Quote Originally Posted by darkbloodwyvern View Post
As far as how to cull, I've read in a few 'research animal protocall' papers that talk about humane culling. Cleanly breaking the neck, gassing with cO2 or euthenasia are scientifically the only proven "painless" methods for culling any verterbrate. And snakes are not good to gas because of how long they can hold their breath for. I've read that freezing them is supposed to be cruel and inhumane because no one has any idea if they can feel it.
I've heard that too. I've also heard that you should put them in the refrigerator first for a few hours. So that their systems "shut down" like in brumation. Then put them in the freezer after the frig.
Anyone do that?