What is a humane way ....

[Chickerdoodle13]

Surprisingly, one of the most humane ways to put a fish down is to put it in the freezer. Several fish breeders I have spoken to use this method. Just put the fish in a baggie and stick them in the freezer. They basically fall asleep and never wake up. Quick and easy! (Plus, no blood to worry about)

 

[patandchickens]

Clove oil you can get at places that sell essential oils for medicinal purposes, like a healthy-crunchy-homeopathic type store, or even an upscale grocery or drug store that has a significant size 'organic, holistic, natural' department. Clove oil also repels ants and IIRC can be used as a toothache remedy

Warrriorchild, fish TB is a real thing and yes it can cause problems in humans.

Indeed some people freeze fish or other animals for euthanasia but realize that many vets, animal care technicians, and animal owners/breeders consider it unacceptibly inhumane. It is NOT necessarily 'just going to sleep'. I've done it (on animals it did not seem safe to handle), but I truly believe that there are usually much kinder methods available <shrug>

Pat

 

[Sonia]

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Oh my gosh I thought I was going to wet my pants...

How bout feed it to a cat as a treat, circle of life and all.. you could let it go in a lake or something where it could live and die of natural causes. You could give it its own tank

"If more than one or two guppies have deformaties, you might want to consider the possibility that you have fish tuberculosis in the population. At least in some places it is particularly common among guppies. There is no real cure -- you would have to pretty much get rid of them all and start with new 'clean' fish -- but it is worth figuring out whether you're likely to have it in your tanks, b/c if you do, you don't wanna mouth-siphon or get the tank water on bare skin that might have cuts or other lesions. Fish TB is transmissible to humans; at first it just causes funny, slow-growing, basically nontroubling lumps under the skin, but if left to its own devices can cause arthritis etc and most Drs won't even *think* of it, let alone recognize it. So if you should have it in your tanks you might want to be xtra careful."

NO WAY!!!

BTW it is also illegal to release non native species/

 

[thewarriorchild]

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I used to work in a pet store and never heard of such a thing but saw MANY deformed fish, that is SO wild! How do you know about htis? Did you or someone you know have this?? This world is getting SO crazy.

Isnt the quickest death the most humane? I would think going for a quick head chop or crush would work.

 

[thewarriorchild]

"BTW it is also illegal to release non native species"
in your pond... like a backyard pond with fish.. that could work

 

[Wolf-Kim]

I vote for scissor method.

Then the freezer method.

The freezer method, I believe would be more humane than flushing it alive. I think the scissor/chop method works the best though.

-Kim

 

[arlee453]

I would think a quick chop with a knife or scissors would be the quickest and would mean the least amount of suffering time for the fish.

 

[Sonia]

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I don't have one.

 

[Sonia]

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I agree the issues is how tiny it is. Ever see a 1 week old guppy fry? They are pretty small. I suppose I could crush it quickly. Thanks everyone for your replies.

 

[Wolf-Kim]

Crushing would serve the same purpose. Being that small, crushing would probably be pretty quick and painless. Just don't miss the first time. It would be like smashing a bug.

-Kim