culling extra roos with c02?

[sleepycat]

I was wondering if c02 was a humane way to put down my extra roos. I am NOT willing to dislocate the neck and chopping the head off is also a bit difficult for me.

 

[le_bwah]

CO2 is not a good way to kill vertebrates. The panicky feeling you get when you can't breathe isn't because there's less oxygen—it's because there's more CO2. So displacing oxygen with CO2 is a rather torturous way to kill something. Not really a humane way to kill. Best way in my experience is removing the head with sharp scissors.

 

[sleepycat]

CO2 is not a good way to kill vertebrates. The panicky feeling you get when you can't breathe isn't because there's less oxygen—it's because there's more CO2. So displacing oxygen with CO2 is a rather torturous way to kill something. Not really a humane way to kill. Best way in my experience is removing the head with sharp scissors.

thanks for the reply. yeah i normally do it with a pair of scissors as well. i just get super stressed whenever cull time comes around because i dread it so much.

 

[sleepycat]

im also doing some research on selling to a falconry. only issue is that i live in california and you need to pay tax and have a permit for breathing here. LOL

 

[JacinLarkwell]

thanks for the reply. yeah i normally do it with a pair of scissors as well. i just get super stressed whenever cull time comes around because i dread it so much.

If it helps, just remember that a good snip and its over for them. The movements after the cord is severed is just the left over energy finishing its patterns.

 

[Kimberoo]

I also use the scissors method. I tried cervical dislocating and it was... Unpleasant. I read that CO2 is not a painless way to die and is more like suffocation. So I use shears over a 5 gallon bucket. I know it's dead with minimal pain, and it's nearly instant.

I don't know if this would help or hurt but I watched a bunch of videos on YouTube of a variety of people dispatching. It helped me to get out my queasy feelings and when I actually did it, I knew what to expect.

 

[CovidtimeQuail]

thanks for the reply. yeah i normally do it with a pair of scissors as well. i just get super stressed whenever cull time comes around because i dread it so much.

Just don't look them in the eyes when you do it.

 

[Jannbo]

I've seen people talking about using ether to do it, but depending on how old they are it might not be a great idea. Quickest and most humane way is the scissors for sure, but I know I'd probably struggle to actually do it. Whatever router you decide to go, just definitely don't do CO2. Pretty much the worst way you could euthanize a bird. You could look up "ether to euthanize chicks" and there'll be some threads that could help you decide if that's the right way to go or not