How do you pre-kill your rodents?

[montgomerydrk]

there are good videos on you tube that show how to make cheap and easy co2 chambers for euthanizing

[mechnut450]

I need to find a paint ball place to get the stuff around me and set up a tank.. I often feed live ( after I stun the rat with a well placed thump to skull( prolly breaking the neck ) but since i mostly offer the small rats mostly it works fine.

[youbeyouibei]

Might be a long shot, depending on your area, but a welding supply store should have the components as well, as CO2 is a fairly common shielding gas for MIG welding. A paintball store would be easier for tank size and whatnot, but in a pinch. Again, depending on your area, :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:'s Sporting Goods stores sell paintball equipment and will refill tanks for fairly cheap. Good luck!

[mainbutter]

Cervical dislocation

a personal 100% success rate, super fast and super easy

[shelliebear]

I know one guy that freezes them alive. That...can't be humane, can it? :/

[youbeyouibei]

I know one guy that freezes them alive. That...can't be humane, can it? :/

WTH?!?!?! Wow! I'd be looking for missing pets in the area in which he lives, as that's border-line or well across the line already, psychopathic! I get that they're rodents and are food but still...come on! They're still a living, breathing animal that at least deserves the respect of a humane death. I hunt and fish and have no problem harvesting an animal to use but that just ain't right...

[shelliebear]

No I think he breeds his own. :/ Could be wrong, never met him, talked to him on different forum once.

[youbeyouibei]

Dang, Shellie... Takes all kinds, I guess, but wow...

[spitzu]

Just went and got my supplies for the CO2 chamber today. I put 11 weaned rats through it and it seemed very easy and peaceful for them, considering the alternatives.

[DarkEros07]

I'm morbid, in so many ways, but I just can't kill them. I can't even stun them! I have to have my boyfriend stun the mice for me before I feed them to Loki. As for pre-killing...I couldn't do it even if I wanted to. I used to own pet rats, and no way could I do it.

I have f/t in my freezer actually, but Loki refuses to even look at them. So they are just sitting there. Right now since I'm feeding him mice, I just have the boyfriend stun them & then I feed him, hes up to 2 mice now. But, when he moves onto small rats, I will have my b.f. pre-kill them for me! lol. Long as I don't have to see it happen! bad enough to watch him stun them. Made the neighbor kid jump and hollar a little, she about screamed when Loki got the first & second mouse. lol. Poor kid. She actualy said the to the mice "Aww your so cute, but your going to die" I thought I was morbid! lol.