Humane Way of killing Mice

[Bucko]

I was wondering if there any humane ways of killing mice, other than using Co2. If there is a method it will be used on adult mice, but if there are no ways to do it in an humane way than i will make an homemade gas chamber. I have tried a search on these forums and did not find anything. Thanks for the help guys.

[Mendel's Balls]

You could use cervical dislocation but it takes a bit of practice.

See http://labanimals.stanford.edu/Guidelines/Cerv_Dis.html

See Section IV titled Methods.

[Bucko]

Thank you very much, i will have to try this method out. I am currently killing my 5 breeder mice, since they have been canabalizing their young a lot latly and then going to get a few more to start breeding again. These 5 mice will be my backup feed if my breeders are not producing at the moment.

[tigerlily]

You can also use dry ice, and other CO2 methods to gas the mice as well. If you are interested in that I know there are a few threads about that. I'll dig for them if you want.

[Jeanne]

Mix 1 cup of white vinegar to 1.2 tbsps of baking soda. It makes 1.2 gallons of CO2.
http://www.alysion.org/euthanasia/index.html

[Bucko]

Mix 1 cup of white vinegar to 1.2 tbsps of baking soda. It makes 1.2 gallons of CO2.
http://www.alysion.org/euthanasia/index.html

I was just about to post that i found that website, but you got to posting it before me. I am thinking that i am going to use this method. It is very cheap and easy to do.

[Jeanne]

I have used this method to euthanize many rodents in my time. It is cheap, but more importantly, HUMANE.

Cervical dislocation is very cruel if not done right. I do not reccommend it to those who are inexperienced and have not been shown how to do it correctly.

[Bucko]

Yea I was thinking that it would not be humane if i did the cervical dislocation wrong. Since i am not experiaced at it i know i would probably have done it wrong.

[Schlyne]

Cervical dislocation is also very hard to do on larger animals, like rats beyond pup size (At least that I"ve found).

[Bdadawg]

This is a link to another method of Co2. I tend to mess up with chemistry ... and am more adept at just add water.

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...814#post333814

Bryan