Is there anyway to kill fish without causing them any pain?

Question

I know this sounds really cruel, and I really don't want to kill them, but my fish are going through a lot of pain right now, and I want to end it. My fish seemed to have caught a disease and are disintegrating alive. There's no cure under their circumstances, trust me, I looked everywhere. So I want to know if there is anyway to kill them, gently, without causing them any more pain then they already are in? Please, please help me! I'm an animal lover and I really hate to kill my fish, but I can't save them anymore, so please, please tell me of a gentle way to kill my fish! My fish are still alive so I can't flush them down the toilet because then their die in awful, disgusting water, and in their last minutes their going to have to drag oxygen from people's waste water! I can't just take them out of the water and strand them because in their last minutes the poor things have to deal with the burn of air, not in water against their gills. Somebody help me, please, and please don't ask me what the disease is, because it is a horrible case of fin rot that did so much damage in a couple of minutes, it's too late to put in Melafix and stop it. Please don't tell me other ways to cure it because nothing can fix it now, their tails are falling off! So please tell me how I can end their pain gently!

Answer 1

You can freeze them - put them in a container of water and throw it in the freezer. As the water gets colder the fish will fall into a state of unconsciousness and die peacefully - much, much better than rotting away gradually.



Of course, if you try fish again try to figure out what you did wrong in the first place first, so it does not happen again.



Good luck

Answer 2

The quickest way to kill a fish would be to take it out of the water and with a sharp knife, cut down just behind the skull or over the pectoral fins, this will cause instant death to the fish.



If you want to put the fish to sleep first, take the fish out of the tank and into another container, add a table spoon of clove oil per cup of water, add the fish and they will 'faint' after a few Minuit's. ( this works with most fish, some are immune to the clove oil, and this will cause the fish to be stressed more than the above way)



I know its not the gentlest way, but i've been keeping fish for a long time now and this is the quickest.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

fin rot is a result of poor water conditions,where the water changes are not done regularly, and they live over crowded tanks, which are too small for them.

Fin rot does not happen in minutes..it happens over a period of time, so this has been going on and you did not notice until it became very evident.



There are various ways to humanely end fish lives.. you will have to read this article and decide what you feel most comfortable with.



No matter what, they do feel a degree of pain

Answer 4

The person above has the right idea with the freezing.

But like canola oil or something in the water to put them to sleep before the freezer.

Answer 5

You could just put them in a nearby lake or canal behind your house so at least they will die in water that's not terribly dirty. If you just leave them in a lake then you don't have to actually watch them die and when its dead you don't have to worry about throwing them away or anything like that. Freezing is good i guess but again you would end up flushing them anyways so its easier just to let them die in the water. People say if you put dead/ dying animals in a place they like or are used to, their spirits will stay their in the after life. So leave them in the lake and they will stay there forever.

R.I.P fishies! Good luck!

Answer 6

Take them out of the water. Fish don't feel pain when that happens. They will die soon. Good luck.

Answer 7

Freezing them sounds harsh, but like the person said above, it is really the most humane way to do it. I am sorry it has come to this.

Answer 8

I'm very sorry but i have no idea.

Call a vets office and ask for suggestions or let the vet do it.

best of luck :)

Answer 9

put them in a glass and wait for a few days, or just get tweezers and dissect them?

Answer 10

fish don't have a nervous system, so they don't have feelings. just flush them and sanitize the whole aquarium