At 08:29 AM 4/12/01 -0600, Lian Chang wrote:
>The only time I've had a gerbil put down, the animal technician at the lab
>where I used to work did it for me... using an overdose of
>anaesthetic. I felt that was a fairly good method. It is a very simple
>thing to do, but I agree that it might not always be the best for people
>to do it themselves, because of the worry of not getting it right, and
>just the stress of doing it to one's own pet...
We once put an ill rat down ourselves. We used dry ice. She
fell unconscious very quickly, although it took a while before
her heart stopped beating.
I don't mean we put her in dry ice. We put her and a bowl with
the ice in the sink, and put some water on the ice so the gas
filled the sink.
Michelle
Flutist
