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Other Activities => Trapping => Topic started by: Machias on January 18, 2017, 04:16:39 PM

Title: Injection Pole for Skunks
Post by: Machias on January 18, 2017, 04:16:39 PM: I can't remember, is using an injection pole with Acetone for putting skunks down, legal here in WA?
Title: Re: Injection Pole for Skunks
Post by: KFhunter on January 18, 2017, 04:22:01 PM: They suggest AVMA guidelines on euthanasia but no specific rules that say "you must put animals down in this way" yet exist to my knowledge.

AVMA guidelines are:

• An injection of sodium pentobarbital or other pharmaceutical.
• Carbon monoxide (CO) or carbon dioxide (CO2) supplied to a chamber from a compressed gas cylinder (small and medium sized animals).
• A gun shot to the head (small and medium sized animals. (Check local firearm ordinances).
• Stunning, followed by decapitation (amphibians, reptiles, and birds only).
• Cervical dislocation by stretching the animal so the neck is hyper-extended to separate the first vertebrae from the skull (birds, rabbits, and small rodents only).
Title: Re: Injection Pole for Skunks
Post by: Machias on January 18, 2017, 04:24:34 PM: Quote from: KFhunter on January 18, 2017, 04:22:01 PM
They suggest AVMA guidelines on euthanasia but no specific rules that say "you must put animals down in this way" yet exist to my knowledge.

AVMA guidelines are:

• An injection of sodium pentobarbital or other pharmaceutical.
• Carbon monoxide (CO) or carbon dioxide (CO2) supplied to a chamber from a compressed gas cylinder (small and medium sized animals).
• A gun shot to the head (small and medium sized animals. (Check local firearm ordinances).
• Stunning, followed by decapitation (amphibians, reptiles, and birds only).
• Cervical dislocation by stretching the animal so the neck is hyper-extended to separate the first vertebrae from the skull (birds, rabbits, and small rodents only).

Thanks!
Title: Re: Injection Pole for Skunks
Post by: pnwmtnmn on January 18, 2017, 05:04:19 PM: MEK is my preferred chemical for skunks. it is right beside the acetone in the hardware store.
Title: Re: Injection Pole for Skunks
Post by: Bill W on January 18, 2017, 05:09:46 PM: what about teaching them how to swim.
Title: Re: Injection Pole for Skunks
Post by: pnwmtnmn on January 18, 2017, 08:03:39 PM: not recommended time consuming and not always scent free. and I find it a hassle.
Title: Re: Injection Pole for Skunks
Post by: Machias on January 19, 2017, 03:51:41 PM: Quote from: pnwmtnmn on January 18, 2017, 05:04:19 PM
MEK is my preferred chemical for skunks. it is right beside the acetone in the hardware store.

Thanks, I'll try it. I used Acetone in VA and it was pretty quick, as long as I got it in the lungs!
Title: Re: Injection Pole for Skunks
Post by: Humptulips on January 20, 2017, 12:02:10 AM: The AVMA guidelines are not law. Merely suggestions.
Title: Re: Injection Pole for Skunks
Post by: JODakota on January 20, 2017, 07:37:35 PM: Quote from: Machias on January 19, 2017, 03:51:41 PM
Quote from: pnwmtnmn on January 18, 2017, 05:04:19 PM
MEK is my preferred chemical for skunks. it is right beside the acetone in the hardware store.

Thanks, I'll try it. I used Acetone in VA and it was pretty quick, as long as I got it in the lungs!

I think they work great as well.

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Title: Re: Injection Pole for Skunks
Post by: carrie on January 24, 2017, 11:13:34 PM: My poles are ususally 4 ft in length and I use skunk injection administration. Since I am based in canada, dunno much about the rules . Try for expert guidance from some wildllife removal services like Hawkeye ( http://www.hawkeye.ca/pest-wildlife-animals ) about the ideal chemical proportion.
Title: Re: Injection Pole for Skunks
Post by: Machias on January 25, 2017, 06:54:52 AM: I use a 12 foot expandable pole. Most times if I get them in the lungs they are stone dead in 15-20 seconds. That is with 10-12 cc of Acetone.
Title: Re: Injection Pole for Skunks
Post by: Humptulips on January 25, 2017, 10:15:32 PM: Anybody have experience with MEK? (Methylethylkeytone)
Title: Re: Injection Pole for Skunks
Post by: EmeraldBullet on January 25, 2017, 11:24:39 PM: Quote from: Humptulips on January 25, 2017, 10:15:32 PM
Anybody have experience with MEK? (Methylethylkeytone)

I love lot's of experience using it to touch up airplane parts for a company I used to work for. Makes your whole hand go cold instantly (or whatever part of your body touches it.) HIGHLY flammable stuff. Gives off fumes which will give you a head ache. I imagine it can't be good for you.
Title: Re: Injection Pole for Skunks
Post by: quadrafire on January 26, 2017, 07:51:07 AM: A sharp rap to the back of the head does the trick.......

Oh wait.....Now I know why I didn't repeat that after the first one. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Injection Pole for Skunks
Post by: Machias on January 26, 2017, 04:36:15 PM: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Injection Pole for Skunks
Post by: pnwmtnmn on January 26, 2017, 05:26:03 PM: Quote from: Humptulips on January 25, 2017, 10:15:32 PM
Anybody have experience with MEK? (Methylethylkeytone)
.

I use MEK. I have used Acetone and MEK just seems to put them down faster. A little more expensive. but I have put a skunk down with as little as 6cc.
Title: Re: Injection Pole for Skunks
Post by: Machias on January 26, 2017, 06:20:55 PM: :tup: :tup:
Title: Re: Injection Pole for Skunks
Post by: Axle on January 26, 2017, 06:48:03 PM: Just don't sniff the MEK. :yike: :yike: :yike: