What are some humane ways to euthanize a pet at home without a gun?

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[–]ID10T 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I hired a vet that does in home euthanasia when my old cat couldn't walk anymore. It cost $150 a few years ago. Well worth it to me to be able to hold him in my arms while he passed. It was instantaneous. As soon as they injected him I could feel he went lifeless. Seemed very peaceful and painless.

A gun to the back of the head is equivalent. I wouldn't want my pet's last experience be that of me choking them or anything they would feel.

[–]Herpa_Derpa_Island[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I wouldn't want my pet's last experience be that of me choking them or anything they would feel.

it would take significantly less pressure to compress the arteries than to compress the airway, so it's not really accurate to equate it to a strangling. Granted, I've never actually done it before, but in my mind it seems like it would require so little force that there would be little difference from just embracing your pet around his neck until it was over.