Also note that chloroform is highly toxic and carcinogenic and thus is a health and safety risk. To help relieve symptoms of fluid overload (e.g. Suffocation, drowning, carbon monoxide or freezing are all inhumane methods and should not be used. Indications to consider starting artificial hydration or nutrition: The patient or decision maker.
Do not attempt if you don't know how.īlunt trauma to the head could be used in small birds with thin skulls but note it is messy and very unpleasant so this would only be used if alternatives cannot be found. However, you need to be trained correctly in this technique by experienced personnel/ professionals. ketamine, xylazine, propofol) (vet only).Ĭervical dislocation - well used method for chickens and other game birds, or for small birds <200g. At this very early stage, a veterinarian should already be starting to identify the potential. Overdose of combination/ injectable anaesthetics (e.g. for euthanasia and diagnostic post-mortem examinations. It also makes clear why stopping the feeding and hydration of. The dove had been caught by a cat, which was just doing what his instinct tells the cat. Understanding passive euthanasia in this way makes it clear why, everything else being equal, there is no morally significant difference between discontinuing a treatment and not starting it, for example, taking a patient off a respirator versus not putting him on in the first place. Alternatively gas anaesthesia followed by intravenous or intraosseous, intracardiac or liver (coelomic) pentobarbital (vet only). A azanimallvr Discussion starter Hi, I'm new to this discussion group as I was looking for a humane way to euthanize a severely injured mourning dove.
This should only be used in the veins if a bird is conscious. Overdose by intravenous anesthesia with sodium pentobarbital. This should be done by, or under the guidance of a vet. Ideally with oxygen to ensure the bird is anesthetised slowly prior to overdose, but a chamber can also be used. Overdose by gaseous anaesthetic (isoflurane preferred, but halothane or sevoflurane also options).
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