Euthanasia

[Strutter769]

Well, I put down about 8 or so pups last night. I definitely don't have it down to a science yet, that's for sure. I couldn't tell if the movement is saw was post-mortem (sp.) or not, so while they were at least asleep I put them in a Ziploc straight into the freezer. Next time I think I just have to leave them in the chamber a bit longer after it's filled with gas.

[Skumbo]

Originally Posted by RandyRhoads

Sorry I was looking at getting a doberman a while back and considered cropping the ears and somehow got into a huge debate with someone over this and thought it was odd how people can be against ear cropping yet chop off part of their newborn childs junk.






That is not how it kills you, that would be CO . CO has a much higher affinity for hemoglobin in your red blood cells and will bind to them 240 times more readily than O2, creating carboxyhemoglobin, preventing O2 from being able to bind to them since they are already "taken". Resulting in hypoperfusion of body tissue and eventually death.

Co2 on the other hand needs to be expelled from the body. If it can not be blown off you will suffer from respiratory acidosis (a decreases in PH) turning your blood much to acidic. Making you (or the animal, in this case) confused and appearing to be drunk and leading to death.

Hah you're right, i had em mixed up in my head. Stupid chem 2 test ive been studying for has my brain all full of VSEPR structures and hydrization instead of basics :P