How can you say that drowning isn't humane? Snapping the neck is pretty fast, plus I raise my own and they are feed well and kept clean. I show them respect. The way I look at it is like feeding live to your snake. If their death takes longer than them being killed by a snake I don't do it. Just my .02$ and my method. I do like the dry ice method though and did at one time us that but I can't find it locally anymore.