Anyone know how to...

[Herpguy55]

anyone know how to make a CO2 chamber, where to get the CO2 and about how much it would cost for it all?

[Slithers]

put dry ice in a container with holes. then put that dry ice container in an ice chest. as the dry ice evaporates/melts CO2 is released into the ice chest which is air tight hopefully

[Herpguy55]

thanks! as my collection grows i will eventually start breeding my own mice and rats.. this will help out a ton! thanks so much!

[Herpguy55]

one more question.. how do you get the containers to be airtight?

[JuliusSqueezer]

Close the lid Warning...a tightly closed completley airtight C02 chamber is also known as a bomb and it will explode. You really don't want it too air tight. An alternative to dry ice is a full c02 paintball gun canister. The next question that always comes up is...when does the gas that killed the rats dissipate enough to make feeding to your snake safe. The answer is instantly. C02 is carbon DIOXIDE not carbon MONOXIDE. Everytime you and every other person and animal on the planet exhales, you are pumping C02 into the air. There is c02 in every breath you breath. It doesn't hurt you. It's when it's all there is and the lack of oxygen that it makes you go to sleep and never wake up. It's not a dangerous gas.

[Herpguy55]

Thanks so much!

[Marvelicious]

Or any co2 tank. Welding supply stores have them. I've got a 20lb one that I got free for my kegerator, and let me tell you: I could gas a LOT of rats with that! Its very nearly as expensive to fill a small one as it is to fill a bigger one.

[Aaron_NSBM]

another way is to take a good bag without holes in it then take deep breaths and exale into the bag..might take a long time to kill a pinky mouse though!

[Adrya]

You can also make your own CO2 using baking soda and vinegar. Relatively cheap and it worked good for me back when I used to breed mice.