I dunno man… shooting an animal is heartbreaking. I always try to think how I’d wanna go out albeit selfish. I’d think the administration of fentanyl would be more humane than shooting it, but I do agree, administer benzies first and then the issue of if you even know how to IV an animal. I agree to disagreeNo it is not humane to administer an overdose of opioids to an animal as a form of "do it yourself" euthanasia. If you knew what you were doing and had some intravenous fentanyl, and were familiar with administering intravenous medications to animals, you might be able to pretreat the animal with benzodiazepines and then administer the fentanyl. But this is far from ideal.
Unless you have experience putting down animals with drugs, using a shotgun would probably be more humane. I was a vet tech years ago and probably euthanized a good 60 or dogs, maybe a dozen cats and some rodents, but I would never try to euthanize using random opioids, and never, ever with oral medications. Death via opioid dose, especially lower end opioid overdose, can be slow and uncomfortable. Like I said, if it's between pills and a firearm, I'd definitely use the firearm (provided you are in a place where you can do such a thing).
Take the animal to an animal shelter and they will do it.
I dunno man… shooting an animal is heartbreaking. I always try to think how I’d wanna go out albeit selfish. I’d think the administration of fentanyl would be more humane than shooting it, but I do agree, administer benzies first and then the issue of if you even know how to IV an animal. I agree to disagree
Agree with taking it to the shelter, that’s what they are there forWell I was saying compared to giving an animal a bunch of pills (leading to a death over a number of hours via aspiration), a shotgun is far more humane. A shotgun slug to the head will end life almost instantly.
But I recommend neither. Take the animal to an animal shelter.
I could not watch but could do it myself with floods of tears.I watched a Vet put down one of my cats that way.
Much love to you Sixxie too. Yeah, tears galore for sure. Damn furballs get in our hearts and it's hell when we lose them. xoxoI could not watch but could do it myself with floods of tears.
Much love, NR. Always