May I ask how it isn't?That link isn't relative to this scenario.
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May I ask how it isn't?That link isn't relative to this scenario.
Cecil. Tylenol is deadly to MANY animals, cats, dogs. It wrecks the livers, can crystalize in the kidneys, all kinds of nasty stuff. If it takes a few hours to put the bird down. I don't know of what exactly it dies for the final straw but if it draws out the process and is tearing organs up over the length of hours, not sure it's a better way.how to put down a chicken
mix together 500mg of ground up acetaminophen (Tylenol) with two tablets, each 100mg, of Valerian root and made a liquid. Both acetaminophen and Valerian root calm nerves and muscles and is deadly to a chicken in these quantities. I gave my chicken this mix through a dropper in her mouth, and within half an hour I could notice her becoming increasingly relaxed. However, this method may take a while for the effects.
No, no, no. Absolutely not.Well. let's not stop. Tincture of oleander, nightshade, or belladonna.
Although it wasn't my first choice, however a certified vet did say CO2 was very viable, but not in its pure form, it needed to be a mix of like 80 20 air or something, I still was wary because from my experiences CO2 is very pungent when breathed in large quantities, Id not want to use that method myself.It really isn't.
Even for euthanizing rats for feeding reptiles, stunning by smashing the head against a hard object or pithing the brain of the animal is preferable to CO2 if you're only euthanizing one animal.
Yeah, I didn't suggest it since I assume most people looking for a quick end for a bird without a vet wouldn't have the time/knowledge to make their own purified N or access to pre-purified.Something like nitrogen, seemed like a very painless way to go, you get light headed, a bit dizzy and in about 30 to 45 seconds you pass out, in a coma on the way to death.
I agree and was focused more on limiting the time frame for that pain. Having seen an animal suffer far too long from what seemed like they should have been instantly fatal crush injuries to the head, I don't trust my own strength to be sufficient to inflict enough damage fast enough for that to be faster, but perhaps with some mechanical help...{Discussion of decapitation and spinal severing} I think we say this is painless just to make ourselves feel better about it. Either way it has to be done, one way or another.
I agree. Unfortunately, things happen and birds need to be dispatched sometimes. We ought to do the deed as humanely as possible.Although there is some crassness in places, good conversation going on here, on a topic people really need to confront. Thank you to all who contributed so far.
Aaron
I think that if cervical dislocation is done right, the bird should be dead almost instantly and feel no pain, or if they do it's an extremely short amount of time. Cervical dislocation is different than simply breaking the neck. You are disconnecting the skull from the spine completely. The main blood vessels severe, as well as the spinal cord. There's no blood going to the brain or nerves, so I don't think there is much pain. That's my opinion anyway.Break you neck. Ok so unless the rest of the body is disconnected, unless you sever it completely, the heart is still beating somewhat etc and blood is still being supplied. Nothing below that break can report the pain to the brain. Im sure that at the point of the break pain is being reported very much so, just the poor bird can't cry out anymore because you paralyzed it. The brain has some oxygen it's still viable for a little bit, the eyes still see what happened, it knows what happened, but can't move or say a thing about it. So if we want to talk about painless here, lets be truthful. I think we say this is painless just to make ourselves feel better about it.
lets put this in terms of a dog, shall we? when you put down a dog, it is an injection at a vets office. this takes around 5-10 minutes to take effect. But no one says anything about that. You would never snap a dog's neck to "put it out of its misery". how is this much different?Edit: And if your animal is in a state where it needs to be euthanized, is it even humane to let it suffer for however long it takes for the pill(s) to go into effect? Why not just suck it up and put the animal out of its misery immediately, or find someone else that can?
Very good point.Benzodiazepines?