My Feeder Euthanizer (DIY CO2 chamber) ***UPDATE***

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Originally Posted by Mr. Constrictor

Sorry all. My comment was just ment to be a joke. I buy my rats frozen.

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Good to know.

I drown mine and I don't care what those peta people have to say about it.

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Originally Posted by southb

I drown mine and I don't care what those peta people have to say about it.

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how do you drown them?

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

Thats why this is called humane.

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putting anything out of its misery quick is HUMANE , wether it be C02 , brick , anything

That is very cool. Very expensive though. I'd rather make a house payment with that. lol :rolleyes:

As for the brick comment, there is reasoning behind this. It is much cheaper to simply hit the mouse on the head. It IS humane if done correctly and the mouse feels nothing. I raise chickens (pets/show only) and some chicks are born with problems and we use this method to humanely end their lives.

When ever I get enough rats to gas I just use some dry Ice and a cooler.It is the same method but only costs a few buck for each round.

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Originally Posted by Peter Williams

As some of you may know, I had a thread of mine stickied a while ago about how I built my CO2 chamber. Well just for fun, I thought I'd show you guys where I'm at right now. As my rat production increased, so did my demand for CO2. I found myself having to drive a fair ways to get my CO2 every few weeks, and alot of the time my supplier's fill station was "out of order" aka too lazy to go get the full tank from the warehouse. So I went to my local farm store (TSC), and got a 20lb CO2/Argon tank used for welding. I had to buy a regulator for argon, and an adapter to be put on the regulator to allow me to attach it to the CO2 tank. I then attached a 1/4" (inside diameter) piece of vinyl tubing to the barb on the regular and run it into a trash can. If you use a trash can make sure you have a thin layer of bedding (I use pine) on the bottle to catch all the mess.

Regulator - $50
Argon-CO2 Adapter - $10
CO2 Tank (empty) - $255
Cost to fill tank - $35
Total: $350

Yes I know, very pricey, however, at any time I can return the tank to the store for a full refund. The $255 is really just a deposit of sorts, but they charge so much so you CAN keep the tank if you want to.

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And there you have it! Thanks for looking!

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wooooooooow are you really trying to put you mice/rats/etc in to comma. I'm a welder by trade and ill till you this argon is not a gas to be playing around with it can really put you to sleep-comma not joking. there have been cases where people never woke back up. Argon wont kill you it just makes you in to a vegetable

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Originally Posted by TheVipersHouse

putting anything out of its misery quick is HUMANE , wether it be C02 , brick , anything

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I don't know why your mice are in misery.

But mine sure aren't.. and I prefer to respectfully and cleanly kill them.

shoot i have a my rig outside how about we crank up the torch and make rat chops and mice ribs sounds yummmy


j/k

"if i offeneded you sorrry im just playin"

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Originally Posted by dmaricle

how do you drown them?

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Put them in a small container and flood it with water. You have to remember that these things killed 1/3 of the human population at one time......so I have no regret killing them with whatever means I can use at the time....including snapping necks etc.