Deborah DeMaere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>Greetings List!! :)
>
>> >I've read all the posts about this subject, it is a bit scary, but I
>> >know it is an important subject. So I thought I'd just trow in my two
>> >cents (that's the way they say it in English, right?). Can't you just
>> >give the animal an overdosis of anaestethic, something you just can
>> >get in the shop, like chloroform? This way the animal just falls
>As was mentioned, Chloraform and such are hard to come by. My
>former vet said the most painless way to euthanize was to place
>their cage in a deepfreeze. They naturally curl up and go to sleep
>and pass away.
>
>Not sure how I feel about that.
>
Definitely a bad idea. It will probably be OK with pups less than a week
old, as they are not able to maintain their own body temperature. We
euthanised a new born pup that had been half eaten but was still alive
that way once.
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Julian
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National Gerbil Society
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
