How do i humanely prevent my cats from suffering radiation poisoning
Posted by joyrnd@reddit | preppers | View on Reddit | 24 comments
Mods- please delete this if it isn’t appropriate as i understand the topic is very sensitive.
Hi guys, this post is extremely hard to make but it is purely me needing to be prepared in the hypothetical event we go to war.
I’m scared. I’m in Manchester UK which will probably be hit by a nuke if Russia decide to act on their threatening behaviour. I’m just far enough out where I won’t be vaporised, but I’ll 100% die a painful death of radiation poisoning because my block of flats genuinely has nowhere safe to shelter (i have checked, please trust me I have checked). I also don’t want to live the awful aftermath of refugees from across the country, too many people being shoved into houses, starvation, rations. I don’t want to see it happen and I can’t.
Because of this, my plan is to end my life if we all get that dreaded alert on our phones. I now keep enough prescription medication on me at all times to make sure wherever I am, I can get it over with. If that makes me a coward, that’s fine, I’m a coward. I’ve lived through more than enough.
But, what about my cats? How can I offer them the same kindness if it comes to it? The thought just makes me feel sick, but what’s worse is imagining them wandering through rubble slowly getting sicker and sicker. I need to know there’s a way I can hold them and love them but put them to sleep forever so they don’t have to know the horror to come.
Please note, I am not depressed and I am seriously at no harm to myself. I’m a pretty happy person with a good career and amazing people in my life. This is 100% just in the case of nuclear war, please don’t worry for my safety or for my gorgeous fur babies. I just want to protect them from the aftermath.
PissOnUserNames@reddit
Well I just want to say if you do get an alert please wait until things start falling before any decisions like that are made. Look that the ballistic missile messages everyone in Hawaii got. Severs can get hacked for the purpose to scare people. A test message only ment for test can go live due to a screw up. I will give no further advice than dont do anything drastic untill it is clearly past the point of no return
joyrnd@reddit (OP)
Do i just utilise the time between bomb hitting and fallout starting? To be honest, i didn’t consider a false alert. That would be tragic.
PissOnUserNames@reddit
Dont know what to tell you for that part. I just wanted to warn against a rash decision made for a false alarm.
TheSensiblePrepper@reddit
So I could talk about a lot of things in this post but I am going to only stick with the direct question you asked.
If you have a firearm, the quickest and most merciful option is a shot to the back of the head. It is messy but unless you miss, it is an instant death like a light switch being flipped. They won't know what happened.
Beyond that, it requires dedication and the ability for you to go through with it.
I am a Trapper and often have to "dispatch" live animals I catch. I carry a .22LR revolver just for this reason. Outside of that the quickest is to either slit their throat or suffocate them. This can be done a lot of different ways but all of them require you not to give up halfway through or your basically torturing the animal. I don't know you and I am not judging you but you likely don't have what it takes to go through with it. Not on an animal you care about.
joyrnd@reddit (OP)
Guns are illegal for the most part in the UK, outside of armed police or military personnel, i would have no idea how to even think of obtaining one
TheSensiblePrepper@reddit
Your best option would be a hunting shotgun if you could get a firearm at all.
joyrnd@reddit (OP)
I’ve just had a look at the law, because i’ve been on mental health medication previously, and the fact i’m not a farmer or hunter i’d basically be turned down instantly. Damn.
TheSensiblePrepper@reddit
Your next bet would be a Bow and Arrow. This will require lots of training.
joyrnd@reddit (OP)
Honestly, good shout. It’s crazy to even imagine robin hood-ing my babies as a nuke comes towards me but if that’s the way it’s gotta be done…
TheSensiblePrepper@reddit
If you had nothing but a knife and the dedication to go through with it, the quickly is to take a sharp knife put it right under their jaw where it meets the throat and use all your strength to push up and into the brain case. It will be messy and the sound will stay with you until you're gone from this World but it will do the job without suffering.
joyrnd@reddit (OP)
This just hit me like a sack of shit, wow. I think it’s something i’ll only know if i’ll be able to do or not in the moment. Right now i can say yes, i would do it for the benefit of them not suffering, but looking at them and imagining ACTUALLY going through with it… It’s rough. I hope it never comes to it. I appreciate how blunt you’ve been about this, it’s stuff i needed to hear. Thank you.
TheSensiblePrepper@reddit
You want the truth about your scenario?
It is extremely unlikely to happen in the UK. In a place like Ukraine or the Middle East, sure. Not the UK.
joyrnd@reddit (OP)
Yeah, i keep that in mind too. I think with Ukraine using the UK’s missiles today it’s just put the wind up me a bit. Like yourself, i’d rather be prepared. We’re just preparing in different ways I guess
TheSensiblePrepper@reddit
The UK is an Island and needs a lot of outside resources to function to maintain its current population.
If I was Putin, I would want to destroy the UK slowly and in a humiliating way by cutting off the resources they need. Let the country starve and the people kill themselves over resources. That is a situation that you can easily prepare for.
joyrnd@reddit (OP)
Let’s hope he goes for that option, i could do with losing some weight 😅 all jokes aside, i’d rather that than radiation poisoning, it’s my biggest fear and i have constant nightmares about
TheSensiblePrepper@reddit
Say what you want about Putin, he isn't stupid and he thinks things through before asking. That is why Nukes haven't been launched already.
The Radiation from a Nuclear Weapon isn't as bad as the Radiation from say a Nuclear Meltdown at a Nuclear Power Plant. With the weapon, the radiation is not a big deal after 72 hours. Just being inside and as close to the center of the building is enough. That kind of radiation isn't instant either. It builds up over time. It takes years to be affected by it.
joyrnd@reddit (OP)
Guns are illegal for the most part in the UK, outside of armed police or military personnel, i would have no idea how to even think of obtaining one
GlocksnFeet@reddit
Take a step back. This is all saber rattling; nukes will never be used in war because the response would essentially end the world so there is no benefit to their use. I also suggest that you not include killing yourself as part of your plan. Prepping is about surviving and finding a way, not giving up. Go out, get some air, and relax. Maybe talk to someone to help with the anxiety.
joyrnd@reddit (OP)
Yeah this shit is getting to me. Honestly i’ve never felt anxiety like it, i know nobody wants MAD but Putin is one crazy fucker. Maybe i shouldn’t have watched Threads 3 times in a week.
joyrnd@reddit (OP)
Hey mods, could you direct me to a better subreddit for this question? I had no idea where else to turn
SebWilms2002@reddit
Sounds like you haven't really thought this through very hard.
joyrnd@reddit (OP)
So teach me about my options, there’s never any need to be rude. I’m clearly just scared.
If i’m away from home obviously my cats would just have to live whatever hell they’ve got facing them.
preppers-ModTeam@reddit
There are better subreddits to consult if euthenasia is your goal.
Wide-Umpire-348@reddit
A .22 into the skull. Talk to some farmers.