Best way to put a sick fish...
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If you're not squeamish, a sharp knife is much faster than 5 minutes in fresh water.
A bullet thru the head works, but you have several isues: (1) aiming (especially thru water at a moving object), (2) safety (bullet thru tank, need I say more...), etc.
If you can find a fish anesthetic, that would probably be a relatively humane way of putting the fish down.
Now, if you were to ask how to put down a lobster...
A bullet thru the head works, but you have several isues: (1) aiming (especially thru water at a moving object), (2) safety (bullet thru tank, need I say more...), etc.
If you can find a fish anesthetic, that would probably be a relatively humane way of putting the fish down.
Now, if you were to ask how to put down a lobster...
The most HUMANE way isn't a freshwater dip. It causes osmosis shock. The prefered way is to put them in a bowl of their own water, and place it in the freezer, they just slowly fall to sleep and die. However, these are just fish, I simply feed mine to my aggressive tank, that takes less than 5 seconds with a lion, triggers, a porcupine puffer and an eel.
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Ben_Wilson":cdztily8 said:
You are correct other than euthanasia this is the best method as the body temperature of the fish fluctuates with the environment ( ectothermic).
Some people though are more sensitive to the death or immanent death of pets. The thought of feeding their fish, cat, dog, etc. to another animal would bother them immensely and I'm sure the animal in question will suffer for a few seconds.
Regards,
David Mohr
Having had a brother-in-law who died of hypothermia, and having had to put down many animals other than fish, I couldn't disagree with freezing an animal to death more.
Instant death = painless death. And that's netting it up and whacking it well on a hard surface. Don't be a pansy about it, either. Another method I've heard works very well, though not as fast but still painless, is clove oil dropped in a dish of tankwater in which you place the fish.
However, I'm a whack-it kinda woman. :|
Instant death = painless death. And that's netting it up and whacking it well on a hard surface. Don't be a pansy about it, either. Another method I've heard works very well, though not as fast but still painless, is clove oil dropped in a dish of tankwater in which you place the fish.
However, I'm a whack-it kinda woman. :|
seamaiden":l5rzx4tg said:
The problem is we are dealing with fish and as I stated they are ectothermic ( any animal except birds and mammals ).
I agree a person dying from hypothermia is a terrible way to go.
The problem with this is if you're not a good whacker if may take a few tries which would just prolong the suffering.
Regards,
David Mohr
For *me*, I'd get some fish anaesthetic. We've got a 'fishy' vet who we can get some from if we ever have to do this.
IMHO, that's the most humane way....and yes, my g/f and I are some of those people to whom our fish are more than just fish...they're our pets, complete with names, etc. :roll:
IMHO, that's the most humane way....and yes, my g/f and I are some of those people to whom our fish are more than just fish...they're our pets, complete with names, etc. :roll:
Unless the fish is liable to spread some sort of disease to other inhabitants, what's wrong with letting nature take its course and the circle of life and all that? I rarely have fish die, but when they do, I let the crabs and starfish clean up. Granted, that's not feasible in a smaller tank.
But if you're dead-set (no pun intended) on finishing the fish off, I'd do either the freezer method or the wack on the head method.
But if you're dead-set (no pun intended) on finishing the fish off, I'd do either the freezer method or the wack on the head method.
:lol:
How can you tell if the fish passes out a few minutes before dying? :lol:
Does he cry for his mommy first?
I wack them. It's simple, and by far the most humane method. Anything else is rubbish.
Working at a store as I used to, I had plenty of opportunity to wack. I used to wack at least 8 or 9 times a day. Whacking here, whacking there... I wacked REALLY HARD, you just have to. Otherwise it doesn't work as well. Once in a while, I even wacked at home on the weekends.
I've been wacking for years...
Jim
P.S. I no longer work in a store, and I quarantine ALWAYS now, so I don't have to wack anymore
How can you tell if the fish passes out a few minutes before dying? :lol:
Does he cry for his mommy first?
I wack them. It's simple, and by far the most humane method. Anything else is rubbish.
Working at a store as I used to, I had plenty of opportunity to wack. I used to wack at least 8 or 9 times a day. Whacking here, whacking there... I wacked REALLY HARD, you just have to. Otherwise it doesn't work as well. Once in a while, I even wacked at home on the weekends.
I've been wacking for years...
Jim
P.S. I no longer work in a store, and I quarantine ALWAYS now, so I don't have to wack anymore
JimM":m17kimjx said::lol:
How can you tell if the fish passes out a few minutes before dying? :lol:
Does he cry for his mommy first?
I wack them. It's simple, and by far the most humane method. Anything else is rubbish.
Working at a store as I used to, I had plenty of opportunity to wack. I used to wack at least 8 or 9 times a day. Whacking here, whacking there... I wacked REALLY HARD, you just have to. Otherwise it doesn't work as well. Once in a while, I even wacked at home on the weekends.
I've been wacking for years...
Jim
P.S. I no longer work in a store, and I quarantine ALWAYS now, so I don't have to wack anymore
How do you survive!!!!????
B.
JimM":2rmo6swy said::lol:
How can you tell if the fish passes out a few minutes before dying? :lol:
Does he cry for his mommy first?
I wack them. It's simple, and by far the most humane method. Anything else is rubbish.
Working at a store as I used to, I had plenty of opportunity to wack. I used to wack at least 8 or 9 times a day. Whacking here, whacking there... I wacked REALLY HARD, you just have to. Otherwise it doesn't work as well. Once in a while, I even wacked at home on the weekends.
I've been wacking for years...
Jim
P.S. I no longer work in a store, and I quarantine ALWAYS now, so I don't have to wack anymore
You and me, we could have a regular whack-a-thon, eh? Gotta whack that mouse pretty good, too.
I still vehemently disagree with the freezing. It takes a long time, it is nowhere near instantaneous. Whacking (or clubbing for large fish) is instant.
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