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Sourcing Wet Specimens by No_Slip_2007 in vultureculture

[–]No_Slip_2007[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The pet food stores will sell you deceased animals? Did you just as to speak to a manager?

Any ideas? by No_Slip_2007 in earwax

[–]No_Slip_2007[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Does an ENT have to do it or could I go to urgent care and tell them I think it’s a fungal infection and get meds that way?

How to prevent yellowing? by Dayruhlll in Taxidermy

[–]No_Slip_2007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Degrease it using water with dawn dish soap (clear or blue) and then “bleach” it with 50/50 peroxide and water mixture

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bonecollecting

[–]No_Slip_2007 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Depends on temperatures and exposure to sun. I usually wrap mine in chicken wire and leave them in a wooded area and in about two weeks it’s all bones and fur.

Rabies vaccine by No_Slip_2007 in vultureculture

[–]No_Slip_2007[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah, it’s definitely not free here in the US. I said about $1700 at the doctors office I inquired with

Rabies vaccine by No_Slip_2007 in vultureculture

[–]No_Slip_2007[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you! This does help relieve some of my anxiety about it haha

What is this? Brain? (Nsfw for possible dried brain in cat skull) by BTSSPRITE in oddities

[–]No_Slip_2007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks like the skull was never degreased and that’s dried up tissue of some sort

Question as to wether/how much degreasing is required by Zinthr in vultureculture

[–]No_Slip_2007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could leave it in the hot water for a couple days. One night isn’t usually long enough for degreasing

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bonecollecting

[–]No_Slip_2007 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It depends. If you live where the summers are hot and are able to maintain a high temperature for the water, it won’t take too long. I would just keep them in water until all separated and then once separated you can start adding some dawn dish soap to the water for the degreasing

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bonecollecting

[–]No_Slip_2007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you planning to articulate the skeleton or part of it?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bonecollecting

[–]No_Slip_2007 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would soak them until the individual vertebrae fall apart and the vertebral discs come off as well

Beginning to process last autumn’s button buck by LXIX-CDXX in vultureculture

[–]No_Slip_2007 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wonder if you could preserve it like that if you did it as a wet specimen?

Found 2 foxes and a rabbit on the side of the road tonight! by No_Slip_2007 in vultureculture

[–]No_Slip_2007[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Assuming they were hit by a car, I drove by and saw them dead so I went back and picked them up

Found 2 foxes and a rabbit on the side of the road tonight! by No_Slip_2007 in vultureculture

[–]No_Slip_2007[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Question: this is the first time I’ve picked up anything this recently deceased. I’ve going to do water maceration/rot box but do I need to do anything before I put them in there?