me a bit nervous due to it's potentially dangerous activity if improperly handled (I have curious teens at home) so I'd rather use vinegar and baking soda as it is also readily available in my kitchen. The link mentioned above includes very detailed information and looks relatively easy to do (and cheap too).
 
i have to agree totally with JPENA. Or if your snake is big enough just put the fuzzy in the cage and let you're snake do the rest. you don't need to see it.
 
The $10-12 I pay every week for frozen is so well worth it. I have 9 corns and 8 rosys.

No cages to clean, no guilt.
 
Hurley said:
Otherwise if you're left with the whacking method, you may find it easier putting them into an opaque tupperware and whacking that as hard as you can against a solid counter. If you do choose the whacking method, remember not to do it halfway. They will suffer if you don't put your mind to it and use a significant amount of force to end it quickly and immediately.
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Today, I could only get a small weaned mouse at the pet store for my live-only emoryi. The mouse was 14g and the snake is 87g, so I knew he could handle it as a meal, but this mouse was definitely more mature than any he's constriction-killed himself. I had just read the above quoted passage earlier today, so I gave it a shot. However, I should have heeded Connie's tub brand recommendation. Sterilite is much less pliable. So as you might guess, I was left with a hundred plastic shards, and a stumbling, stunned mouse. Lucky I didn't cut myself or catch a piece in the eye. Had to quickly throw the poor thing into a snake bag I had nearby, and do the wall-whack. I felt terrible about the whole thing, so if he refuses f/t after he should have graduated to weaned, he'll have to eat live hoppers for as long as he keeps up the f/t refusal.

And after all that crap, he refused the freshly-killed mouse. It wasn't moving-- he wasn't interested. :headbang:
 
I wiggle the mouse with my tongs to try and get disinterestd snakes to eat. I've gotten to where I sometimes do this anyway. It stimulates their predatory natures!
 
kimbyra said:
I wiggle the mouse with my tongs to try and get disinterestd snakes to eat. I've gotten to where I sometimes do this anyway. It stimulates their predatory natures!
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My emoryi guy seems terrified of my looooong hemostats.
 
kimbyra said:
I wiggle the mouse with my tongs to try and get disinterestd snakes to eat. I've gotten to where I sometimes do this anyway. It stimulates their predatory natures!
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Sweet. :eek1:

I'm having trouble feeding my snake, can you show me how you do that wiggle thing. :sidestep:
 
Oh dean, I know that story wasn't particularly funny but when I read the bit about you trying it out with not much success I couldn't help but see the funny albeit morbid side to that.. :rolleyes:

Glad you weren't hurt though!
 
marty.warwick said:
Oh dean, I know that story wasn't particularly funny but when I read the bit about you trying it out with not much success I couldn't help but see the funny albeit morbid side to that.. :rolleyes:

Glad you weren't hurt though!
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That's all right. I understand. I suppose if you saw the look on my face as I stared in disbelief and self-condemnation at the lid and frame of a tub in my hands, shards of plastic everywhere, it would have been funnier. If it weren't for the not-stunned-enough mouse, I'd laugh myself. I have no love for mice, but I don't like killing them, and I would never intentionally torture or terrorize one. :(
 
Roy Munson said:
I have no love for mice, but I don't like killing them
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Try breeding them and see what they do to each other! You'll get over the killing them part real quick! :grin01:
 
corn_breeder for that much money i would ivnest in a pair of rats but in your case you have a lot of snakes to take care of

I have a pair of rats...both girls. They are pets. They will NEVER be either bred or fed. I actually love them more than my snakes, in fact.

To me, what I pay for frozen mice is a small price to pay compared to the alternative.
 
Corn breeder no, you didn't offend me or make me mad :)


And yes, I know where I am Charmer. Don't get me wrong, I love my snakes too. My rat fancy friends don't understand how I can love snakes. It is like this....my snakes are gorgeous to look at, easy to keep, and live a long time.

My rats live short lives...but are clean, loyal,loving,intelligent and wonderful companions. They actually love you back. They beg for attention, they love being held, and they greet you at the door to their cage when you get home from work.

I feel like I have the best of both worlds :)
 
starsevol said:
Corn breeder no, you didn't offend me or make me mad :)


And yes, I know where I am Charmer. Don't get me wrong, I love my snakes too. My rat fancy friends don't understand how I can love snakes. It is like this....my snakes are gorgeous to look at, easy to keep, and live a long time.

My rats live short lives...but are clean, loyal,loving,intelligent and wonderful companions. They actually love you back. They beg for attention, they love being held, and they greet you at the door to their cage when you get home from work.

I feel like I have the best of both worlds :)
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Ya I was just jokin' around. . .However, I find my snakes to be all of the above mentioned "rat" qualities. Maybe not loyal, in the same sense as a dog or rat but, loyal in which they don't bite the hand that feeds them. Wait, ok, bad analogy. :grin01: I do feel like my snakes love me though, in their own way. They all have their quirks, habits, and preferences just like any other companion. And I actually like the fact that snakes do not beg for attention. They have a majestic air about them that is commanding of attention rather. Like they are Gods to be worshipped :) I guess that is why I love cats. I have never had rats however so my comparison is biased and technically invalid. :shrugs: Maybe someday I will have a desire to experience the companionship of rats. . . . until then :eatsmiley
 
snake behavior

yes that is true snakes act diferently and do show love. the first time my cream bit me i was tuff i pinched his tail (not that hard but hard enough) an he has never done it again. and also when i hold it and go next to people it hisses and strickes at them. he's a little devil
 
My snakes accept me.
But I don't think its love.

My rats give kisses and groom my hands.
And do a million other things to show affection...

I love BOTH species.
My life would have little joy in it without these creatures...
 
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