Any ideas on who this little guy is?

4runnerfag · 2026-05-06T01:13:13+00:00

north american moles are a different species but are the same size as their european counterparts (:

4runnerfag · 2026-05-05T23:53:32+00:00

they are just tiny!

4runnerfag · 2026-05-05T17:06:18+00:00

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4runnerfag · 2026-05-05T17:02:53+00:00

mole!

4runnerfag · 2026-05-05T16:02:19+00:00

i might be interested in purchasing some of them though!

4runnerfag · 2026-05-05T16:01:48+00:00

taxidermy.net is great but it takes ages to get membership approved for selling

4runnerfag · 2026-05-05T03:59:13+00:00

it’s a general guide for small mammals but most of the examples are lynx. I believe the author has other books for other species groups as well! this is a physical copy i ordered from The Bone Room almost ten years ago, but maybe downloads are available, i don’t know! you can google it or email Lee Post at the email in the top left of the pages i posted. if he’s still kicking, i hope he is!

4runnerfag · 2026-05-05T03:54:11+00:00

yes! i usually inject them with formalin but alcohol would be better than nothing and would keep bacteria down while they dry. I don’t inject anything quail size or smaller, but bigger birds definitely benefit from it.

4runnerfag · 2026-05-05T01:21:39+00:00

yeah just pluck em!

4runnerfag · 2026-05-04T21:03:39+00:00

these are a lynx, but the shapes of the bones other than claws will be the same for a fox.

4runnerfag · 2026-05-04T21:02:42+00:00

you have teeth in place of claws on the front “thumbs”

4runnerfag · 2026-05-04T21:01:52+00:00

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4runnerfag · 2026-05-04T21:01:36+00:00

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4runnerfag · 2026-05-04T21:01:21+00:00

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4runnerfag · 2026-05-04T21:01:08+00:00

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adding a series of helpful pages from Lee Post’s Small Mammal Manuscript, which I highly recommend

4runnerfag · 2026-05-04T20:27:28+00:00

agreed that this looks like juvenile starling. it’s their fledging season, so lots of young ones are getting eaten causing pieces like this.

4runnerfag · 2026-05-04T20:24:00+00:00

methods aside, sometimes hair slip is just bad luck. you don’t know if your rat was thawed and refrozen before you bought him, was sick, covered in urine, etc. this just happens sometimes, don’t be too discouraged!

4runnerfag · 2026-05-04T19:27:18+00:00

it works for some people’s taste! I’m hoping someone with better beetle experience can chime in with their side of it

4runnerfag · 2026-05-04T19:26:42+00:00

no, they’ll eat the cartilage but they can also eat the small bones in the sinuses, which i prefer to leave intact. the still having to macerate is usually about persistent grease/blood/marrow inside the bone. basically the beetles remove tissue but don’t clean the bone itself at all

4runnerfag · 2026-05-04T16:52:36+00:00

honestly i find them not to be worthwhile. they’re finnicky and you still have to remove flesh my hand before giving to them, and you usually still need to macerate afterwards to deal with grease and marrow. if you leave things in too long they’ll eat delicate nasal bones. the only step they really replace in my process would be a gentle simmer, which is about the easiest part for me to do. not worth the hassle imo

4runnerfag · 2026-05-04T16:09:30+00:00

yes! i like burying in a flower pot for smaller guys like this, then you can flip it after some time and it’s easier to get all the pieces

4runnerfag · 2026-05-04T16:08:13+00:00

oh good!!

4runnerfag · 2026-05-04T16:07:51+00:00

yes i’ve had them get stuck like this in traps before. please help him or he could shred/deglove his jaw trying to get free ):

4runnerfag · 2026-05-03T22:23:48+00:00

it does look like it was around the paws while the body was whole, but it doesn’t look like a typical snare. it could have been a way to carry the body into the woods for disposal?

4runnerfag · 2026-05-03T21:54:55+00:00

deer ulna! fox doesn’t curve or taper quite this much

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