I Need To Euthanise...

[Hawkins]

But how can I do it humanely, without pulling out a knife.

I don't have clove oils, just things around the house please..

 

[minxfishy]

Having been thru this the best advice I can offer is, quickly net the fish, wrap in a cloth, bang head against something solid, ie cupboard, table etc. Quick and painless. Its horrible I know, but apparently the best way to do it.

 

[Hawkins]

Oook I think I'll get someone else to do it.

My sister did it before to a Rummy Nose before, she should be here in 20 mins

I have a Julii Catfish laid on its back, and when it tries to swim just goes in spirals.

It has been doing this for 6 hours now.. I moved it out of my community tank, into a smaller tank with no substrate, as it was shreading it's tail and dorsal fin on the gravel.

It's horrible to watch :'(
Just breathing really heavy then having a go at swimming.

I've put some Melafix in, but I don't think it'll help.

 

[minxfishy]

Sounds like swimbladder problem, have you tried to feed some cooked shelled peas, maybe just bloated?

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Sounds like swimbladder problem, have you tried to feed some cooked shelled peas, maybe just bloated?

Sorry.... in a bit of a hurry, so did'nt read all of yer replies, but in my fish bible, (by Dr. Herbert Axelrod) whom I'll often quote.... they suggest the most humane way to rid of a known "lost case" is merely to hurl it as hard as you can against a concrete floor....... Sounds bad, but you're not doing your fish a favour by flushing (and some other suggestions I've heard)

 

[WILDER]

If you can't fetch yourself to use a knife or hammer I use this method.
Jug of very cold water then add ice cubes tilll the water is freezing cold.
Add the fish it should take about 25 seconds for the fish to start dying, leave the fish a while to make
sure it has passed on,.

 

[Ludwig Venter]

If you can't fetch yourself to use a knife or hammer I use this method.
Jug of very cold water then add ice cubes tilll the water is freezing cold.
Add the fish it should take about 25 seconds for the fish to start dying, leave the fish a while to make
sure it has passed on,.

Ouch! Wider.... Ouch!!

 

[Corleone]

In my experience, once they're in the ice water, they stop moving almost instantly. There's something to be said for minimizing the trauma to yourself, too. If you go to hit them over the head and you flinch at the last second and don't get a solid hit, you'll only make them suffer more.

 

[Sterbai]

If you can't fetch yourself to use a knife or hammer I use this method.
Jug of very cold water then add ice cubes tilll the water is freezing cold.
Add the fish it should take about 25 seconds for the fish to start dying, leave the fish a while to make
sure it has passed on,.

An extremely painful and horrible way to go. Some fish may take longer than 25 seconds but 25 seconds is still to long to suffer when a bang on the head will suffice.

 

[WILDER]

Written by steelhealr

This is what I choose to do with my fish and my comments are only placed here as opinion. This is a heated topic. I choose based on my knowledge from my training:

Oil of cloves is a topical anethestic and was used in the past to treat toothaches. Lidocaine (like at the dentist's office is a topical anesthetic as well). When we operate on people we really want to achieve 2 things, analgesia and anesthesia, that is, relief of pain and unconsciousness. IMO, when a fish is immersed in oil of cloves, it is essentially 'topically anesthetized', paralyzed, but, I am NOT convinced that the fish is unconscious.....none of us will really know for sure. We don't know if the oil of cloves causes stinging to the mucus membranes, eyes, etc on initial contact nor if the fish is motionless, painless but aware.

Extreme cold is an anesthetic. When applied to skin, you can actually cut the skin and feel no pain. Cold also can cause rapid unconsciousness. In fact, hypothermia is reported to cause a state of euphoria and clouding of consciousness. Fish, at least most of the types that we keep (tropical), are extremely small and rapid immersion in extreme cold water, in my opinion, causes rapid pain relief and rapid unconsciousness. I have never seen any of my fish shows signs of what I consider suffering. They stop moving immediately and appear lifeless. Some have stated that since fish are ectothermic, this doesn't apply....perhaps in cold water fish I would agree.

I choose to euthanize my fish this way, rather than oil of cloves. One must either make an educated decision for themselves, or, choose what is currently accepted by the masses as what is humane.

Added: although I would never use blunt force to euthanize my fish, nor advocate it, one fact is for sure: death is instantaneous

 

[Sterbai]

You’re missing the point in comparing 'us' as humans to a fish. We are warm blooded whereas fish are cold blooded, humans and fish have evolved differently to sense their environment. A fish in warm waters is sure as hell going to suffer in a cold environment compared to us as our sensory system 'numbs' and therefore we don't feel anything, this is due to heat produced by our metabolism which enables our body to run effectively, whereas a cold blooded fish will feel it.

Comparing us to fish and then making the decision is a bad move to make imo. Separating the spinal cord from the head is the only way to ensure a quick death.

 

[WILDER]

People have the right to make there own mind up how to end a fish life.
I can't hit a fish on the head either and used the cold water method and it suits me as the fish don't suffer.

 

[emzyp]

People have the right to make there own mind up how to end a fish life.
I can't hit a fish on the head either and used the cold water method and it suits me as the fish don't suffer.

i read that putting the fish in the freezer is a good way,could never bash the fish to death thats awful, imagine treading on it,thats what it would be like,

 

[WILDER]

No the freezer method is wrong the fish suffer it takes to long.

 

[chipper_222]

A few of drops of chloroform work for me