If you are looking to kill one at a time, I take them by the tail and wack them on an edge of a table or adjoining walls. I wack them once with enough force to kill them instantly without any twitching in most cases. When I put down larger numbers I use dry ice I purchase from my local supermarket, placing it in a cannister with hot water then plaacing the cannister in with a group of rats. It's fairly quick and painless for the rats. The Co2 tank is a great way and I plan on getting one set up as soon as the production in my colony is up to where I want it to be.

good luck.

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• Best way to kill rats? - astrozom, Sat Nov 5 18:10:55 2005
• C02... - Trueredtails, Sat Nov 5 18:39:24 2005
• Perfect! Thanks - astrozom, Sat Nov 5 19:15:02 2005
• RE: Best way to kill rats? - Hypoboa1, Sat Nov 5 18:39:57 2005
• freeze um!, n/p - cbreps, Sat Nov 5 18:45:31 2005
• RE: unless... - cbreps, Sat Nov 5 18:54:20 2005
• I like Dylan's response best but.... - bthacker, Sat Nov 5 19:22:33 2005
• Question about dry ice and C02 - drasticplastic, Sat Nov 5 19:41:21 2005
• RE: Question about dry ice and C02 - ajfreptiles, Sat Nov 5 21:08:31 2005
• RE: Question about dry ice and C02 - boidmorphs, Sat Nov 5 23:03:44 2005
• Andy, I think you are a little high on atmospheric CO2 content.... - Kelly_Haller, Mon Nov 7 12:29:23 2005
• RE: Question about dry ice and C02 - Caden, Thu Nov 10 12:58:28 2005
• I like whack and stack... - DaveyFig, Sun Nov 6 18:00:25 2005
• Geeez Davey....... - bthacker, Mon Nov 7 00:01:05 2005
• RE: I like whack and stack... - Caden, Thu Nov 10 13:08:33 2005
• all of you guys are so cruel ........ more - koky6869, Sat Nov 5 21:37:22 2005
• It would be so much easier if I could make him a hotpocket. n/p - drasticplastic, Sat Nov 5 23:40:23 2005
• RE: vegetarian snake???... more - cbreps, Mon Nov 7 06:57:55 2005
• hah. That's great! n/p - drasticplastic, Mon Nov 7 12:31:33 2005
• LMAO !! - koky6869, Tue Nov 8 15:25:40 2005