Need A Humane Alternative To Vodka/clove Oil For Euthanizing Fish- Quick!?

1. X-Catmad Says

   Unfortunately, I’m not sure about alternitives to vodka or clove oil, and I think that its in-humane to freeze fish to kill them, as they will know what is happening, and although it would be shortlived, the extra pain from that would be horrendous. I also think its inhumane to whack them and to flush them. The Problem with flushing fish is that they don’t die quickly, infact they tend to starve to death, or in your case, die of illness, so good job deciding against those options.
   If I were you, I’d see a vet about your fish, and ask for their opinion on what to do. I think thats the best thing for you at the moment. Also, I’m not sure if they put fish to sleep, or anything like that, but I’d mention it, as its clear that you care about your fish and don’t want it to have a traumatic death, particularly after all its been through. If taking this opition, it would obviously be difficult to take it to the vets, so I’d take pictures, and then, if your vet will ‘put it to sleep’, take it in a bag that you get from your L.F.S (Local Fish Store), or whatever your vet recommends.
   Hope I Helped and sorry about your fish = [

2. jessie Says

   I would just pop out to your local chemist and buy some clove oil, its fairly cheap.
   just make sure you do it right, add ten drops to the water(ish) dependign on the size of the fish, if you dont add too much or add too little then it won’t be pleasent for the fish. the first ten drops should sedate it so it falls asleep. Then add more to overdose it so it doesn’t wake up.

3. linda Says

   i am soooooo sorry to here about your fish i am sorry i dont now any other treatments to cure her i found this website for you with lots of diffrent meds for about £2.99
   i hope your fish gets better

4. giant Says

   ok well just give it to the vet let them do it instead of killing that wont do anything and well next time you know now keep an eye on youre fish they arent just for displaying they are our pets i treat them the way a person would treat theirdogs,cats,birds…

5. Ianab Says

   Stick it in a small plastic bag of water and freeze it.
   Once the water gets cold enough the fish “goes to sleep” and when it’s frozen, then it’s dead.
   Pretty humane on the scale of things.
   Ian

6. Tien Shinan Says

   I say take a bag and slowly freeze it.
   Or release it into a pond or something so you dont have to deal with its death.
   Or release into a river or spring it might recover.

7. tyrsdott Says

   Freezing will not cause the fish more pain. Fish like goldfish are designed by nature to drop into a hibernative state when the temp drops below a certain point. Goldfish that people over-winter in their ponds do this for the whole winter. In your case, he will simply die in his sleep.
   I suspect this method is less painful than vodka or clove oil. I did the clove oil thing once, and it didn’t look very humane to me.
   In regards to the last answer-
   Never release an aquarium fish into wild waters.
   Your own isolated backyard pond is fine, but placing it into wild waters introduces a non-indigenous species into the ecosystem of the area, and can cause a whole lot of damage to the local wildlife.

8. Evil Angel Says

   AW! poor fishies.)’:
   Don’t listen to anyone who says you don’t care. Besides clove oil like you mentioned, freezing is a good option. Eventually, all of his systems will shut down, and humanely [some what] he will pass on.
   EDIT: DO NOT take your fish to the vet. The vet isn’t even open right now, and by then your fish would have most likely passed on. What is your vet going to do? Give it gas to die. No, a vet will most likely do anything you could have done with a much bigger bill.(:

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