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News re: euthanasia of snakes

shed'n my skin said:
... but I think I will use the CO2 again if I have to euthanize any more snakes, ...
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Interesting thread. I hope to have a long time before I'm forced into deciding about my methods. I probably won't use CO2 because of the burning feeling I get in the back of my own throat when I open a container where dry ice has sublimated. Call it silly transference on my part, but I can't help feeling a snake (or any animal) would get some similar sensation.

Just to clarify: Dionythicus, did Dr. Maas specify a straight-to-freezer method was inhumane? or did he include the 'fridge-to-freezer method, too?
 
In either case, the snake's body slows but it's brain does not, so neither technique would be appropriate.

I find it odd that anyone on here who purports to love their reptiles would question whether or not they can sense pain at any level. I think it's because we don't like the idea of inflicting pain upon another creature that we choose to think another creature's abillity to sense pain (maybe not in the same sense as we do) is less than our own. We each choose the euthanasia method that suits our needs the best and there is no such thing as a painless death (unless you go in your sleep). Nature is a cruel mistress and shows little mercy. We can have an impact on that and try to make things better for our animals. In the end, everyone will do exactly as he or she sees fit.
 
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