Comments on: How to humanely and painlessly kill your sick goldfish http://ozsoapbox.com/goldfish/how-to-humanely-and-painlessly-kill-your-sick-goldfish/ because criticism isn't an armchair sport Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:22:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ausGeoff http://ozsoapbox.com/goldfish/how-to-humanely-and-painlessly-kill-your-sick-goldfish/#comment-53514 ausGeoff Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:11:03 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=2602#comment-53514 <blockquote cite="comment-53471"> <strong><a href="#comment-53471" rel="nofollow">ozsoapbox</a></strong>: Clove oil is a well known anesthetic [...]</blockquote> Which is precisely why our mums put oil of cloves on our toothaches as kids. Or we simply bit down on a whole clove.

ozsoapbox: Clove oil is a well known anesthetic [...]

Which is precisely why our mums put oil of cloves on our toothaches as kids. Or we simply bit down on a whole clove.

]]> By: ozsoapbox http://ozsoapbox.com/goldfish/how-to-humanely-and-painlessly-kill-your-sick-goldfish/#comment-53471 ozsoapbox Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:12:50 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=2602#comment-53471 In the absense of clinical trials I'd still use it on fish not for human consumption. Clove oil is a well known anesthetic for fish and anesthetics remove the feeling of sensation. Overdose on them and you die a painless death. There probably hasn't been any clinical trials done because it's not really needed. Bit of a waste of money if you ask me. In the absense of clinical trials I’d still use it on fish not for human consumption.

Clove oil is a well known anesthetic for fish and anesthetics remove the feeling of sensation. Overdose on them and you die a painless death.

There probably hasn’t been any clinical trials done because it’s not really needed. Bit of a waste of money if you ask me.

]]> By: Fred McGiven http://ozsoapbox.com/goldfish/how-to-humanely-and-painlessly-kill-your-sick-goldfish/#comment-53467 Fred McGiven Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:52:14 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=2602#comment-53467 Clove oil may work and seems to be one of the better ways, however, according to page 20 of the American Veterinary Association pdf document (link below), clove oil is not acceptable. http://www.avma.org/issues/animal_welfare/euthanasia.pdf "Clove oil — Because adequate and appropriate clinical trials have not been performed on fish to evaluate its effects, use of clove oil is not acceptable." Clove oil may work and seems to be one of the better ways, however, according to page 20 of the American Veterinary Association pdf document (link below), clove oil is not acceptable.

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

“Clove oil — Because adequate and appropriate clinical trials have not been performed on fish to evaluate its effects, use of clove oil is not acceptable.”

]]> By: liting http://ozsoapbox.com/goldfish/how-to-humanely-and-painlessly-kill-your-sick-goldfish/#comment-48519 liting Sun, 09 Oct 2011 05:03:15 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=2602#comment-48519 the methods are so cruel..... pity the sick goldfish the methods are so cruel….. pity the sick goldfish

]]> By: ozsoapbox http://ozsoapbox.com/goldfish/how-to-humanely-and-painlessly-kill-your-sick-goldfish/#comment-46593 ozsoapbox Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:41:47 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=2602#comment-46593 No worries mate, hope things work out and you've got some more friends in the pond to keep you company. Glad you're enjoing the blog! No worries mate, hope things work out and you’ve got some more friends in the pond to keep you company.

Glad you’re enjoing the blog!

]]> By: concernedpondkeeper http://ozsoapbox.com/goldfish/how-to-humanely-and-painlessly-kill-your-sick-goldfish/#comment-46592 concernedpondkeeper Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:36:31 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=2602#comment-46592 Thanks for such a speedy response! I'll be off to get some clove oil today; got plenty of waterbutt rainwater to put in a bucket. Sad times, but necessary. Really like your blog, very interesting to read perspective from the other side of the world to me (UK). According to most of our news here, anything east of Afghanistan just doesn't exist! Thanks for such a speedy response! I’ll be off to get some clove oil today; got plenty of waterbutt rainwater to put in a bucket. Sad times, but necessary.

Really like your blog, very interesting to read perspective from the other side of the world to me (UK). According to most of our news here, anything east of Afghanistan just doesn’t exist!

]]> By: ozsoapbox http://ozsoapbox.com/goldfish/how-to-humanely-and-painlessly-kill-your-sick-goldfish/#comment-46591 ozsoapbox Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:20:38 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=2602#comment-46591 Sorry to hear about your fish concernedpondkeeper :(. As for the clove oil, it acts as an anesthetic and all you're doing is pretty much overdosing it. The fish is well and truly out as it passes away. Sorry to hear about your fish concernedpondkeeper :( .

As for the clove oil, it acts as an anesthetic and all you’re doing is pretty much overdosing it. The fish is well and truly out as it passes away.

]]> By: concernedpondkeeper http://ozsoapbox.com/goldfish/how-to-humanely-and-painlessly-kill-your-sick-goldfish/#comment-46589 concernedpondkeeper Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:00:30 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=2602#comment-46589 I've got a very sick pond fish, I've just discoverd it's suffering from dropsy,so isn't going to recover. I want to put it out of its misery as painlessly as possible, but how does clove oil work as a humane method? I’ve got a very sick pond fish, I’ve just discoverd it’s suffering from dropsy,so isn’t going to recover.

I want to put it out of its misery as painlessly as possible, but how does clove oil work as a humane method?

]]> By: ozsoapbox http://ozsoapbox.com/goldfish/how-to-humanely-and-painlessly-kill-your-sick-goldfish/#comment-38000 ozsoapbox Thu, 12 May 2011 01:04:12 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=2602#comment-38000 If your goldfish is on the way out it can be quite distressing to watch it die a slow painful death. Especially if you've tried everything possible to revive it. Just like sometimes having your dog or cat put down at the vet is the best choice, so too is humanely killing your goldfish. If your goldfish is on the way out it can be quite distressing to watch it die a slow painful death. Especially if you’ve tried everything possible to revive it.

Just like sometimes having your dog or cat put down at the vet is the best choice, so too is humanely killing your goldfish.

]]> By: Person http://ozsoapbox.com/goldfish/how-to-humanely-and-painlessly-kill-your-sick-goldfish/#comment-37993 Person Wed, 11 May 2011 19:33:27 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=2602#comment-37993 Why?? Why would you want to kill your gold fish?? ): Why?? Why would you want to kill your gold fish?? ):

]]> By: ozsoapbox http://ozsoapbox.com/goldfish/how-to-humanely-and-painlessly-kill-your-sick-goldfish/#comment-5752 ozsoapbox Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:07:28 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=2602#comment-5752 Personally I couldn't put one of my pets in a blender, and then there's the cleaning up aspect. Goldfish grow quite large. Personally I couldn’t put one of my pets in a blender, and then there’s the cleaning up aspect.

Goldfish grow quite large.

]]> By: CJ http://ozsoapbox.com/goldfish/how-to-humanely-and-painlessly-kill-your-sick-goldfish/#comment-5753 CJ Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:55:26 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=2602#comment-5753 What about death by blender? Sure, it could be a little brutal, but at least it's instant and painless. What about death by blender? Sure, it could be a little brutal, but at least it’s instant and painless.

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