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fish euthanasia
Alright, I've pretty much given up hope on one of my pond goldfish on ever
getting better, so I moved him into an indoor tank (after acclimating him to the temp change) and waited a week for what I assume to be a severe slim bladder disorder to heal. He was laying either on the top or bottom of the pond, moving only when prodded and gasping for breath while the rest of his pond mates seemed fine. I figured it would be easier to treat him inside, in my hospital tank, but so far no luck. All my past experience for what I assume to be dropsy (bulging scales, inability to swim rightside up or maintain balance) the fish has either healed under treatment within a week or died. This fish just won't do either though... I've also fed him a thawed out pea just in case as well. I feel that his options are pretty much gone and I'm not really interested in seeing how long he can prolong his suffering, so my main question is the best way to go about "ending" it for him. I realize how stupid this might sound, but I rather liked this fish and have had him in my pond for three years so I want to do this as quickly as I can. Any opinions? Or have there been personally experienced cases where your own fish survived over a week in this conditition to make a recovery? I'll cross-post since this is a pond fish too, thanks in advance! --Ryan |
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"HK_Newbie" wrote in news:J7Rtd.343$P14.77
@trndny05: Any opinions? Depending on the size, either a big kitchen knife or an axe... :/ I had to use an axe on the last fish I had to put down. -- http://www.neopets.com/refer.phtml?username=moosespet |
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On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 05:11:05 +0000, HK_Newbie wrote:
Alright, I've pretty much given up hope on one of my pond goldfish on ever getting better, so I moved him into an indoor tank (after acclimating him to the temp change) and waited a week for what I assume to be a severe slim bladder disorder to heal. He was laying either on the top or bottom of the pond, moving only when prodded and gasping for breath while the rest of his pond mates seemed fine. I figured it would be easier to treat him inside, in my hospital tank, but so far no luck. All my past experience for what I assume to be dropsy (bulging scales, inability to swim rightside up or maintain balance) the fish has either healed under treatment within a week or died. This fish just won't do either though... I've also fed him a thawed out pea just in case as well. I feel that his options are pretty much gone and I'm not really interested in seeing how long he can prolong his suffering, so my main question is the best way to go about "ending" it for him. I realize how stupid this might sound, but I rather liked this fish and have had him in my pond for three years so I want to do this as quickly as I can. Any opinions? Or have there been personally experienced cases where your own fish survived over a week in this conditition to make a recovery? I'll cross-post since this is a pond fish too, thanks in advance! --Ryan Well this is highly debated in fish cicles. Some say clove oil, some say freezing, some say off with the head is the fastest way. Thankfully I haven't had to do it yet... |
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How about peeling out on him with the car?
Flushing down the commode? Drop in a bucket of bleach? just some ideas off the top. s "HK_Newbie" wrote in message news:J7Rtd.343$P14.77@trndny05... .. I realize how stupid this might sound, but I rather liked this fish and have had him in my pond for three years so I want to do this as quickly as I can. Any opinions? Or have there been personally experienced cases where your own fish survived over a week in this conditition to make a recovery? I'll cross-post since this is a pond fish too, thanks in advance! --Ryan |
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How about peeling out on him with the car?
Flushing down the commode? Drop in a bucket of bleach? just some ideas off the top. s "HK_Newbie" wrote in message news:J7Rtd.343$P14.77@trndny05... .. I realize how stupid this might sound, but I rather liked this fish and have had him in my pond for three years so I want to do this as quickly as I can. Any opinions? Or have there been personally experienced cases where your own fish survived over a week in this conditition to make a recovery? I'll cross-post since this is a pond fish too, thanks in advance! --Ryan |
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Steve Barker wrote:
How about peeling out on him with the car? Flushing down the commode? Drop in a bucket of bleach? just some ideas off the top. None of which were any good. -- Eric Schreiber www.ericschreiber.com |
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Steve Barker wrote:
How about peeling out on him with the car? Flushing down the commode? Drop in a bucket of bleach? just some ideas off the top. None of which were any good. -- Eric Schreiber www.ericschreiber.com |
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It really is a problem because fish tend to die so terribly slowly. I know the best way to end it, but no way would I be able to do that. Usually I don't have the courage to do anything and that's the cruelest non-solution of all. I've seen a fish take more than a week to slowly die and of course I read all sorts of silly accusatory messages in their pathetic little clouded eyes. If I were braver and more considerate of the fish than I am of my own selfish feelings, I would remove them with a little tank water and perhaps add a little alcohol to the water and/or the freezer. Just typing this makes me squirm. I know, I know, the guillotine is kinder, but I can't. Ruth Kazez |
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Tom Randy wrote:
Well this is highly debated in fish cicles. Some say clove oil, some say freezing, some say off with the head is the fastest way. Thankfully I haven't had to do it yet... It's hard to understand how "off with the head" could be fast or humane. I've seen fish heads gasping for what seemed like hours (but I was a kid at the time, so might have been just a few minutes). Now, a completely untested method I was told about last summer was "vodka in the gills, then off with the head". Seems like a waste of alcohol to me. -- derek |
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Tom Randy wrote:
Well this is highly debated in fish cicles. Some say clove oil, some say freezing, some say off with the head is the fastest way. Thankfully I haven't had to do it yet... It's hard to understand how "off with the head" could be fast or humane. I've seen fish heads gasping for what seemed like hours (but I was a kid at the time, so might have been just a few minutes). Now, a completely untested method I was told about last summer was "vodka in the gills, then off with the head". Seems like a waste of alcohol to me. -- derek |
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"HK_Newbie" wrote:
... my main question is the best way to go about "ending" it for him. I realize how stupid this might sound, but I rather liked this fish and have had him in my pond for three years so I want to do this as quickly as I can. Any opinions? Years ago, I bought a small bottle of MS-222 / Finquel / Tricaine Methanesulfonate (a fish anesthetic) for this purpose. Knock the fish out using the "sleep" dose, then add a large overdose to finish the job. Kind of expensive up front (around $50, IIRC), but I figure I'm going to be dead and gone before I use up the one bottle I have, and I like to know I'm not botching the job. |
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"HK_Newbie" wrote:
... my main question is the best way to go about "ending" it for him. I realize how stupid this might sound, but I rather liked this fish and have had him in my pond for three years so I want to do this as quickly as I can. Any opinions? Years ago, I bought a small bottle of MS-222 / Finquel / Tricaine Methanesulfonate (a fish anesthetic) for this purpose. Knock the fish out using the "sleep" dose, then add a large overdose to finish the job. Kind of expensive up front (around $50, IIRC), but I figure I'm going to be dead and gone before I use up the one bottle I have, and I like to know I'm not botching the job. |
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"HK_Newbie" wrote in message news:J7Rtd.343$P14.77@trndny05... Alright, I've pretty much given up hope on one of my pond goldfish on ever getting better, so I moved him into an indoor tank (after acclimating him to the temp change) and waited a week for what I assume to be a severe slim bladder disorder to heal. He was laying either on the top or bottom of the pond, moving only when prodded and gasping for breath while the rest of his pond mates seemed fine. I figured it would be easier to treat him inside, in my hospital tank, but so far no luck. All my past experience for what I assume to be dropsy (bulging scales, inability to swim rightside up or maintain balance) the fish has either healed under treatment within a week or died. This fish just won't do either though... I've also fed him a thawed out pea just in case as well. I feel that his options are pretty much gone and I'm not really interested in seeing how long he can prolong his suffering, so my main question is the best way to go about "ending" it for him. I realize how stupid this might sound, but I rather liked this fish and have had him in my pond for three years so I want to do this as quickly as I can. Any opinions? Or have there been personally experienced cases where your own fish survived over a week in this conditition to make a recovery? I'll cross-post since this is a pond fish too, thanks in advance! --Ryan In a back issue of TFH magazine there was an article on how best to euthanasia fish and depending on the size of the fish it was suggested that "crushing or decapitating" was the quickest way. It also mentioned clove oil. Rick |
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"HK_Newbie" wrote in message news:J7Rtd.343$P14.77@trndny05... Alright, I've pretty much given up hope on one of my pond goldfish on ever getting better, so I moved him into an indoor tank (after acclimating him to the temp change) and waited a week for what I assume to be a severe slim bladder disorder to heal. He was laying either on the top or bottom of the pond, moving only when prodded and gasping for breath while the rest of his pond mates seemed fine. I figured it would be easier to treat him inside, in my hospital tank, but so far no luck. All my past experience for what I assume to be dropsy (bulging scales, inability to swim rightside up or maintain balance) the fish has either healed under treatment within a week or died. This fish just won't do either though... I've also fed him a thawed out pea just in case as well. I feel that his options are pretty much gone and I'm not really interested in seeing how long he can prolong his suffering, so my main question is the best way to go about "ending" it for him. I realize how stupid this might sound, but I rather liked this fish and have had him in my pond for three years so I want to do this as quickly as I can. Any opinions? Or have there been personally experienced cases where your own fish survived over a week in this conditition to make a recovery? I'll cross-post since this is a pond fish too, thanks in advance! --Ryan This may sound insensitive to some, but he will die within a few minutes if you just pull him out of the water, and place him in a proper recepticle. If you believe in "waste not, want not, you can always lay him on the ground until he dies, and then add him to your compost pile. |
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On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 19:32:02 GMT, george wrote:
This may sound insensitive to some, but he will die within a few minutes if you just pull him out of the water, and place him in a proper recepticle. If you believe in "waste not, want not, you can always lay him on the ground until he dies, and then add him to your compost pile. This can take a long time if the fish lies still. There is thirty times more oxygen in air than in water and gills are very good at taking in oxygen. Unfortunately without being supported in water they will collapse so their surface area will be drastically reduced. How many people have found an apparently dead fish outside the pond only too have it revive when placed back in? -- Regards - Rodney Pont The from address exists but is mostly dumped, please send any emails to the address below e-mail ngpsm4 (at) infohitsystems (dot) ltd (dot) uk |
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