http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produ...llpartial&Ntk=All&pc=1&N=0&Ntt=euthenaze&Np=1
Every aquarium owner should own this stuff. It's called Euthanase, and it works. I've used it a few times without any problems. I believe it's just clove oil that is pre-mixed and ready for use.
Freezing, alcohol, flushing, and alka seltzer (CO2 poisoning) are not humane. Blunt force, decapitation, and clove oil are.
Authoritative (Veterinary) sources say that it is, when done properly (i.e., a very sharp knife). Although perhaps not for the squeamish. Not to mention the fact that alot of people don't own a sharp knife.Cutting off a fish's head is not painless
Thanks - this is just what I was looking for.http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produ...llpartial&Ntk=All&pc=1&N=0&Ntt=euthenaze&Np=1
Every aquarium owner should own this stuff. It's called Euthanase, and it works. I've used it a few times without any problems. I believe it's just clove oil that is pre-mixed and ready for use.
Freezing, alcohol, flushing, and alka seltzer (CO2 poisoning) are not humane. Blunt force, decapitation, and clove oil are.
I don't mean to rain on your parade, but just think about people who die instantly due to massive SUDDEN trauma in car crashes - slamming something as small as a fish against a hard surface, very hard and fast is exactly the same. "Humane death" is, by definition, a painless death - whether it be "slowish" (clove oil or freezing) or a fast and SUDDEN death. As long as the fish doesn't feel pain (or has no chance to feel pain), all would be humane. I had a spiny eel that got sick once. I did all I could for it, but it wasn't enough - I ended up putting it into a bag and into the freezer. The cold makes the fish "go to sleep" without suffering.[/quotY
You didn't rain on my parade but I disagree with you when a person dies in a car crash due to a sudden trauma that is incidental. When a fishowner decides to put their fish in a bag and slam it to the porch as a choice of euthansia and the blow does not kill the fish and it doesn't die right away and the fish suffers that choice is not humane I am sorry I don't agree. You have a right to your opinion but I still think that the clove oil method or freezer method is a much better way to euthanize a fish.
LOL..The irony.Ok , I have to jump back in here. How is it so many post about feeding their fry to their fish but think euthanasia for a dying fish is so cruel. To me , having aggressive fish and feeding your healthy guppies etc, and their fry is worse than most of these methods . Being eaten alive isn't really all that quick if your chased and chomped to bits.Especially with pirahanas. just my opinion.
How is it so many post about feeding their fry to their fish but think euthanasia for a dying fish is so cruel.