Question about dry ice

[Brandon.O]

Yes sweety your right about the stuff they put under the skin, its sorta like an implant......but she did not do that to the mice.....she fed them a type of supplement to see if they would grow larger than the mice fed on a regular diet, maybe i should get the name of the supplement from her....But yeah, it was not injected, it was fed to them.

She said they are good breeders, maybe i could give them to one of my friends breeding stock and trade her for some rats.

Should i maybe drill a small hole or two in the lid ?

[sweety314]

Check out Brad's sticky about setting up a gas chamber. CO2 is heavier than air, so the holes in the lid will help the O2 escape while the CO2 displaces it from the bottom up.



Yeah, the rBGH (or some form) is almost always implanted in the ear to avoid bruising any of the "meat cuts". At one time there were crumbles you could add to the feed but then you're not sure if the gluttons are getting more than their
fair share and it can't be monitored. Cheaper to just to the implant, and more effective.

[sweety314]

If her study was primarily dietary (I did one in Biology II in HS) then there shouldn't be any problems w/your using the mice as prey......lol (okay, not YOU personally....sheesh ) but call your vet.



RuLyn