How am i suposed to kill it without it being in pain???
11-01-2004, 10:45 PM
sk8er4life
ooo im goin to try that for a couple of rat pups!
11-01-2004, 10:48 PM
sk8er4life
Oh yea u can put it in the bag and give a good wack and that should be the least painful way
11-01-2004, 10:50 PM
led4urhead
edit button? I used to use a pillow case with a good whack to the floor. I have switched over to f/t, and I personally wouldnt go back to pre-killed.
11-01-2004, 10:54 PM
weezerlovedme
oh....man i dont kno if i can do that
11-01-2004, 10:56 PM
hhw
If you have some dry ice around, get a small plastic container and put the dry ice along with some water in, and punch a hole in the top. Then, put this all in a slightly larger container along with the mouse. Carbon dioxide gasing is proven to be the most humane method. If you have some other access to carbon dioxide such as from a paintball gun cartridge you could use that as well.
However, the most popular method is to simply use blunt trauma. Put the mouse in a bag and bang it hard against a counter 2 or 3 consecutive times. Make sure you use enough force to ensure the mouse dies, but not so much that it gets messy. I'm not a big fan of this method myself, but it's what most people do.
A third method commonly used is to break its neck by holding its head down and pulling on its tail in one good yank. This is a pretty tricky method though, and is best if you have someone to show it to you first. It may also be particularly difficult to use on something as small as a mouse fuzzy.
In the future, you can buy hoppers or even juvenile mice, which you will be able to feed and keep alive if need be. A baby ball python can easily take a juvenile mouse and many (not all mind you) can take full grown adult mice right out of the egg.
11-01-2004, 10:59 PM
hhw
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Originally Posted by weezerlovedme
oh....man i dont kno if i can do that
As much as I dislike the "bag" method myself, it is much better than letting the mouse starve or freeze to death, which ends up being much more cruel.
11-01-2004, 10:59 PM
weezerlovedme
im going to try the mouse in bag and wack it method
11-01-2004, 11:01 PM
Brandon.O
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oh....man i dont kno if i can do that
To me putting a mouse in a bag and killing it quickly is alot more humane that seeing it get bitten and then suffocated to death.
Snake keepers gotta do what snake keepers gotta do, it comes with the territory.
