CO2 Chamber- Airtight?

[Microddot]

I like this idea. I am going to need to build me one soon.

[Patrick Long]

I have to keep my gas running because the damn styro is so loose I have had mice pass out, me thinking they are dead....me leaving them in the kill tank for a few minutes, starting to bag them, and them starting to breathe again.

Well that dont make sense...


Where is your hole for the tubing? Bottom? Top?

[Peter Williams]

I have to keep my gas running because the damn styro is so loose I have had mice pass out, me thinking they are dead....me leaving them in the kill tank for a few minutes, starting to bag them, and them starting to breathe again.

You need to leave them in longer than you presently are.

[ThyTempest]

CO2 feeds in the top. I usually have the gas running for 4-5 minutes now, since I had the batch wake up on me. For that batch, they had the gas on for about 30 seconds, then I let them sit about 5 minutes before I started to bag them, and some of them started breathing again.

[Peter Williams]

CO2 feeds in the top. I usually have the gas running for 4-5 minutes now, since I had the batch wake up on me. For that batch, they had the gas on for about 30 seconds, then I let them sit about 5 minutes before I started to bag them, and some of them started breathing again.

Do you have any pictures of your set up, I'm sorry but I find that incredibly hard to believe, unless either you have a MASSIVE leak, or you're trying to CO2 pinkies.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Hey Deb where did you get the valve for that Co2 tank?

on amazon it is called a remote coil, you can also check on ebay.

[littleindiangirl]

When we start the gas (ours is JUST like Deb's) it's a very slow trickle, can't even hear it unless your ear is right next to the tank and puts them down in approx 3 minutes, then, once they lose conciousness, we turn the gas on much higher until they stop breathing.

[pillowtalk6188]

don't know if this is as humane, but you can also put them in a very small airtight tupperware. the smaller the bowl and the more mice/rats you can stick in there the better. you don't have to use any co2, just set the tiny tupperware near the heat lamps so their bodies don't get cold. it has to be AIR TIGHT. shake the bowl to make sure they are out and leave it for like 1 or 2 minutes longer. i've had them wake up on me before too, it's pretty pitiful. the tupperwares i use are only as big as the mouse. the smaller the bowl, the less they have to suffer.

i've also heard of using airduster, the stuff you use to clean electronics with, human teens get high off it all the time (so i figure it's less pain for the rats), i would use a tiny tupperware like stated above but put a hole only big enough for the straw, squeeze the trigger for like one second and plug the hole. if you're going to use your finger to plug the hole i would put some saran wrap over it for protection from scratching.

[pillowtalk6188]

don't know if this is as humane, but you can also put them in a very small airtight tupperware. the smaller the bowl and the more mice/rats you can stick in there the better. you don't have to use any co2, just set the tiny tupperware near the heat lamps so their bodies don't get cold. it has to be AIR TIGHT. shake the bowl to make sure they are out and leave it for like 1 or 2 minutes longer. i've had them wake up on me before too, it's pretty pitiful. the tupperwares i use are only as big as the mouse. the smaller the bowl, the less they have to suffer.

i've also heard of using airduster, the stuff you use to clean electronics with, human teens get high off it all the time (so i figure it's less pain for the rats), i would use a tiny tupperware like stated above but put a hole only big enough for the straw, squeeze the trigger for like one second and plug the hole. if you're going to use your finger to plug the hole i would put some saran wrap over it for protection from scratching.

then again i'm not doing 20+ mice/rats so... yeah. i do about 4 at a time.

[ThyTempest]

don't know if this is as humane, but you can also put them in a very small airtight tupperware. the smaller the bowl and the more mice/rats you can stick in there the better. you don't have to use any co2, just set the tiny tupperware near the heat lamps so their bodies don't get cold. it has to be AIR TIGHT. shake the bowl to make sure they are out and leave it for like 1 or 2 minutes longer. i've had them wake up on me before too, it's pretty pitiful. the tupperwares i use are only as big as the mouse. the smaller the bowl, the less they have to suffer.

i've also heard of using airduster, the stuff you use to clean electronics with, human teens get high off it all the time (so i figure it's less pain for the rats), i would use a tiny tupperware like stated above but put a hole only big enough for the straw, squeeze the trigger for like one second and plug the hole. if you're going to use your finger to plug the hole i would put some saran wrap over it for protection from scratching.

Yeah.....not that humane...anyway, I am not home now but I will get pics when I get back....like Connie, usually a trickle to start, then a very audible stream once they go out. We have C02'd pinkies, and they were the ones that came back on us.

However, we have only done one set of pinkies, so the number of killings is still accurate even with adult mice. Have not done any rats yet, though we have some pups we are putting down tomorrow.