[gecko]...Euthanasia for Distressed Geckos...

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Magnus ~

Thank you for sharing these uncomfortable details with the GGA list.

In Geckos We Trust,
Elizabeth 


> Subj:Re: [gecko]...Euthanasia for Distressed Geckos...
> Date:6/6/08 2:33:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time
> From:    rnd-gecko2@rnd.se (Magnus Johansson)
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> >> A GGA member has recently requested info on the least 
> >> physically painful way to put geckos down when it appears nothing can 
> >> be done to either improve or sustain their lives.  I have heard that 
> >> freezing is *not* the way to go.  Can someone out there recommend the 
> >> best way for small lizards?
> 
> No, freezing is not the way to go, that method is also banned in my 
> country. Apart from taking it to the vet, the other methods are somewhat 
> gruesome, shooting or *hard* hit to the head. So, for a small lizard 
> you'd hold it against some hard surface and hit it over the head with 
> some blunt object.
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Elizabeth
~~~geckos make my heart sing (and dance)~~~

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                        (All Lepidodactylus lugubris!)
        








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nasia for Distressed Geckos...</B>
<BR>Date:6/6/08 2:33:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time
<BR>From: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;rnd-gecko2@rnd.se (Magnus Johansson)
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<BR>No, freezing is not the way to go, that method is also banned in my=20
<BR>country. Apart from taking it to the vet, the other methods are somewhat=
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<BR>some blunt object.
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