How do you euthanize your rodents?

[alohareptiles]

[QUOTE=singingtothewheat;1268951]quick and easy cervical dislocation. It's really quit simple. I keep saying I'm going to make a vid on it but there are vids on you tube. The one I found is not how I do it. I use a pair of long tweezers behind the head. It is very quick. Much quicker than c02.

Would this work for a large/jumbo rat too? So you just tweeze the head and pull?

[WingedWolfPsion]

It's not at all true that a blow to the head is not a humane way to kill rodents. Instant destruction of the brain has to be the most humane way to kill anything.

The risk is in MISSING--that can lead to a situation where the animal's in pain. It's also brutal, and people seem to want to avoid doing anything 'violent'.

I whack them cleanly over the head. They're so dead, sometimes they don't even twitch afterward. When we do larger numbers, it's CO2.

By the way, if you decide to whack a jumbo rat, do not underestimate the amount of force required--they have skulls like granite, so don't hold back if you want to make it clean.
It's much more humane than your average rat trap.
As for the babies, if I have to feed pk, or freeze some, then I use cervical dislocation. You place a stick or bar at the back of their head, then pull backward sharply on the tail, breaking the neck. Don't try this on anything older than a fuzzy, it's unlikely to work.

[Twist]

Mice are fed live
Rats go in the pillow case of doom and are introduced to concrete at high speed. They dont twitch and I've yet to have a messy incident. Blood doesn't really bother me but I'd rather see the blood of a rat than the blood of my snakes.

[sniper]

ziplock vacum bags just pump out the air then put them in the frezzer and your good. no mess or fuss. you can do about four at a time and there are no chemicals to harm your snake

[Rhasputin]

ziplock vacum bags just pump out the air then put them in the frezzer and your good. no mess or fuss. you can do about four at a time and there are no chemicals to harm your snake

This is not a humane way of killing rodents. Smothering them, is no good.

If you're refering to CO2 as a chemical that may harm your snake, it doesn't.

[Pixall]

I do CO2 and cervical dislocation because I am impatient. lol I use vinegar and baking soda to make the CO2. I disinfect my cages with vinegar so the smell does not bother my mice.