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The reptile shop I buy my feeders from doesn't usually have frozen food on hand unless you call ahead. So, for the few times that I pick live mice up (I'm still on fuzzies for my corn) how should I kill these pups? I want to freeze them, but I didn't think that just sticking them in the freezer was very humane. On the other hand, they seem too small for cervical seperation. Suggestions?
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Two cats named Beatrice and Theta

plus a cornsnake named Nora

equals nirvana without needles for a girl named Rae

for pinkies and fuzzies give them a few HARD flicks on the head with your finger and they will be knocked out. then put them in indidvidual sandwhich baggies and freeze, make sure to keep them in their own bag though or else their death will be slower.
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0.1 Red blood python (Rhianon)
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2.1 Feral cats that we adopted (Fuzzy, Bear, and Tony)

"scientia est vox"

just freeze them. seriously. they go into hibernation and then freeze. i froze some newborn pinks last night. less than 2 minutes they were frozen.
they're so small they freeze fast.

i fed my emory's a few live pinks. nothing gets them eating faster than a live pink.

You say about freezing them without stunning of killing them, then consider this:

How would you like to feel the sheer pain of feeling your kidneys etc freezing within your body????

I don't think you would like it, so I flick them hard or if they are big enough use the swing and whack technique.

I know what you mean by the phrase, but if cervical cancer means a woman has cancer in her uterus, then cervical seperation sounds like a hysterectomy. Is that really the right word?

I think there meaning separation of the cervical vertebrae
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0.0.1 Green Water Dragon
1.0.0 Tokay Gecko
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0.1.0 Columbian Red-tailed Boa
1.0.0 Yellow Ratsnake
0.0.1 California Kingsnake
0.0.1 Black and White Tegu

LoL That's one of the funniest things I've ever heard. Indeed I meant a seperation of the cervical spine, snapping the spinal cord.
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Two cats named Beatrice and Theta

plus a cornsnake named Nora

equals nirvana without needles for a girl named Rae