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It can be, you just need to squeeze harder.
Worst icing ever
Despite all my rage
Despite all my nag*
Noooooo. Poor rattie :(
They generally don't mind this
I'd like to see their survey results
Had pet rats for a couple of years. You can tell when they're unhappy.
This pic looks like the same from a post people talked about how this is used to transport lab rats around a lab, that it cam be comforting to them, comfy confinment or something. tldr the rat is safe (for a likely lab rat) and this is humane treatment.
Not really. It causes them stress. “Safe” and “Humane” are variable. But it definitely isn’t the “best” restraint method.
lifting and holding by the tail, and handling using a soft plastic restraint cone, resulted in significant increases in mean arterial pressure and heart rate compared with baseline.3 The authors concluded that being lifted in a restraint cone appeared to be the most disturbing handling method for the rats, followed by the tail method, as determined by prolonged duration of increased cardiovascular parameters as compared with the encircling or scruffing methods.3
As for example explored by this paper: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10844733/
Noted, thank you...now I need to read these papers to learn the actual "best" method of restraint...even though ive never really seen a mouse in my life and likely never will need to restrain them.
For mice it’s tunnel handling, where you just let them walk into a tube and pick that up. You do need to scruff them to hold them for actual procedures and to examine their teeth and stuff, but it’s really stressful for them to be snatched out of their home by the tail.
For rats it’s just picking them up with your hand over their back and under the armpits and then support the bum with your other hand like you would a kitten or any other small domestic critter. Rats are generally more calm and don’t mind being picked up, mice don’t love it and will jump or run away or bite.
i just do what my cat does and pick them up with my mouth. they did not appreciate it at the vet clinic.
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Unfortunately this is rather tame compared to the fucked up shit we put cute little ratties through in the name of science.
I know… :(.
I’m sure some of it is worthwhile. But knowing a couple applied researchers who work in animal labs, according to them a large amount of what is done is absolutely useless and only serves to get out a new useless product TM or publish a paper that looks good.
Ow lawd, he pipin
This image fills my heart with dread :[
This reminds me of when a lab technician explained to me what happens to all the mice at the end of the experiment. 😭
The fucked up part are the experiments, not the euthanasia.
Rats have to be killed because we don't know if they will continue to suffer after the painful experiments done on them. They can't be let out either because it can harm the general rat population. Companies don't give enough of a shit about keeping rats alive in rat retirement homes either.
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In my country, for a vet to pass classes, they need to put a rat in anesthesia. Those rats are all the same weight and age. I’ve adopted 3 once. They’re amazing pets but only live for up to 3 years
Piping hot rat.
Apply directly to the cake
I'm not going to yuck Remmy's yum.
Does anyone remember bonsai-kitty?
Its probably not a good way to transport them because that looks very stressful but it probably keeps them warm so it might be better than a metal cage.
It’s a decapi-cone… for euthanasia (sorry)
Can also be used for blood collection tho
Does this hurt the rat?
I am going to hypothesize here: depends on how long rat's in the tube.
I'm imagining a scenario where a vet has to X-ray a pet rat. Rat goes in the tube for 5 minutes while images are taken and then Rat can come back out of the tube. Rat's probably going to be okay. A treat may be in order.
If he had to stay in there for a month, I don't think he'll ever be a normal rat again.
Eventually yes
Can images of animal abuse please be labeled as such and get a NSFW blur please?
Putting your head in the sand is not a good way to engage with the world.
This is what your beef comes from, for example. (from wikipidia fyi)
Ether accept that like nature itself we are often monstrous, or do something about it (and be laughed at most likely).
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