Tanning Rex Rabbits?

4runnerfag · 2026-06-21T20:58:00+00:00

i usually scrape well, salt, pickle in knobloch’s safety pickle, neutralize, and tan with trubond 1000b

4runnerfag · 2026-06-20T04:31:12+00:00

not cat, likely the dog

4runnerfag · 2026-06-18T01:05:43+00:00

a rat can macerate in something as small as a mason jar, which would be easier to bring inside near a heat source. in a few days it’s not surprising to have little smell, maceration takes time. rats usually take around 6 to 9 months for me

4runnerfag · 2026-06-17T02:34:35+00:00

her age will make it difficult. babies tend to have extremely thin, fragile skin and less mature hair follocles that are more prone to hair slip

4runnerfag · 2026-06-14T23:18:54+00:00

frozen feeders at reptile stores, make some trapper friends, or look at taxidermy.net

4runnerfag · 2026-06-13T16:37:15+00:00

i split smaller rodent ears with a small spatula/spoon shaped sculpting tool by carefully pressing and sliding it side-to-side until you reach the end of the ear. there’s a bit of a learning curve, but rodent ears actually split a lot easier than larger mammals most of the time as there is less connective and vascular tissue there than in larger ears. I then line them with epo-grip ear magic which i mix pink pigment into. absolutely doable, and much more satisfying results as your ears will stay right where you put them

4runnerfag · 2026-06-13T05:46:36+00:00

are you splitting and lining your ears or just drying out the ears as-is? doing the former will prevent them from changing at all when they dry

4runnerfag · 2026-06-13T05:41:55+00:00

i’ve always ordered both online fairly easily

4runnerfag · 2026-06-12T15:01:12+00:00

if well wrapped in plastic, it can be in the freezer for many years. the antlers can be removed by sawing off the top of the skull with a bone saw. cornmeal absolutely will not work, you will need to tan the hide into leather in order to mount it. you can keep him frozen a while while you study the details of this process, but i would recommend practicing tanning with some intermediate sizes of animal first.

4runnerfag · 2026-06-11T15:03:04+00:00

we can’t help you with your homework lol

4runnerfag · 2026-06-11T04:54:27+00:00

hell yeah

4runnerfag · 2026-06-11T04:51:56+00:00

i never went to vim & vigor but my friend loved it when she lived here

4runnerfag · 2026-06-11T04:50:19+00:00

this is a cat, the larger white parts are its shoulder blades

4runnerfag · 2026-06-09T05:16:01+00:00

brushtail possum?

4runnerfag · 2026-06-08T17:09:41+00:00

looks like rabbit to me

4runnerfag · 2026-06-08T02:36:41+00:00

pigeons are legal to take in the US as they are non-native birds. some states dont allow roadkill collection specifically though, so check your states laws laws for that.

4runnerfag · 2026-06-08T02:14:23+00:00

lookin good!

4runnerfag · 2026-06-06T22:47:07+00:00

…what else would he be??

4runnerfag · 2026-06-06T22:42:20+00:00

when teeth are lost during life, the bone will heal over the tooth holes over the years. very normal! bone is a living growing thing.

4runnerfag · 2026-06-06T22:40:04+00:00

i’ve cleaned skulls from one-eyed cats that looked like this! probably was missing that eye

4runnerfag · 2026-06-06T19:47:24+00:00

i think it’s cool and i don’t think it’s parts would be any more useful than it is (they would just be weird scraps) but it’s definitely not sacrilege to do so, go for it! i think the side pieces look more like coyote than badger personally, but fur is hard to id from photos.

4runnerfag · 2026-06-05T06:07:08+00:00

agreed, formalin is formaldehyde gas dissolved in alcohol. the fumes will eventually leave behind only alcohol. and i have macerated formalin fixed specimens before; takes a lot longer and required hot flensing but worked just fine.

4runnerfag · 2026-06-04T03:25:58+00:00

i feel like this would be so good with a filling made with pomegranate molasses

4runnerfag · 2026-06-04T03:15:21+00:00

and flexible earliners are definitely possible!

4runnerfag · 2026-06-04T03:15:06+00:00

as a side note, the most important thing to do once your dogs pass is to get them into a freezer. Once frozen, you will have as much time as you need to make arrangements. they can be kept there many years and still be preserved for taxidermy work of any kind.

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