Fresh Kill

[Wesley Carlson]

What is the most humane/best method for pre-killing food animals?

Thanks in advance for your responses.

-Wes

[kwickfix2001]

Co2 works well.

[Jeff Byers]

if humane is what your after, Co2 is prolly your best bet.

[Joshua]

C02 is deffinitely the best way to go. If you put the animals in something and drop a block of dry ice in, that should do the trick rather quickly. You can often find dry ice for cheap at super markets. Just make sure you do this in a well ventilated area, so you don't end up p/k too. [;)]

[PCole]

...I have a semi-airtight container....I put some dry ice in and seal the container for several minutes to "charge" the container...Then I drop in the mice or rats...this worksimmediately as the chamber is already devoid of oxygen when they are placed inside...death is nearly immediate.
Cheers,
Pete

[RachelS.]

Hahaha this may seem cruel, but I knock them against walls and use hammers, and sometimes I use a pair of pliers and stap them behind the head.

But you can use CO2 ;)

[DIAGA]

co2 is the most humane.

[MPenn]

I use compressed CO2 gas. I invested in a welding cylinder tank and it costs me about $10 to fill it. I am still on my first tank!!
Basically I put the rats in catfish bags, push out as much air as possible, put in the hose, turn the cylinder to open, and PUT THE GAS TO THEM![;)]

[reptiledude2]

why dont you just buy pre killed ?

[KLG]

Originally posted by RachelS.
Hahaha this may seem cruel, but I knock them against walls and use hammers, and sometimes I use a pair of pliers and stap them behind the head.

But you can use CO2 ;)

You may want to consider learning a more humane way to dispatch your feeders, IMHO. I believe it is important to have as much respect for the prey as the predator.

Just my $.02...

K

[Lynn]

I do not have the heart to kill. I feed live. I will be buying frozen when we switch. Sprocket gets mad at me because I play with the food.

[csnake]

I usually take the rat or mouse by the tail and smack its head really hard over a counter top, windowsill, etc. Most of the time they're dead after the first wack. But two never hurts. ;)

[Wesley Carlson]

Thanks a bunch. You've all been very helpful.

[reptiledude2]

lol lynn thats funny thats what happened when i fed live to the ball

[Lynn]

I really like rat pups,. They are so cute... I know I know Its food

[Ian]

You may want to consider learning a more humane way to dispatch your feeders, IMHO. I believe it is important to have as much respect for the prey as the predator.
I agree fully with Kara on that. Buying frozen works wonders. If you cant do that, Dry Ice is easy to find and very cheap. You can kill a LOT of feeders with a chunk of dry ice. Its my prefered method, though I have resorted to the wack on something hard method if I dont have any dry ice or CO2

IAN