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A Question about offering pre-killed (waysof killing...)

adija1 Sep 10, 2005 08:27 AM

Hello.
I started growing lice mice so i'll have an on-demand food for my Corns and BP's.
My question is about killing them and freezing them.
I read about breaking their necks or using CO2 or a Blunt head trauma and so on...

Can't i just take the pinkies and fuzzies put them in a totaly sealed plastic box and straight to the freezer? It will also kill them (suffocation) and even freeze them.

What do you think ?
Thx in advance...
Eddie

Replies (1)

starsevol Sep 10, 2005 09:25 AM

You "can" freeze pinkies that way, but they do feel pain and it is a nasty way to die.
CO2 is the quickest most humane way to kill mice. I think there is info on here somewhere with instructions on how to make a gas chamber.

Even though these are "just" prey items, I believe it is our responsability to cause as little pain as possible. We are supposed to be the superior species, we should act that way.

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