Pet Help Needed

**mstriumph** · 19th August 2005, 20:07

............and it helps children if they have a burial ceremony ... closure.

**myvice** · 19th August 2005, 20:52

It’s got to be quick!
This leaves out the leaders debate as a solution along with reruns of Shortland St.
Feeding it McDonalds may work, probably too painful though...

**SARGE** · 19th August 2005, 21:53

Originally Posted by myvice

Feeding it McDonalds may work, probably too painful though...

YOU CRUEL HEARTLESS BASTARD!!!

**Mooch** · 19th August 2005, 22:46

Originally Posted by Firefight

put him in a bag, hold bag over car exhaust for a minute or so(engine running), should do the job without hurting the rat or making a mess, will be over very quickly.

F/F

Choose a car without a catalitic converter if your going to do it this way. Otherwise it may take a very long time for the Rat to pass on.

My wife used to look after the schools lab rats , she said that used to chloroform them in a fish tank . She also said although they die quickly it's probably not the best way for kids to see their pet die and that the vet was the best way. (Had to put down a sick pet we'd had for 16 years not so long ago, vet was excellent and even sent a sympathy card after)
Co2 is the best way to go.

**Beemer** · 19th August 2005, 23:02

Originally Posted by Mooch

(Had to put down a sick pet we'd had for 16 years not so long ago, vet was excellent and even sent a sympathy card after)

Shit, my vet just sends a BILL!

**twinkle** · 19th August 2005, 23:08

I could make a spud gun up fairly quick, rat's about the same size as a potato. Apparently they shoot a couple of hundred metres.

Would go waaaaay further than a slingshot

**kels** · 19th August 2005, 23:09

Please take it to the vet! It is the most humane thing to do. I have owned a pet rat before and it was the kindest thing that I could do for him. And also it the kindest way for the kids to handle it as well.

**Timber020** · 19th August 2005, 23:19

Put it in a cloth bag (pillowcase etc) Hit it with something solid or run it over or put it in the freezer or tie it to an OLD vehicle exhaust.

Drowning aint so bad, I nearly died of it years back, its only the initial panic thats tough.

**Pixie** · 19th August 2005, 23:25

Originally Posted by vifferman

This is not a joke, so even though I'm an annoying dumbarse (my WordOfTheWeek, by the way), please try to keep your smartarse comments to a minimum.

My kids have three pet rats - Dini (short for Houdini, because he's an escape artist), Bruce, and Shibby. Shibby is looking very much the worse for wear, and the boys have asked me to end his suffering. What's a quick and humane way to kill him?

I've had to dispatch mice on several occassions (when they get trapped in the bath tub).
I put them in a container and introduce a squirt of CRC CO contact cleaner.This is actually low toxicity but is an anaesthetic and the subject goes to sleep,if you then leave it for a while the lack of oxygen does the rest.
No contact cleaner? car exhaust.

PS I tried putting the mice in the freezer once,on somebody's advice,but was dismayed to see the critter had chewed its foot off.

**Pixie** · 19th August 2005, 23:47

Originally Posted by c4.

My Father found that my sisters rats became very sick and died while she was away in America.
Rat poison? Who said any thing about rat poison???

Actually,rat poison is a humane,if slow option.The active ingredients are various anti-coagulants,which cause general cellular metabolic collapse,not haemorhage as is incorrectly assumed.I've seen case notes on overdoses of warfarin,and the effects are usually not painful.

**oldrider** · 20th August 2005, 12:02

All you do-gooders are cruel. If I get sick please dont call a doctor, just call WINJA and tell him to bring his spade.

**scumdog** · 20th August 2005, 12:18

I'm with Lou here, I've used a .22 through the swede to send-off a few animals, can't get any more instant than that - especially for a rat.
As Lou said though, it's a closed casket deal when burial time comes.

You owe it to the animal to make it quick/painless whatever you do..

**Ixion** · 20th August 2005, 12:49

Originally Posted by oldrider

All you do-gooders are cruel. If I get sick please dont call a doctor, just call WINJA and tell him to bring his spade.

Call me, I'll bring my sabre. I always wanted to try that cavalry trick of beheading a man on the gallop - tis the impact that takes the head off. I reckon a bike will do just as well as a horse. May be a bit tricky , mind, riding one handed (have to lock the throttle open), and not twitching the bars at the moment of impact. I'm willing to have a go though, all in the interests of a humane end .

**Lou Girardin** · 20th August 2005, 12:59

Originally Posted by Ixion

Call me, I'll bring my sabre. I always wanted to try that cavalry trick of beheading a man on the gallop - tis the impact that takes the head off. I reckon a bike will do just as well as a horse. May be a bit tricky , mind, riding one handed (have to lock the throttle open), and not twitching the bars at the moment of impact. I'm willing to have a go though, all in the interests of a humane end .

Who's going to hold the rat?
Or will you give him a sporting chance and run him to ground.