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I have a serious question to ask of you, /an/. Is there any humane way to end a gecko's life?

I ask because my pet that I've had for years and years is very sick and in pain, and I've tried everything that I can to help her. Unfortunately, when I've hinted at the idea to my parents (yes I still live with my parents, oh well) that I might want her put down so she doesn't suffer anymore, they ignore me or roll their eyes. I don't think they believe that a small pet like this should be put down, as it costs a bit of money.

So... I need to humanely take care of this issue myself, for my dear pet.

Help, please?
>> Anonymous
cutting off its head would probably not be a good idea, as it will probably squirm and twitch around after wards.

smash the poor thing with a rock?
i honestly have no idea.
>> Anonymous
>>91325

Yeah, I would do that if I knew she would go very quickly, but if my parents found her, er... they'd probably think I'd gone psychotic or something.

It needs to be something that looks more natural. :(
>> Anonymous
I just wanted to add, since I don't want to look like some horrible person, that I will have a very long and serious talk with my parents about putting her down before I try these suggestions.
>> Anonymous
put it in the freezer
>> Anonymous
Just end the poor thing life, cut off his head JUST DO IT FAGGOT!
>> Anonymous
>>91343
you dumbass, after OP does that, it will still be alive for a short period of time and will squrim around all over the place.

even if she cuts it in half, it will do the same thing.
>> Anonymous
>>91344

Yeah, that would be pretty inhumane. :/
>> Anonymous
"Inhalation of various gasses can be used to euthanize animals. Some of the gasses that might be used are chloroform, methoxyflurane and carbon monoxide, among others. Disadvantages of this method include the need for some means to deliver the gas to an enclosed chamber holding the patient, the potential risk to the person if improper equipment is used and the difficulty in obtaining some of those agents. I once read a report of rats killed with chloroform causing sedation in the snake that ate him. This method is useful for venomous snakes in that no handling is necessary."

How could we forget carbon monoxide?! Just put that sweetie in a small jug and fill it with car exhaust, bam! This is the best death for anything: you slowly fall asleep and then just kind of die in your sleep.
>> Anonymous
stomp its head, it'll never feel a thing
>> Anonymous
>>91342
I had a zoo veterinarian tell me about what that does to reptiles once. Apparently it first sedates them as they aren't warm-blooded, so that they feel no pain but are still completely conscious.

It will probably take some time before your gecko passes away while it is in the freezer, all the while noticing that it's gone limp and cannot move.

It's incredibly "rude" to use this as a sedative method because it only numbs them but keeps them conscious, so I'm not sure how good it'll be for putting it down.
>> Anonymous
How about releasing it into the wild? I mean, if it is sick and in pain it wont last long out there. While this might not be the most "humane" approach it surely is one of the most natural ones. And I don't really know if its comforting but afterwards you could think about the fact that his death maybe brought longer life to another animal out there that was hungry or whatever.

Gotta give me points for the lack of complications atleast, right? Anyway, whatever way you choose to do it, aslong as its in the best interest of the little life you cant really go that wrong.
>> Anonymous
>>91358

Putting a reptile in the freezer is NOT considered to be a humane method of euthanization.

Beyond that, though, it's actually amazingly efficient. They kinda' go numb and go to sleep. We do it fairly often when we have animals who are just too sick to go on and obviously beyond all help and suffering. If an animal is truly already on its way out, it's dead within five minutes in the freezer.
>> Wogan
>>91367


on the flip side, if the lizard is sick, and something else eats it, and becomes sick, then something eats that and becomes sick youd have caused more problems. animals catch different diseases in captivity than in the wild, and are also resistant in different ways. do NOT let it out, you dont know what kind of natural catastrophe it might cause :|
>> Anonymous
>>91358
it obv can feel pain, OP said so.
just go to the vet and have the vet euthanize it.
>> Anonymous
>>91377
I think he meant if you use the kind of chemical they use on warm blooded creatures on a lizard all it does is numb them.

How do you define humane? Painless, quick, or clean? Refrigerator sounds clean, but isn't quick and pain is iffy. A large, weighty blunt object would not be clean but it would be quick and thus probably painless.
>> Anonymous
put the lizard into a glass jar and put a cottonball drenched in chloroform (sp?) into it and shut the lid tight. the lizard will die quickly and relatively painless.

sorry to hear about the poor thing but this is the best and easiest way to put them down.
>> Anonymous
Ugh, this reminded me of a baby bearded dragon I had years ago. He was suffering from a slew of parasites. We tried a combination of antibiotics and electrolytes. It seemed to only make the pain last longer.

I sat there and watched the poor lizard squirm and squirm. He was fighting his own death and the parasites eating him from within. That was so painful to watch, because it was so helpless.

I laid him out in the sun just before he passed. There were a few times were he stopped breathing and came back to himself.

He suffered, so I can understand the OP wanting to put the gecko down. Personally, I wouldn't put him in the freezer. It's clean, but inhumane in my opinion.

If you can get in contact with a vet or reptile forum, and find any alternatives, it would probably be your best bet.
>> Anonymous
>>91389

Best suggestion yet.
>> Anonymous
If you don't have drugs, just a small air tight container perhaps? When the air thins enough he will pass out, and eventually pass away. It's not the most comfortable way to die, but it sounds like he isn't comfortable anyway.
>> Anonymous
>>91342
i used to put my chameleons in the freezer to put them down when females bound up with eggs... it really is humane and quick
>> Anonymous
Hey, I know I'm just a random poster on 4chan, but I've kept reptiles, invertebrates, and other animals all my life and I definitely go by the freezer method. If you're worried about it not being humane, but him in the fridge for a while beforehand to make sure his body temp goes down enough for him to be very sluggish, then put him in the freezer.
It shoulld work fine, everyone thinks that freezing is cruel, but they forget that these are cold-blooded, they won't be conscious by the time they get to freezing.
>> Anonymous
Looks like I may have been too optimistic,
http://www.anapsid.org/euth.html
Maybe putting him in the fridge beforehand would be enough to make him unconscious though?
>> Anonymous
The most humane way to end a gecko's life is to curb stomp it's head in
>> Anonymous
Liquid baby asprin works. We used it for a guinea pig that was too sick to go on. Put some in an eyedropper, or syringe, and feed it to the gecko. They go to sleep, and pass away in their sleep.
>> Anonymous
I have a pet bearded dragon that is very special to me who I've had for years. If a similar situation were to arise in which I would have to kill my poor little beardie, I woldn't know what to do either, let alone have the heart to actually kill him.

I think asking the vet what is the best way to go. He/She'll tell you for sure. In my opinion, freezing it would be a long slow agony and way to die. And like>>91358said, it's still conscious. And gassing it with toxic fumes would make it suffocate, which doesn't seem humane either. It seems like a dilemma. If I were you, I'd just keep it alive as long as it can and let it die by myself. But then again, that might be even worse. Like, I originally had two baby bearded dragon hatchlings, and while one has grown to be more than six years old and is still extremely healthy, the other got sick, and watching the little guy die was so very tragic.
>> Anonymous
Can't believe nobody's suggested the good 'ol duct tape em to a rock and BOOM HEDSHAWT with a sledgehammer >.>
>> Anonymous
>>91681

only a /b/ fag would suggest that. gtfo
>> Anonymous
>>91681

lol at retard who doesn't know how to change his browser's style to view /b/.
>> Anonymous
I think the liquid aspirin in the food is the best idea so far.

I'm sorry to hear about your poor little friend.
>> natadd
my bro had a snake, who was too weak to eat... He put him in a plastic bad, and used the gas thats in a whip cream bottle. I think thatd be a good way to go
>> Anonymous
honestly....a quick way to do it would be just to cut the head off...its fast and relativly painless...if done right...
>> Anonymous
Give it some 0.55 calliber asprin
that should take care of everything
>> Anonymous
OP here

I sat on it, poor thing
>> Anonymous
>>91803
lol
>> Anonymous
>>91804

I know, its sad!

everyone in /an/ should expect it before they post Anonly
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>>91796

I did that once when my cat mauled a fence lizard. It died immediately - but I used a really sharp knife.

I also killed a skink that got a cat claw to the brain (smashed his head with a rock)

Really brutal, but instant, and I couldn't stand to see the poor babies suffering.