thanks for the kind words guys....the whole situation with Emerald has really pissed me off lately....we don't even have a bloody vet for reptiles here....only birds, cats, dogs and horses/other large mammalian livestock...it makes me want to throw away my plan of being a petroleum engineer and switch to Vetrinary medicine in rare animal types....only problem there is that with the rarity of said pet types here, i'd probably be bankrupt within a month of finishing university...nowhere to go...
@IK: reptile Euthanisation can be very difficult. unlike mammals, beheading them doesn't kill them. reptiles may endure up to 6 hours of torture after they're beheaded, before they die. something to do with their circulatory system IIRC...so the only solution is to outright crush the skull, or freeze it to death...kill it by stopping it's metabolism....at least, that's what reptile experts have said...