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This is a Gas Chamber using CO2, using baking soda and vinegar, to do in the prey rodents we feed our snakes. Everybody has access to these as opposed to dry ice or CO2 gas and there is no risk of burning yourself as with the dry ice (really cold stuff). The idea was initially brought up in another form. The info for how to go about it was mostly found on a page that focused on doing euthanasia on pets at home. I trimmed a lot of the touchy feely feel good stuff out because I am not overly concerned about the preys’ emotional well being (don’t want them freaked but they don’t need to know they are loved either). You will find the link to that site on this page. The whole thing cost about $5 CDN to put together plus some bits and pieces lying around the house and is cheap and easy to use (2cups of vinegar & 3 tbsp of baking soda per run). I have used this CO2 Chamber on mice with no problems and don’t foresee any problems with rats. . I’ll keep you posted if I do have any problems as I have some that will be hoppers in the next week or so and will be about the right size for my BP’s .

The CO2 Chamber

Any questions or problems ask away or PM me

Bruce

I think this may be more humane than letting a snake suffocate it to death with its eyes bulging and watching it gasp for breath.

I take the whole bag of them and slam it on something hard this is painful for a split second but they are unconsious after that. If I feel the rodent is still alive I hold it by the tail and give it a fatal "thump" right on top of the head between the ears, right between the 2 pareital bones on the midsaggital sulcus.Avoid the frontal bone since it is the thickest bone in the body and may not cause instant death. The thing is dead in less then a second. All the twitching afterwards is pure nerves (if done correctly). A plus to my technique is that it costs nothing, is easy, and if the mouse has a bloody nose afterward it is more appetizing to the snake.

I believe the neck-breaking technique is less humane.

This is but my opinion.
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0.1 Rubber Boa
1.1 Eastern Hognose Snakes
1.4 Western Hognose Snakes
1.0 Durango Mountain Kingsnake
1.1 Woma's (new!)
Spadefoot
Black Knobbed Sawback
Northern Diamondback
Florida Redbellied Slider
Western Painted
Southern Painted
1.0 African Hedgehog
1.0 Sulcata
2.1 Leopard (Babcocki) 1.0 borrowed (thanks Bobby)
2 Plecos
2 Silver Dollars
3 Bosemian Rainbows
1 African Dwarf Frog
1 Khuli Loach
1 Cory Cat
1 Upside Down Catfish
2.0 Fire Guramis

uhh... I think that is it.