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Originally Posted by Lori P
Ok. Having guilt.
Ordering frozen rodents is one thing. It's not so bad. I researched companies and looked for one that seemed to care about the welfare of the rodents they were raising. I mean, I don't have a problem with death; death is part of life. Almost all animals eat other animals. I eat other animals. But I raise them myself and I treat them with due respect. Death does not bother me... suffering does. So I wanted frozen rodents that weren't killed in some horrible way and lived fairly decent lives.
So here's my problem. One of the Pugets is a very picky fella. I've not been able to get him to eat. Until this morning... when I found one of the feeder fish had flipped out of the water bowl. It was still damp, so I put it in a very shallow dish of water in front of him-- and he devoured it!
So he wants already dead fish.
Peachy. Except... I don't want to be the one to kill the fish! I don't know how to do it kindly! My own fish, I anesthesize with clove oil... but obviously can't do that with a feeder fish. So what do you do?? Put them straight in the freezer?? Is that awful? Whack 'em on their little fishy heads? (Ugh.)
Ideas?
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I don't think there's a kind way to kill anything. The best advice I can come up with, is to just set your feelings aside and do it. Not very useful, I know.
The freezer is pretty easy both for you and the fish. At least there's no use of force involved and they're out of sight when they die.