Made a gas chamber today *DU*

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Originally Posted by slartibartfast

Good for you. Nice guys are hot. ;-)

Edit: And that gas chamber is awesome! Very inspiring.

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Originally Posted by sarahMB

What an awesome setup, Van! Looks a lot simpler than I thought it would be, very encouraging.

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Thanks! :D

Very nice set up!

Great Setup Van! Did you find you needed all those containers filled with Dry Ice or just some of them? Also, are you adding water to the DI or just letting it melt naturally?

Sweet setup!

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Originally Posted by lord jackel

Great Setup Van! Did you find you needed all those containers filled with Dry Ice or just some of them? Also, are you adding water to the DI or just letting it melt naturally?

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Oh no, I actually put the mice in the containers. Only the bottle had dried ice in it. I did put a little water in it, but after reading other posts it seems like you don't need to. Too much CO2 apparently causes stress and gasping. So next time I am going without water. I may end up switching from the bottle to a more open container for the dried ice too. I dunno we'll see.

Thank you all for the compliments! :)

sorry for not commenting on your setup before... but its seems like you put a lot of thought into it, and I'm glad it's working for you, I think the one mouse per container thing is a great idea, but depending on the amount of mice gassed, time consume. anyway, great setup, glad its working

How much dry ice did you put in there? I assume it wouldn't take much but just curious.

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Originally Posted by thehoofbite

How much dry ice did you put in there? I assume it wouldn't take much but just curious.

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I filled the bottle about half way then put a little water in. I think putting the water in put out a bit too much CO2 though. There was some gasping going on.
Next time I am going to try without water.

I REALLY like the idea of seperate containers like that. It seems you put a lot of thought into what would make the animals as comfortable as possible, and actually put the extra effort to do it. And yah, that's hot.