How To Dispose Of A Fish Humainly?

[Katchan]

Keep in mind that a fish' body is not the same as a warm-blooded human's - no crystals could possibly form in a human while he/she was still alive

no offense sylvia but two words "Frost Bite" proves you very very wrong

Andrew

 

[xanthianacid]

I just wanted to say that disposing of fish should be very thoughtful. You can bury them and give them a 'funeral' especially for the ones who have really meant something to you.
Wrapping a small amount of paper toweling and placing them in the garbage is best as you are not adding non indiginous fish into the sea/wherever your city pumps human waste.
But UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES flush them!!!! It is illegal where I live. If you care any at all for the environment PLEASE don't use the toilet as a place to dump fish.

BTW Chaz, I'm sorry its come to this. I am glad you are brave enough to use euthanasia as a method to stop your friend from suffering. I haven't been so brave, but my hubby has and I'm grateful he's been able to do that for me when I've not been able to. RIP. Oh, and a way of remembering is to put him into the rainbow bridge on this forum if it still exists and its still operating. Its kind of a memorial!

 

[Katchan]

Ok I apologise about being rudley frank in the last post, but I tought that it heavily needed pointing out that your reasoning was false and by default if one part of a therom is false the whole is false.

I dont think any one of use on this board is really qualifed to say (I may be wrong) where a fish stops feeling in the death by cold/freeze argument.

I also point out that death by hypothermia (or fishy version) is better than continued suffering for hours/days/weeks

But yes I think most everyone on the board agrees flushing is BAD

Andrew

 

[timmystood]

Sorry to hear about your fish

It's very hard to deciede when to put a fish out of his misery but it's all part of the fish-keeping hobby i'm afraid.

RIP Little Man.

 

[chrismr]

Feed it to the cat?

 

[jimbooo]

i usually decide the time has come, then leave it 3 days. if the poor little thing is still suffering out comes the chopping board and a very big very sharp knife. this may sound harsh and brutal but if it's head is detached from it's body then the fish will feel no pain. you have to commit to it though one chop and it's done, faff about and the poor thing will be suffocating while you dither.

just to prove i'm not a heartless animal i even put a towel over the tank while i'm doing it so the other fishies cant see.

luckily i've only had to do it 3 times and not on any big fish just tetras and danio's. not that their any less important to me but i wouldn't fancy this method with a plec. for bigger fish clove oil would be best i'd think.

 

[sylvia]

no offense sylvia but two words "Frost Bite" proves you very very wrong

lol - yes, didn't think of that - but frostbite doesn't kill you and, as far as I'm aware, occurs in the extremetes of your body ie: feet, hands etc.

This is beside the point anyway - the point is that, while it can take a long time for frostbite to set in with a human and while it doesn't occur within your 'main body' (for lack of a better phrase), a fish, as it does not generate heat, has no such defenses against freezing and its whole body is open to it and it can happen quite quickly as well.

There's no proof fish can even feel or consciously think etc, so deciding what is humane or not is, in reality, impossible. However, I'd preffer to assume they can feel pain etc and do my best to prevent it - I see no reason to assume otherwise and risk causing unecessary suffering when clove oil is the easiest method of euthanasia anyway - not just for the fish, I mean.

 

[timmystood]

So how does the clove oil method work??? What is it doing to the fish to make them 'go to sleep'??

 

[sylvia]

While I don't know exactly how it works, it is used as a local anesthetic, mainly for toothache (in humans obviously), and has pain-killing effects.

 

[tttnjfttt]

So how does the clove oil method work??? What is it doing to the fish to make them 'go to sleep'??

Clove oil is an anesthetic, where it literally makes the fish all asleep and die