On 24/10/05 3:21 PM, "Harro Hieronimus" <harro.hieronimus at t-online.de>
wrote:
> I9m sorry, but how will you euthanize a fish that breathes air? Of course
> clove oil and other anaesthetics can9t work in exclusively air breathing
> labyrinth fish!
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> Regards Harro
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> Von: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com [r_m_l at yahoogroups.com] Im Auftrag von
> parin_iceyfist
> Gesendet: Montag, 24. Oktober 2005 09:51
> An: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
> Betreff: [RML] Re: Euthanizing fish
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> --- In r_m_l at yahoogroups.com, "Harro Hieronimus"
> <harro.hieronimus at t...> wrote:
>> >
>> > There is a much easier way to euthanize fish in a very easy way (and I
>> > also don't support the author's view that fish can feel pain in the
>> > human sense as they lack receptors for that, they indeed can feel a kind
>> > of chemical pain by nocireceptors): clove oil. A few drops will calm
>> > them down to unconsciousness; a few more will let them sleep forever.
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> I tried clove oil once on a female Betta, which had a torn-out eye due
> to a fight with another female. I put it in a small container with
> about 1 liter of water and then added 4 drops of clove oil. After 10
> minutes still nothing happened, except that the fish starting coming
> up to the surface for some air. But when it touched the oil drops they
> seemed to hurt it because it would jolt right to the bottom and then
> it would twitch a few times. It looked horrible. But there was no way
> turning back, so I added a few more drops and tried to mix them with
> the water.
> The fish jumped from left to right and top to bottom for a few minutes
> before finally settling down on the bottom. Then after about 5 more
> minutes it finally stopped breathing. So in all, it took over 20
> minutes, and I felt horrible seeing the fish acting like that.
>
> I don't know what I did wrong then and there, but since then, I used
> the freezer if needed.
>
> Regards,
> Gunther
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