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Spooksandbolts wrote:I've personally never actually had a verified or first hand real and proper account of....
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If there was a vet student action figure, no children would buy it, and it would need to come with a warning label about increasing the depression in teenagers. Even the commercials for it would be depressing:The new vet student action figure from Mattel! It has foldable legs for long periods of sitting and standing! You can watch its hair turn gray before your eyes! Comes complete with 50lb backpack and scoliosis! Happiness not included.
Sep 20 11 2:22 PM
KizmetRanch wrote:I have never seen or heard of a vet inserting a catheter just for the purposes of euthanasia.
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LadyVet2012 wrote:Personally I find captive bolt/gunshot much quicker and more consistent. It is not that I do not like chemical euthanasia, and I know it has its place. What I like about the bolt is that they go down the same way every time, they are dead instantly without ever feeling disoriented or drugged, and there is no need to place a catheter etc. The thing with chemical euthanasia is that ideally a catheter is placed which takes time and money. Chemical euthanasia is also quite expensive due to the volume of drug, and it is a controlled substance which means more paperwork. I would not have a problem either way but for my personal animals, I would choose a captive bolt over euthasol.
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ButIWantedAPony wrote:I'm pretty much dead inside.
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Beauisabella wrote: A .45 would work but hubs said you gotta be up close. And it could be messy. (.22 is .22 of one inch, .45 means it's .45 of an inch. A .45 is twice the bullet size).22 is smaller hole and cleaner. My hubs father killed 100's of cattle Brahma/Beefmasters type with a .22 long rifle for his meat market slaughterhouse. (also horses but obviously not for meat lol) Cattle have thicker skulls than horses. When I was a kid my dad also used a .22 LR for our Herefords and a few horses over the years.
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GasMenagerie wrote: Has anyone seen a horse go crazy from sedation they give for something like a float? I don't understand how that ^ happens.
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Foxhunter wrote: Lsrd1 wrote: I've had one horse euthed in the last year, and was with my friend when she had 2 horses euthed this past year. I've been there when 3 other horses were euthed over the past several years. Each time it went well, if killing a horse can ever go well. Lots of tears in each case, but the euthanasia was peaceful; horse was heavily sedated, actually "out" and then the other chemical was introduced and in each case, within about 1 minute, the heart stopped.I've heard that it can go wrong, but have never personally witnessed that nor have I ever known anyone IRL that has had it go wrong.I don't know about shooting, I'd think if you know what you're doing that it would be pretty damn quick and efficient. However, a guy I know tried that shooting behind the ear thing. Yeah, the horse trotted away after he shot it. So then he had to chase it down and shoot it again. A week later when he was telling us about it he was still completely freaked out by it, and it just gives me the shivers even thinking about it now.He shot behind the ear??? Why on earth would he do that? My hubby has shot quite a few over the years. He never had a problem and they always dropped immediately.
Lsrd1 wrote: I've had one horse euthed in the last year, and was with my friend when she had 2 horses euthed this past year. I've been there when 3 other horses were euthed over the past several years. Each time it went well, if killing a horse can ever go well. Lots of tears in each case, but the euthanasia was peaceful; horse was heavily sedated, actually "out" and then the other chemical was introduced and in each case, within about 1 minute, the heart stopped.I've heard that it can go wrong, but have never personally witnessed that nor have I ever known anyone IRL that has had it go wrong.I don't know about shooting, I'd think if you know what you're doing that it would be pretty damn quick and efficient. However, a guy I know tried that shooting behind the ear thing. Yeah, the horse trotted away after he shot it. So then he had to chase it down and shoot it again. A week later when he was telling us about it he was still completely freaked out by it, and it just gives me the shivers even thinking about it now.
Sep 20 11 10:43 PM
ccrarabians wrote:I've had experience with one bad chemical euthanasia. And two not so bad ones.
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