culling adult bps

[hypersomniacjoo]

theres a lot of discussion on the correct/ most humane way to cull snakes...usually newborns that are deformed. what is the proper way to cull an adult snake? opinions?

[Royal Hijinx]

Why would you cull an adult?

[hypersomniacjoo]

hmmm maybe scale rot that ate into the body cavity, or IBD. i don't have an adult that needs to be culled, i was just wondering.

[hypersomniacjoo]

i saw a show that was studying burmese anatomy and they had a burmese that was frozen in a meat locker type fridge. i was wondering if they culled it in the freezer or if it just died and they put it in the freezer.

[Royal Hijinx]

I would have a vet do it. Or just as in a baby, you remove the head. But I would think I would want a hero vet to say that it was hopeless.

[Royal Hijinx]

And no freezing to kill it

[DemmBalls]

Wierd thread...

I would exhaust all other options before considering this.

[satomi325]

Freezing is the most horrible option out there. It's a slow and agonizingly painful process for reptiles. Stick your hand in a bucket of ice for a decent period of time and tell me how that feels.

I would take an adult to the vet for euthanasia. And if there was ever a situation where I had to euthanize on the spot, I think decapitation would be the most humane. Cervical dislocation sounds like a good option too, but it seems a little tricky and possibly difficult to do on a snake. Especially if you don't know what you're doing.

[Wicked Constrictors]

Most likely the burm died from something else and they put it in the freezer.

Freezing is really bad the snake will not just go to sleep and die, snakes are cold blooded and will just die a slow and painful death.

If you HAVE to put a snake down yourself remove the head but ill go to the vet, i dont think i have the hart to kill a snake.

[hypersomniacjoo]

i would definitely go to the vet because i have a tough time just prekilling rats for my snakes as is.