I need to put a cat out of its misery

[Sirshredalot]

"Nobody should ever have to do it" ?????

IMHO if one pees standing up and can't do the job they're an unfit pet owner.

Hookeye and I rarely agree, but in this instance...we do

God bless
-Shred

 

[Hookeye]

It's a cat. CB should work fine.
Blunt force can be messy (I rather dislike head trauma, even when hunting, as it makes the critter rather unsightly).
So beating it in the head until dead isn't a very smart way to go about it.
One can hit the skull/neck junction and kill quickly without making things look horrible.
Probably not a skill to be developed when attempting to expire a pet.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

How close are you to chinatown?

I've got a nice wok.....

Yup.....
an' it AIN' easy......at all..
Nope either aint easy, but both are humane and quick, actually the .22 is much quicker.

 

[Hookeye]

Rimfire JHP behind the shoulder works. Can work fast or take a few seconds.
.22 mag seems to work faster. Sometimes immediate.

Death process coming on, or after..........some animals can be rather dynamic in movement.
Some animals more prone to it than others.

Which could make things more unsettling.

Cats notorious for flipping about.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

It's a cat. CB should work fine.
Blunt force can be messy (I rather dislike head trauma, even when hunting, as it makes the critter rather unsightly).
So beating it in the head until dead isn't a very smart way to go about it.
One can hit the skull/neck junction and kill quickly without making things look horrible.
Probably not a skill to be developed when attempting to expire a pet.

It may be messy, but I guarantee a 20 oz eastwing will be quick and humane on a cat.

 

[Hookeye]

My neighbor raised rabbits when I was a kid.
He had a little ball pein hammer.
Whack, or sometimes two.........and it was done.
Rabbits are the Mcnuggets of the animal kingdom..........not exactly tough.

 

[jcwit]

cardboard box, duct tape, length of flexible dryer hose. Last but not least, 1 gas powered vehicle.

 

[Hookeye]

Pet.
No likey mess.

 

[jcwit]

cardboard box, duct tape, length of flexible dryer hose. Last but not least, 1 gas powered vehicle.

There is no mess, I've used this method.

 

[bwframe]

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this so I apologize in advance. I have a stray cat that has become my outside mouser over the years. Last night something tore her up really bad. I'm thinking a raccoon. If I do have to put her down, would a .22 be sufficient? I don't want to fire off a bigger round inside city limits but I don't want her to suffer anymore than she already is either.

However you do it, you should prepare yourself. Cats can have pretty violent reactions, even when technically dead. A perfect brain shot can still result in a few crazy jumps. That can be quite unsettling to see.

 

[patience0830]

.22 is the most humane suggestion given so far. A hammer? Really?

Sorry, Mom. Hammer works. Fast, painless. Lots closer to the action than most folks are comfortable though. I've put steers down to butcher with a 16oz ball peen..
And it's legal in city limits.

 

[HoughMade]

This conversation makes me shake my head an mutter: "city people."

 

[mom45]

Sorry, Mom. Hammer works. Fast, painless. Lots closer to the action than most folks are comfortable though. I've put steers down to butcher with a 16oz ball peen..
And it's legal in city limits.

Trying to hold onto a cat while attempting to deliver a fatal blow is not an easy task. It is also something that could result in cruelty to animal charges if observed by the wrong person. He asked for the most humane way to dispatch the cat, and the hammer is not that...at least not in my opinion. It takes a well placed blow and is not a pleasant thing to do to your pet.

We used to kill our rabbits with the hammer, but it was more of a method of stunning them and then quickly slitting the throat to bleed them out. I grew up on a farm so I understand all too well how to dispatch a variety of critters.

 

[Nacelle]

Cut a hole in the side and run a small hose into a Styrofoam cooler. Make sure it seals tight. Get a tank of CO2, helium, or whatever gas you can get and connect it to the hose. Place cat in cooler, put cement block on top, and turn on gas. Go dig hole. By the time you're done, the cat is dead.

 

[Double T]

22short is super quiet. We use em for trapped animals.

 

[cbhausen]

Reading this makes me take comfort in how we have said goodbye to two beloved Huskies... In the office and in the care of the same people who so compassionately cared for them since they were pups. I won't badmouth anyone for doing it another way, I just know I couldn't. Not with a dog anyway. With an outside cat, I don't know. But I doubt it. Knowing that about myself, I also know I would have no problem killing anything in defense of myself, my family, or an innocent victim. I don't think I'm unusual in this regard.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Yeah, I wouldn't kill anything unless it's being a threat or vermin, which is a threat in its own way, or I was planning to eat it. In the case of one of my fur people, irreconcilable suffering deserves a humane way out. A cat you've shared mutual benefit with counts. I've used trichloromethane, what do you call that stuff... chloroform. Puts them to sleep just like the shot.

 

[natdscott]

.22 is messy and chance of failure, however small.

I think you have not met a good .22 rifle, and used it on a very sick animal before. Even ELEY target ammo will lay a deer out cold...we're not talking about hunting or chest shots here KW.

-Nate

 

[singlemalt]

The last one I put down was an awfully good buddy. Thought he was a dog. Would lay in my lap n roll over for belly rubs everytime i was in my easy chair. He went to the vet for the sleep.

 

[natdscott]

Cats can have pretty violent reactions, even when technically dead. A perfect brain shot can still result in a few crazy jumps.

Animals shot in the head can move some, sure, but I have yet to see a well placed brain shot result in anything except a flop onto the ground. 'Headshots', yes. But a good solid hit on the motor center or brain stem, and the lights go off immediately.

As a general rule, centering the shot between an animals ear hole and their eye will result in pretty immediate cessation of activity. In this case, I think that's what you're after, OP.

For those of you who have not spent a lot of time figuring out how to kill things in the absolutely fastest and most humane way possible, I don't apologize if this is a little graphic for you. The OP asked, so we all answered. I still wouldn't use a hammer, but I don't live in a city either.

Oh, and the gas suffocation method is just a terrible thing to do to an animal. Why don't you just bag her up and toss her in the pool for chrissake...it'd be about as bad. Just because you aren't there to see and hear the animal's suffering (because you are conveniently in the back yard digging) does not mean it isn't happening, it just means you chose to stick your head in the sand.

-Nate