Quote Originally Posted by Rhasputin View Post
I don't mean to burst your bubble, but killing animals with compressed air isn't necessarily humane. You need to find out what type of gas you are using, because since you knwo nothing about the contents, you could be causing your animals a lot of pain, without knowing.


The reason CO2 is used normally, is that it doesn't suffocate an animal like a lot of people thing it does. Its like getting gassed at the doctor. You feel a little off, then you black out and don't know when/for how long. But in the case of the mice, they black out, then die in their sleep.


You need to find out what type of gas you are killing your rodents with, for more reasons than just the humane factor. It could be harmful to your reptiles as well.
iv gased ALOT (thousands) of rats, and mice in a C02 chaimber, and it looks like (to me) that they are suffocating. they just dont lay down and go to sleep. they run around, piss them selfs and gasp for air until they die.
if only doing a small amount of mice, cervical dislocation is the fastest way to do it. NOTE this will not work for rats.....
but your right,, you DO need to find out what type of gas you are killing your rodents with, for more reasons than just the humane factor. It could be harmful to your reptiles as well.
spooky