Will My CO2 Chamber Kill Hatchling Balls Too?

[Pythonfriend]

CO2 is the wrong gas to kill anything, CO2 is especially bad for killing rhodents!


It works, CO2 kills rhodents, but in a brutal, painful, panic-causing suffocating way. its quite fast, there are videos showing it, but you can see the heavy breathing and the convulsions and cramps it causes in the chest region.

All mammals can detect a rise in blood CO2-levels, and from human experience we know it feels absolutely terrible. Breathing in pure CO2 also feels terrible, i tried it.

however mammals CANNOT detect a drop in oxygen levels. If oxygen levels drop, but the mammal can keep breathing normally and exhaling the CO2, the mammal notices absolutely nothing until consciousness is lost.

so, cheap alternatives: nitrogen or helium, or any other noble gas. Even hydrogen would work, but then you risk a serious explosion. It takes much longer, but is absolutely painless.

And the prime alternative would be nitrous oxide.

Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas,^[1] is a chemical compound with the formula N₂O. It is an oxide of nitrogen. At room temperature, it is a colorless, non-flammable gas, with a slightly sweet odor and taste. It is used in surgery and dentistry for its anesthetic and analgesic effects. It is known as "laughing gas" due to the euphoric effects of inhaling it, a property that has led to its recreational use as a dissociative anesthetic. It is also used as an oxidizer in rocketry and in motor racing to increase the power output of engines. At elevated temperatures, nitrous oxide is a powerful oxidizer similar to molecular oxygen.

USA legality:

In the United States, possession of nitrous oxide is legal under federal law and is not subject to DEA purview.^[89] It is, however, regulated by the Food and Drug Administration under the Food Drug and Cosmetics Act; prosecution is possible under its "misbranding" clauses, prohibiting the sale or distribution of nitrous oxide for the purpose of human consumption.

Many states have laws regulating the possession, sale, and distribution of nitrous oxide. Such laws usually ban distribution to minors or limit the amount of nitrous oxide that may be sold without special license.^{[citation needed]} For example, in the state of California, possession for recreational use is prohibited and qualifies as a misdemeanor.^[90]

how to get it:

A whipped cream charger (also called whippits, whippets, nossies, or nangs) is a steel cylinder or cartridge filled with nitrous oxide (N₂O) that is used as a whipping agent in a whipped cream dispenser. The nitrous oxide in whipped cream chargers is also used by recreational drug users as an inhalant for its psychoactive effects.^{[citation needed]} Chargers are also used as a cheap source of nitrous oxide for small, powerful model rockets.

If properly inhaled, this painlessly and without suffering knocks out a human within seconds.

Anyway, of all options and gases i mentioned, CO2 is BY FAR THE WORST CHOICE. The gas chamber method COULD be a good way to humanely kill animals, but not if you pick the WRONG GAS.