Workinonit Farm
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crimsoncrazy":1uzccjq6 said:As far as euthanasia, I've seem a few animals put down using chemicals and they don't always just "go to sleep". I've seen some twitch and shake and look like they were suffocating. I think the most "humane" way to put an animal down is a well placed gunshot.
With any cats and dogs I've seen chemically euthanized, they have just gently 'stopped', gone limp. Large animals is a different story. I've seen many horses put down with the chemical method, it's not alwyas 'pretty'. Only 2 went the way small animals do. The rest not at all. I have found that a well placed/properly placed bullet works better on the large animals.
Good luck with your cow. Hopefully she'll get up soon.
Any ideas yet as to what caused her to 'go down'?
It may be worth the effort to try and 'encourage' her to get up soon.
Katherine