Dispatching Fish

[Tom L. La Bron]

George,

I have stayed out of this until now, but it you are really concerned and
want to get rid of a fish but are squimish about it, put water in a ziplock
bag put the fish in and pop in the freezer. If you handle it put the fish
in a bowl of water and take it to the kitchen or on your back porch, pull
out the cutting board, flop the fish on the cutting board and take a big
kitchen knife and cut its head off. If in the kitchen you can just dispose
of the pieces down the garbage disposal or take it outside an bury in your
yard. Make sure you cover the carcass with gun powder or cats and/or dogs
will dig it up.

In a Brit pond book that I have they suggest wrapping the fish in a towel
and wacking it on stone pavement to dispatch the fish.

HTH

Tom L.L.
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From: "george" >
Subject: Re: fish euthanasia
Date: Monday, December 20, 2004 10:32 AM


"~ jan JJsPond.us" > wrote in message
...
>I know this thread has died, but my ISP finally got me out of lurker
> purgatory so my posts could be seen again. To the statement below:
>
>>> How do you think most pet shops deal
>>> with dying fish that can no longer be saved by reasonable
>>> treatements? Ask you pet shop owner what he does. I think you will
>>> be surprised at the answer, if he/she will even give it to you.
>>
> I had replied several days ago:
> IME, pet shops let them die in the tank. Why? The hope is some (choose
> your
> adjective) soul might come by and buy the fish because they think they can
> "save" it. Not to mention the 2 week guarantee, so the customer isn't out
> any money even if it does die. Thus, pet store fish are usually quite dead
> before they're tossed in the trash. ~ jan ;o)
>
>
> ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~
>

So I ask you, is this any more humane than my earlier suggestion?

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>George,
>
>I have stayed out of this until now, but it you are really concerned and
>want to get rid of a fish but are squimish about it, put water in a ziplock
>bag put the fish in and pop in the freezer. <snip> Tom L.L.

Unless I've confused posters, I don't think George was the squeamish one,
he just tosses them on the ground to dry out..... at least if they are on
the verge of death anyway, as in, sick beyond saving. I also got the
perception that George was from alt.aquaria crossing posting, so not a
regular rec.ponder, but I could be very confused. After all I've been in
poster purgatory, and we all know what that can do to our cyber
equilibrium. ;o) ~ jan


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[george]

"~ jan JJsPond.us" > wrote in message
...
> >George,
>>
>>I have stayed out of this until now, but it you are really concerned and
>>want to get rid of a fish but are squimish about it, put water in a ziplock
>>bag put the fish in and pop in the freezer. <snip> Tom L.L.
>
> Unless I've confused posters, I don't think George was the squeamish one,
> he just tosses them on the ground to dry out..... at least if they are on
> the verge of death anyway, as in, sick beyond saving. I also got the
> perception that George was from alt.aquaria crossing posting, so not a
> regular rec.ponder, but I could be very confused. After all I've been in
> poster purgatory, and we all know what that can do to our cyber
> equilibrium. ;o) ~ jan
>

Not at all. If I crossposted to that newsgroup, it was in response to someone
else. I've been posting to rec.ponds for at least a year now. Do a google
search if you don't believe me.

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>Not at all. If I crossposted to that newsgroup, it was in response to someone
>else. I've been posting to rec.ponds for at least a year now. Do a google
>search if you don't believe me.
>
I'll take your word for it, I know the last year or so I haven't paid as
much attention as I use to. Earning a paycheck is such a distraction now
days. ;o) ~ jan


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[Mike]

I'm not certain of the original intent of this thread but here's my
solution for a natural control of one's fish load, a solution that I
stumbled onto accidentally. I built my pond in about 1998. I added
comets, mosquito fish and koi. After the first year my fish population
nearly doubled. I was concerned that I would have to euthanize
excessive fish that I was unable to give away and I didn't like the
thought of killing them. As the mosquito fish multiplied, and they do
so like rabbits, I noticed they must be keeping my fish population in
check by eating the spawn each Spring. Just enough eggs escape to keep
my pond balanced to replace those few fish that have died. Thus, since
I built the pond I have not had to euthanize fish or purchase any new
fish. The mosquito fish population also remains balanced; how I don't
know, but they do. And as far as mosquito fish being "fin nippers",
not so with my skeeter fish.

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>On 27 Dec 2004 09:33:31 -0800, "Mike" > wrote:

>I'm not certain of the original intent of this thread but here's my
>solution for a natural control of one's fish load, <snip> mosquito fish <snip>.

Hi Mike, yes that is certainly one way to do it, at the Demo pond we don't
feed the fish either, so the fish are all the more hungry and eat up the
eggs and snails.

The OP of this thread was asking for a humane way to put down a sick fish,
and therein the thread got carried away into right way, wrong way.... your
side, my side,.... oh wait, that's from "Farscape". ;o) ~ jan


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