I hate to respond to this discussion because it's a bit morbid to be discussing how to kill your gerbils. But, here is how my mother-in-law used to kill ill rodents when my husband was a child. She would but the animal in a small, enclosed container and hold that up to the tailpipe of an idling car. Of course, the rodent would then die of carbon monoxide poisoning. I don't know if that method is very humane or how long it takes. I have never tried it. I don't recommend it. That's just the facts as my husband presented them to me as we were discussing gerbil euthanasia a couple weeks ago. I once read an article on Squeak the online magazine for rats (which doesn't exist anymore, I think) which described another home method of rat euthansia. Either it recommended chloroform or a tank of carbon dioxide. I can't remember the details. If you can, go searching the internet. Again, I don't recommend CO poisoning as the humane method of killing gerbils. I am just presenting the information for discussion. Deb Adams _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
