How to euthanize a hamster at home, euthanasia under anesthesia

The hamster is a soft fluffy ball of happiness. During their short lives, the sweetest friendly Djungarian and Syrian hamsters become favorites of children and the most unsentimental family members. In their little hearts there is great love for their owners.

During their short lives, hamsters are prone to various diseases and injuries. The physical suffering of hamsters during illness and old age is a huge psychological stress, especially for young children. To end the torment, there is a humane, but morally difficult way for pet owners – эвтаназия.

In what situations should a hamster be euthanized?

The euthanasia of a hamster is reasonable and permissible in conditions that bring suffering to the animal and have no chance of being cured:

• various injuries in which the pet cannot physically live actively: back injuries, craniocerebral injuries and bruises with serious injury to internal organs;
• diseases that do not have effective treatment and a favorable prognosis, most often these are malignant neoplasms, characterized by metastases in various organs and severe pain;
• lesions of the nervous system, manifested in aggressive behavior towards household members;
• advanced age of hamsters, accompanied by pain, loss of the ability to move and eat;
• congenital diseases in which the animal is doomed to death.

It should be remembered that only a veterinary specialist is able to diagnose a condition incompatible with life in a hamster, in which euthanasia is the only correct solution. In such cases, the duty of the owner is to alleviate the torment, and not to kill the pet.

How to euthanize a hamster

When making such a serious decision as putting your pet to sleep, it is very important for the owner that the hamster does not suffer, but falls asleep painlessly. You can trust such a procedure only to a veterinarian, specifying the effect of pharmacological preparations for euthanasia.

Unscrupulous veterinarians carry out killing without anesthesia, using means to immobilize and block breathing.

A humane procedure is necessarily carried out by a veterinarian using narcotic and painkillers that block the functioning of the nervous system and turn off pain sensitivity.

You can say goodbye to a little friend, after that the doctor applies anesthesia to the animal, the hamster slowly sinks into sleep and no longer feels anything. Then a drug is injected that causes cardiac arrest or respiratory blockage.

The specialist must state the fact of clinical death 5 minutes after the procedure. The owner can take the body of the hamster for self-burial or leave it at the veterinary clinic for cremation.

Putting down a hamster at home

The procedure for pet euthanasia is more convenient to carry out at home for a number of advantages:

• there is no need to transport the pet to the clinic, which is highly undesirable in case of serious injuries and severe illnesses;
• the pet does not experience stress from the hospital atmosphere, spends the last minutes of his life in his native walls with his beloved owner;
• veterinary specialists carry out visits at any convenient time, carry out humane killing with the provision of the necessary psychological assistance to the owner of the animal;
• the price of euthanizing a hamster at home is the same as during the procedure in the clinic, and is about 1 rubles.

Animal euthanasia in the clinic

Pet euthanasia can also be carried out in a veterinary hospital. The owner signs the consent, the doctor immerses the hamster into anesthesia, followed by the introduction of a drug to stop the heart, if desired, the procedure can take place in the presence of the owner. The owner takes the body of the hamster with him or leaves it in the clinic for subsequent cremation.

It is imperative to love your pets and fight for the health of your tiny friends, but if it is impossible to cure the disease and save the animal, the most humane solution is to put the hamster to sleep, so you will save your beloved jungar and your family members from torment and suffering.