Hitting a rat over the head to knock him out is much more humane than being squeezed to death.
03-20-2009, 12:33 PM
mainbutter
Re: pre-killed food
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Originally Posted by joshn6805
So it is humane?
People will disagree on whether or not hitting a rat over the head with a brick is humane, but many places of research that have to dispatch the rats at the end of experiments use a pretty common spin and thwack technique from what I've been told my college friends in medicine/psychology.
If it's quick and easy with little to no chance of screwing up, it's probably "approved".
There are many "approved" methods of head trauma.
03-20-2009, 01:53 PM
anatess
Re: pre-killed food
Do you only need to p/k one or two? Because the dry-ice/paintball one is mainly for a lot of feeders.
I only p/k one rat a week because I only have one snake that do not eat live. I just use a keyboard cleaner and a ziploc bag. Put the rat in the bag, spray with keyboard cleaner (compressed CO2), and the rat falls asleep in about 5 seconds. Then he just stays in there for another minute or so to die peacefully.
03-20-2009, 10:30 PM
imh0813
Re: pre-killed food
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Originally Posted by anatess
Do you only need to p/k one or two? Because the dry-ice/paintball one is mainly for a lot of feeders.
I only p/k one rat a week because I only have one snake that do not eat live. I just use a keyboard cleaner and a ziploc bag. Put the snake in the bag, spray with keyboard cleaner (compressed CO2), and the rat falls asleep in about 5 seconds. Then he just stays in there for another minute or so to die peacefully.
Thanks! I got some live mice today and tried to do the seperation of the spine but they were too fiesty and I couldnt even grab onto the head or keep it down with a ruler. I decided to try this way out and they were gone in seconds. They peed when they died, should I rinse the mice off or just put them in a bag in a freezer now?
03-23-2009, 01:20 AM
anatess
Re: pre-killed food
Quote:
Originally Posted by anatess
Do you only need to p/k one or two? Because the dry-ice/paintball one is mainly for a lot of feeders.
I only p/k one rat a week because I only have one snake that do not eat live. I just use a keyboard cleaner and a ziploc bag. Put the snake in the bag, spray with keyboard cleaner (compressed CO2), and the rat falls asleep in about 5 seconds. Then he just stays in there for another minute or so to die peacefully.
OMIGOSH!!! DO NOT PUT THE SNAKE IN THE BAG! So sorry... I misstated above! I meant, put the RAT in the bag. But, yeah, good you understood what I meant. :)
If they pee, just wipe them down with paper towel. I wouldn't wash them unless you plan to dry them before freezing. I put a small amount of their bedding in the ziploc bag with them to absorb pee.
