I used to take care of a lot of guinea pigs. When I had to put an animal down, I put it's neck between my first two fingers with it's head in the palm of my hand. A sharp down swing and a flick of the wrist will dislocate the neck. This was the preferred humane way, twenty years ago, to put a guinea pig down without the use of drugs. It works real good, but maybe someone has come up with something better since then.



DeMak

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• Guinea pigs.... - Demon_Hunter, Thu Jun 26 19:03:47 2003
• well.. - sartori, Thu Jun 26 19:22:15 2003
• RE: Guinea pigs.... - DeMak, Thu Jun 26 20:52:42 2003
• Yeah, it's called CO2 Gas - nz, Fri Jun 27 00:32:33 2003
• CO2 Gas isn't all that new, but your point is well taken - DeMak, Fri Jun 27 19:34:22 2003
• wring their necks... - theanimalman, Fri Jun 27 16:27:40 2003