i always just grabbed the rat by it's tail,and whacked it on the edge of a table,shelf,bench,etc.basically,whatever was handy.the down side of that method,if the rat was lrge enough,centrifical force would launch it,leaving me with about an inch of rat tail-skin in my hand,and a dead,twitching rat on the floor.REALLY upset the wife.
also,i used to volunteer at a local reptile shop/exhibit(if you've been to any shows on the east coast,you might know Roark),and what we would do,is actually use 2 people.1 would throw the rat at the wall,the other would catch it in a basket on the rebound.kinda cruel,but when you hafta kill 150 rats at a time,might as well make a game of it,ya know?
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1.1 cb spotted turtles (parker(f),stinky(m))
0.0.1 cb baby red cheek mud (mr. pickles)
0.0.1 cb baby chiapas musk (chomper)
0.0.3 wc baby stinkpots (inky,blinky,&dot)
1.1 wc eastern mud turtles (george & jane)
1.0 cb eastern painted turtle (fred)
0.0.1 mississippi map (lil' dummy)
0.0.1 cb ally snapper (gamera)
0.0.2 red-eared sliders(kaelan's classroom pets,summer babysitting)
1.0 cb albino corn (rusty)
0.0.1 wc halloween crab
0.1 irritating cat (sassy )
2.0 cb children (sidney,13 & kaelan,5)
0.1 wc wife (danae,age withheld due to fears for personal safety)


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• Plz help. *may be considered cruel* - snake_gal, Thu Jun 12 11:41:30 2008
• RE: Plz help. *may be considered cruel* - DMong, Thu Jun 12 12:47:54 2008
• RE: Plz help. *may be considered cruel* - anuraanman, Thu Jun 12 14:17:39 2008
• Yes, very true........ - DMong, Thu Jun 12 15:15:49 2008
• RE: Yes, very true........ - megalon, Thu Jun 12 16:49:57 2008
• RE: Plz help. *may be considered cruel* - snake_gal, Thu Jun 12 16:51:24 2008
• Warning about raising mice - dekaybrown, Thu Jun 12 22:58:17 2008
• Its really over when... - dekaybrown, Thu Jun 12 23:02:57 2008
• RE: Plz help. *may be considered cruel* - HappyHillbilly, Fri Jun 13 00:15:33 2008
• RE: Plz help. *may be considered cruel* - Nicodemus, Fri Jun 13 12:12:03 2008
• thought this might come up - mldolan, Sat Jun 14 13:28:56 2008
• HAHAHA!! - DMong, Sat Jun 14 16:30:29 2008
• RE: HAHAHA!! - mldolan, Sat Jun 14 18:49:39 2008
• RE: HAHAHA!! - DMong, Sun Jun 15 18:19:01 2008
• RE: HAHAHA!! - mldolan, Sun Jun 15 19:49:13 2008
• RE: HAHAHA!! - dekaybrown, Sun Jun 15 10:31:52 2008
• I gotta admit! - DMong, Sun Jun 15 18:14:37 2008