grumpy
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MamaSheepdog":nm5qld6c said:cmfarm":nm5qld6c said:Grumpy has pointed out before that cervical dislocation doesn't always stop the heart.
I have seen the heart still pumping when I gut rabbits- head, skin, and feet already removed- so they are definitely dead at that point. The heart just doesn't realize it yet.
cmfarm":nm5qld6c said:Wouldn't that be a good thing since it will help pump out the remaining blood?
Yes, I think so. I'm sure that's why animals are bled out immediately after being killed- to take advantage of the last beats of the heart.
I've done the C-D method for several decades....Only recently have I
attempted the "Bop" method... I "am" impressed with the latter.
The C-D method disjoints and severs the brain's signals to the body
through the spinal cord. The brain cannot send to, nor receive messages
from, the body. In essence, complete paralysis.
Both methods, if done correctly DO NOT stop the heart muscle.
It continues, which is as it should be. It pumps reflexively for several moments.
Many, many, times its action is ongoing when I split the chest cavity
as a final step in the processing. This 'pulls' what blood is left in the
arterial network and allows it to evacuate the body.
What I find unsettling is the allowance of free-flowing blood from an animal
that is unrestrained, splashing wherever it may, until the death throes are over.
THAT....doesn't set well with me. From beginning to end, my hands are
controlling the animal's movements during its expiration. This is a pattern
I've come to use over the years because of "visitors" wanting to watch the
process. They don't become nearly as un-nerved if the animal "appears" to
be slipping quietly into death. Little do they know the amount of restraint
I'm using during those last few seconds. I've done this for so long, it's
second-nature with me now.
I'm calm, the animal 'appears' to be relatively calm, my visitors' are calm.
Grumpy.