After 6 months of trying to eradicate a fruit fly infestation I've come to the conclusion that the only way to be sure is to destroy the colony and start again. It pains me to do this and will be a considerable expense but is the only way to be sure 100%. I've tried numerous deep cleans...

After battling for 2 weeks with what was suspected as MBD, my beardie (Puff) was put to sleep yesterday. I insisted on another X-ray being taken after his back legs became partially paralysed, having shown signs of deterioration after being given calcium in support food and calcium injections at...

I'm truly gobsmacked!!! :bash: Disabled veteran asks for public support; service dog faces euthanasia for biting woman who beat him with metal pole » DogHeirs | Where Dogs Are Family « Keywords: Service dog, American Allaunt, bite, colorado

Following on from a recent discussion regarding the free handling of opisthoglyphous snakes I decided I would post a thread on another controversial and much discussed topic in the hope that we can once again have an interesting debate! I am curious to know what opinions people have on the...

as morbid as this sounds: is there a humane, quick way to kill a reptile that doesn't involve a vet or PTS juice? because i recently read something about someone having to watch their female leo roll about in the vivarium slowly dying while twitching, and i could not stand this if it was...

I have a 13 year old lab who is such a wonderful dog. We took him to the vets recently as his weight was just dropping off, the vet did tests there and then and told us he had some type of cancer, they didn't know where and said he wasn't in pain but they said not to operate as he didn't have...

This may sound like a stupid question, or maybe its been asked before, but TBH Im not in a frame of mind to search. Just had my big green iggy put to sleep about an hour agon, i brought her home initially to bury her in the garden, but what I wanted to know is, would it do more benefit by...

I have been watching Rhys to the Rescue on BBC iPlayer tonight and I slightly concerned of how Rhys feels about snakes in captivity especially larger species. Now I agree with him that large snakes are dangerous but a 2ft Rock python should be put to sleep as its aggressive? I think its great...

There are always a lot of questions on here about acceptable ways of Euthanasia, so I have put together this guide: Acceptable Means of Euthanasia Anaesthetic Overdose. Put the fish into a seperate tank and add a very strong dose of anaesthetic. This may require a trip to the vet, where it...