Quote Originally Posted by BigBlue56 View Post
Well, this isnt about how YOU feel after wards. Its about what causes the least amount of tension/stress/pain to the animal.

"however moments later it is all removed by displacement.."

Moments later. Speak to anyone that was in a near fatal accident of any kind and they will tell you that seconds feel like hours. Moments later can be an eternity knowing that your suffocating. Make no mistake, they know when they cant breathe. Not to mention you STILL have oxygen in your body that keeps you alive for a few more seconds/minutes.

I understand for YOU its easy to turn on a valve and 30 seconds later see a dead snake and think "well that was quick and painless". But your not the one suffering.

Have you ever been under water to the point you were panicking for air? Well, snakes also use a much smaller oxygen percentage then we do and takes longer for the oxygen to fully dissipate in the body. Just because its not messy, doesnt mean its not stressful or painful.

Its not pretty, but smashing a skull and the brain cavity just might be the best FOR THE ANIMAL... Co2 simply doesnt make much sense to me given the nature of how reptiles utilize oxygen in the first place.
I believe you missed my point....

The point I was making was not towards how I feel after the creature has passed. It is about how I feel being the one to raise and then have to dispatch, it seems it is my responsibility. After all the care you put into raising your pet, caring for its little needs this seems a bit trivial when the time comes to end its suffering.

I would just as soon shoot my own dogs and end there missery than take it to a vet when the time comes, who pays no respect and it is just another animal to put down to them. Granted shooting may not seem respectful but watching something suffer is deff. not. I chose the word "shoot" in context to the fact that it seems decapitating or smashing doesnt seem right in this case do to the size of the animal.

I am sure there are some vets that feel bad but after they have done it so many times there has to be a lack of emotion it is only human.

Yes I have been to a point where I panicked for air. Diving and had a regulator malfunctioned. So yes I understand.

Yes it is a method of suffocation but with a little research you will find that it causes suffocation long after the subject has passed out do to the level of intoxication. Resulting in a humane death with no association of pain.

At the level of 5000ppm for euthanasia Co2 has only taken a maximum of 10 seconds with rats and when I did have to use on a bearded dragon and also on one snake it took a matter of 7 seconds, and yes that is timed by me. So where 30 seconds may seem like eternity you will see that it has never taken that long.

Also like I said before, I support any of these methods for no matter how long the animal suffers so be it "30 seconds" or longer you are still doing a great service by removing your own emotion and ending the animals prolonged suffering.

I am not one to judge, if I had to crush a skull or decapitate and it was the only way then so be it I will do what it takes. You seem to have been led to believe this is about me and in no way will it ever be.

Im the guy who stops to put a deer on the side of the road down after a car clips it. Only happened once and a firearm was the best option. State Trooper wrote me a ticket for discharging a firearm on the side of the road to top it all of.
Later judge let me off seeing that I had the best intentions.

Sorry to mislead you but it isnt about me...

J