apples24

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we were down to two quite large pirahna in our tank, each about 10" in length


last night noticed one behaving odd, had a proper look and he had huge chunks out of his bacck, couldnt swim was in real trouble so had to do the decent thing, quite gutted


so what do i do now? ive just got one big pirahna, i dont think i can add any more?

pauld37

What! had the other one started eating it?
Sorry dont know anything about pirahna

sarasquares

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how do you put one of those to sleep?

apples24

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yes the other one attatcked it



well to be honest it involved a foot and a patio floor

sarasquares

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PMSL, i thought you had called a fishy vet out to euthanise(sp) the fish

sorry for your loss

penfold118

In the wild they attack the weakest dont they ?

sarasquares

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could do with a few of those on here

AudiLover

you didnt feed them!

misty

I used to put mine in the freezer! They die cold!!!! but pain free.....
dave

CooperS

Need to ask someone from the mafia, they're always sending people to sleep with the fishes, they should know

Chip

I thought there already were

Chip

sarasquares

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there used to be more but i ate them all

The Snug Rhino

no they dont.

sarasquares

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i think stamping on it on the patio was probably the kindest way to end its life

cookstar

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Well it would have been a shame to waste it.

P1Fanatic

pmsl

Si

Norman D. Landing

I was going to suggest that but then thought that the lack of water would probably kill it first ! Hardly humane again.

Hold it still in the water, lop off it's head with some scissors, then let the other one eat it Fast, pain free and a meal for the other, result !

mad_dr

Yep - as has already been said, they don't die pain-free. In fact - not to rub it in but they actually have many nerves below the surface of their scales and if you put them in the freezer, they die in excruciating agony as the nerves become damaged and they suffocate.

Please don't do that anymore!

The most 'painless' way is to use a sharp knife to sever the spinal column just behind the head. A boot and a patio would probably be equally painless but a bit more messy!

r32

Whats this "put it to sleep" crap, its not asleep its DEAD, its an ex-pirahna. You mean you had to kill a pirahna last night. Stamping on the damn thing didnt put it to sleep, it isnt going to wake up now its a flat fish ....... why not just let the other one eat it? Save you feeding it for a while.......

Karl 227

The way we used to kill makarel when feathering for them was to stick your finger in it's mouth and bend the head back to snap it's neck. That's probably the best way, try it with the next Pirahna if it gets ill

AndyWalker

rather you than me

New_scooby_04

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Sorry for your loss. I think a few people are poking fun at your expense due to the somewhat unusual pet and method of putting it down, but we'd all acknowledge that loosing any pet is hard -regardless of what species it happened to be- and that having to do it yourself must have been pretty heart-breaking.

Feel better soon.

Regards,

Ns04

New_scooby_04

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And the award for 'Mr Sensitivity 2006' goes to.........

Edit: just noticed the offending party's username appears to relate to a german car....should have seen that coming really!