deformed pics

[Elliot]

I think they freeze them if they aren't going to be "fresh." So if they package them they'd kill them first.

[enigma200316]

I think most people at home still do, but a lot of places let you pick
your live lobster, then they kill it in the kitchen before they make it....
Not all places do that though.....

[enigma200316]

I know I put them in the pot alive, same with crabb, and crayfish....

[CrazyHedgehog]

apparently, because snakes need such low levels of oxygen, decapitating a snake can leave the head and brain active for up to 5 hours depending on the size of the snake, ugghhh

couldn't bring my self to squish them

freezer it is....

[adamanteus]

yeah...freezer!

[Elliot]

Wow, that's an interesting fact.. now I know never to use that method if I ever have to put one down.

[ssssnakeluvr]

I was reading an article on decapitation....snakes have a tolerance for low oxygen levels....decapitation isn't the best....head will survive for a while. I have heard freezing is painful, never read any articles on that tho... another probably more expensive way is euthanasia performed by a vet....it's an injection and painless...

[ssssnakeluvr]

I would say freezing is ok..had to do that once with a couple red sided babies with extremely short lower jaws...

[adamanteus]

I know it sounds really heartless, but expense has to be a consideration...especially as there may well be more than one animal needing to be destroyed. I think freezing, although perhaps not ideal, is probably the most useful to us, as hobbyists. It's hard, but it's a fact of life that sometimes we have to do such things.

[ssssnakeluvr]

yea, it's never easy, you just want to save them all sometimes.....if they were to survive and eat well, they would not be good for breeding!