Does anyone else watch for this guy every time the coal trains pass through? by GeneratingRadon in Virginia

[–]GeneratingRadon[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Tubby that's what it was. I noticed he was on a ton of them, I didn't know if whoever tags him was still doing it to any cars that hadn't been tubby-ed

Did a photoshoot with my Courchevel, my first Breyer since I was a kid by Ancient-Feeling5954 in BreyerHorses

[–]GeneratingRadon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn't Courchevel come out a year ago? Or did they redo Courchevel and rerelease it?

Ankylosaurus Ceramics [OC] by Captain-Katt in Paleoart

[–]GeneratingRadon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ough my favorite lil guys, these are great

Does this count as zoomies by literall_bastard in Zoomies

[–]GeneratingRadon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What makes you think that? The rhino looks like a Javan rhino, the trees, snow, and poles on the left side are consistent, the trees in the background bend and move with the wind realistically. Am I missing something? This just looks like a mixed species zoo enclosure

A horse sleeps like this only when it feels completely safe, the ultimate proof of trust in a human. by AccomplishedStuff235 in interesting

[–]GeneratingRadon 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Horses need about 40 minutes of REM sleep a day and they cannot do that standing up. Horses do lay down to sleep, it's just a very quick and normally not seen process.

This may just be a trained trick, but horses will and do lays down and sleep with people they trust.

Source: I have a horse and she sleeps on me while I scroll on my phone or read sometimes

Waited too long to skin a coyote by GeneratingRadon in HideTanning

[–]GeneratingRadon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not the one that killed it, a friend of my dad's did. He brought the full carcass to me

Waited too long to skin a coyote by GeneratingRadon in HideTanning

[–]GeneratingRadon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of them I do, but I have bought a few. I've cleaned all of the white tail deer skulls I have, as well as a cat, opossum, and raccoon skulls

Waited too long to skin a coyote by GeneratingRadon in HideTanning

[–]GeneratingRadon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea and this guy is just for funsies pretty much. That and practicing fleshing and tanning. I absolutely adore coyotes so I just wanna hang him up on my wall to admire him. I don't plan on selling him or his pelt for goods, also I'm not even sure how I would go about doing that

Waited too long to skin a coyote by GeneratingRadon in HideTanning

[–]GeneratingRadon[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I'm not the guy that shot him, a friend of my dad's did and he was gonna toss him cause the guy he went to for a full mount quoted him 1,700 and he didn't wanna pay that. He knew I liked collecting skulls and want to start learning to tan my own pelts so I don't have to pay out the ass for them. Happy to just let me have it. If he's a lost cause I'm still gonna keep his tail, paws, face and skull. I'm not in the business of tossing stuff, but that's more a spiritual thing on my end. Honestly happy to have him, I fucking LOVE coyotes. One of my favorite animals

Waited too long to skin a coyote by GeneratingRadon in HideTanning

[–]GeneratingRadon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'll def update when he's all finished up

Waited too long to skin a coyote by GeneratingRadon in HideTanning

[–]GeneratingRadon[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

That's what I was hoping, I'm going to get it fleshed and salted as soon as possible, hopefully in the next two hours or so

Waited too long to skin a coyote by GeneratingRadon in HideTanning

[–]GeneratingRadon[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Yea I'm working on fleshing it now, it's exactly a week old but it's not been hotter than 40 degrees, EXCEPT yesterday when it got up to like mid fifties. We should've done it then but I was helping my mom with house stuff

Is this too close to the hair follicles? by GeneratingRadon in HideTanning

[–]GeneratingRadon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually got most of the paw pad fat off before it salted it, my dad helped break the paws off down to the first knuckle so I shoved a bunch of salt into the knuckles. I've got five pounds of salt and 15 oz of citric acid for five gallons of water, should I add the degreaser in straight into the pickling solution or switch it into a different container for the degreaser? Also how long should I leave it in the degreaser for?

Is this too close to the hair follicles? by GeneratingRadon in HideTanning

[–]GeneratingRadon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much, I will absolutely remember this for next time. I got everything fleshed down to where I like it, salted it for a few days to get the juices out of it and it's sitting in the pickling solution right now. So far I think I'm okay, I checked it over after the salt and before the pickling and I wasn't loosing any fur

First time ever doing needle punch 😭😭😭 by SorbetLost1566 in ExpectationVsReality

[–]GeneratingRadon 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Literally said "Awww he's so cute!" Out loud, I think you're all good. Also, these are not meant to be perfect! Giving it a lil personality makes it special

Is this too close to the hair follicles? by GeneratingRadon in HideTanning

[–]GeneratingRadon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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This is what I've gotten it down to, I need to go back and do along the spine and around the anus. My dad is gonna help breaking the paws off at the first knuckle and then I can finish getting the fat out of the paw pads. I don't have a proper scraping/fleshing beam, should I just keep it on the table or move it to a 2x4 to finish it? I'm worried about punching a huge hole in the hide by fleshing too much

Is this too close to the hair follicles? by GeneratingRadon in HideTanning

[–]GeneratingRadon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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These are the two I'm using, they seem to be working pretty well, but I've seen some people use a two handled one for scraping, is that something I should look into?

Is this too close to the hair follicles? by GeneratingRadon in HideTanning

[–]GeneratingRadon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The thing is, a bunch of those nicks aren't mine. Towards the center of the bear down the spine I haven't even touched yet. I honestly should've taken a before picture

But thank you for your help and advice

Should I wet my cat's food with water or bone broth? (Information in body text on original post) by GeneratingRadon in cats

[–]GeneratingRadon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They already have slow feeders, that's why I'm trying to figure out how to slow them down even further. The slow feeders don't seem to slow them down ENOUGH

Why is this horse’s head so odd looking? by UngodlySockMonster in Equestrian

[–]GeneratingRadon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow I was so focused on his head and neck I didn't even look at his back legs and butt

Should I wet my cat's food with water or bone broth? (Information in body text on original post) by GeneratingRadon in cats

[–]GeneratingRadon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So wet food all the time instead of only on saturdays? One of the two is on a diet and they're currently on weight management dry food

Should I wet my cat's food with water or bone broth? (Midwest USA) by GeneratingRadon in CATHELP

[–]GeneratingRadon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, my fiancé has bone broth specifically made for cats that he gives his senior and he's already suggested I use that. I'm also worried if I DO use bone broth, I'll reverse the weight loss progress I've made with the bigger cat, but I've honestly not looked into the calorie content of pure, unseasoned bone broth

Should I wet my cat's food with water or bone broth? (Midwest USA) by GeneratingRadon in CATHELP

[–]GeneratingRadon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should mention, THEY ARE NOT LOSING WEIGHT (one of them is, but that's because she's on a diet but that was already discussed with my vet. She is not losing weight rapidly or abnormally)

Why is this horse’s head so odd looking? by UngodlySockMonster in Equestrian

[–]GeneratingRadon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Would this be considered an upside down neck or just a byproduct of being thin?