Cat Pregnancy Questions?

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:08:57 -0700, Sherry wrote:

> On Aug 17, 2:08 pm, Charlie Wilkes <charlie_wil... RemoveThis @users.easynews.com>
> wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:36:11 -0400, Upscale wrote:
>>
>> > Drowning (or suffocation as it might be called) brings on
>> > unconsciousness within a few seconds. An animal does not know to take
>> > a big breath like a human might. Unconsciousness happens in less than
>> > 10 seconds
>>
>> What is your source for this information? I don't believe it. A
>> neighbor of mine had a problem with feral cats nesting under his deck,
>> and he drowned some of them years ago. He said they would struggle for
>> a good 3 minutes, and after about the second or third one, he started
>> shooting them instead.
>>
>> Charlie
>
> I have a hard time believing it too. It came to our attention that a
> animal control in a neighboring
> town was trapping skunks, and drowning them in the traps. I lobbied hard
> over this. I don't care if
> they *are* skunks, I thought it was a terrible, frightening, and
> inhumane way to die.
>
> Sherry

Mark Twain said this: "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into
trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."

It's easy enough to research topics like this on the web and find out
what the experts think. The American Veterinary Medical Association's
Guidelines on Euthanasia (June 2007) can be found here:

http://www.avma.org/issues/animal_welfare/euthanasia.pdf

Drowning is listed in "Appendix 4 - Some Unacceptable Agents and Methods
of Euthanasia" with the comment, "Drowning is not a form of euthanasia
and is inhumane."

Charlie

"Dan Espen" <daneNO.TakeThisOut@MORE.mk.SPAMtelcordia.com> wrote in message
> > Drowning is listed in "Appendix 4 - Some Unacceptable Agents and Methods
> > of Euthanasia" with the comment, "Drowning is not a form of euthanasia
> > and is inhumane."
>
> Note that those are guidelines for vets.
>
> In a veterinary context there are many methods available that bring
> on sudden death or allow for the animal to be sedated first.

Thank you. I never said that there weren't easier and more acceptable
methods of euthanasia. All I was trying to get across was that when an
animal was in extreme agony and distress and the more accepted methods of
putting an animal down were not immediately available, then I consider it
more humane to use a fairly quick method to kill the animal. Despite the
squeamishness of some of the respondents in this conversation, drowning is a
relatively quick method.

As to the person that was requesting my source for this information, my
source works in the veterinary industry, but has absolutely no intent on
becoming personally involved in this conversation. If that's not good enough
for you, then feel perfectly free to research the topic yourself and present
your information to the contrary. (with your sources for that information of
course)