Quote Originally Posted by jallenfl View Post
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
Forgive my post if it came off aggressive as that wasnt my intention. When I said 30 seconds, it was a small exaggeration. Even 7 seconds when your gasping for air feels like an eternity.. You yourself should know this given that you have been in a position where you needed oxygen desperately.

"Little research". I would love to see any links tor documents that back up your claim that Co2 is good way to go for reptiles, because every single professional herp I have ever spoken to says thats not as quick and painless as you think.

Not to mention, I simply do not buy the 7 second thing. The remaining oxygen in the snakes body would keep it alive for longer then 7 seconds period. Unless you created a vacuum which was possible of sucking the oxygen out of the snake on a cellular level, 7 seconds simple wont happen.

Suffocating isnt this easy thing where its a set time for the animal to pass. I just personally feel that Co2 is DEFINITELY not the best way to go about this. And I really dont think your fully aware of what is going on in the reptiles body during these "7 seconds".

I feel like you may be playing with a chemical balance in the reptiles body that you fully dont understand. All I know is if I had to choose a split second death of having my brain cavity destroyed or "7 seconds" of gasping for air and feeling the stress on my body as my lungs struggle to compress one last time before I go to sleep.. Its really not even a question.