Photo: Ambystoma Genetic Stock Center

[joeysgreen]

I don't know how they do it at this lab, but yes, they are often administered anesthetics via the water.

 

[NewtZoo]

Yes Cas,
they are knocked down in water, they return to normal in a few hours.

In my experience its pretty difficult to commercialise transgenic animals, but that could be slightly different in the US. I would probably chop off my own arm for a GFP bunny, or puppy but they are hard to come by. In my opinion though having used both GFP and DsRED/RFP in a lab GFP looks far cooler!

Im curious, how do they administer the anaesthetic? Are they like frogs and able to absorb it through their skin from the water?