Hello! I was wondering if anybody has had any success creating wet specimens of fruit, vegetables, or succulents? I’d be interested to know what that looks like, and if it requires anything specific. Thanks!

Has anyone here taken wet specimens to Europe from the U.S.A.? I'm moving to france in the near future and I would really like to move my wet specimens with me. I don't have anything too big, just small rodents/marsupials like a baby possums and a small lizards. What sort of fees would I have to pay?

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This is my first post on here as a newbie in vulture culture. I've been scavaging, rotting, and attempting preservations for about a year?? I have some raccoon feet in a jar of iso alcohol from a roadkill a few months back that I was supposed to put into borax with a previous friend of mine, but we both are horrible at time tracking with projects and we are no longer talking. I was wondering if there's a way to turn them into dry specimens for keychains and such after all this time? Any advice would be helpful.

What are requirements for possible resale of this piece if I decide to put it in storage to try and sell?

If I don't take it on, this will end up in a landfill. I really don't want that.

I’m have never done the taxidermy thing before and am interested. I came across an opossum that didn’t make it after being hit by a car. He has been outside for about 15-17 hours. He passed around midnight last night. Is it too late to try to freeze him to start? I can’t get a definite answer online. If it is too late then I want to at least give him a burial. So any input would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!!

Hi all. First, apologies for formatting as I am writing this on mobile. My fur baby (cat) is not doing well and is at the end of his life. Does anyone know any taxidermists in eastern NC that can taxidermy his paw into a keychain as a keepsake? I know it’s a bit of an odd request but he always cuddled up with me when I felt bad and let me rub his paw and I would love to preserve his paw, if at all possible. The keychain wouldn’t leave the house and would remain with a memorial I’m making for him. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I found a pretty huge dead Scytodes Globula in the floor of my room and wanted to preserve it, I finished pinning it but then I noticed in other reddit posts theres an extra step about submerging it in alcohol. All the spiders I saw in the post were thicker (tarantulas, wolf spiders, etc) so I'm wondering if its necessary with this one just as its a pretty thin spider. If it is necessary do I just put rubbing alcohol on it? Help appreciated :)!

We've got a pretty freshly dead skunk where I work and they're cool with letting me leave it to decompose in the field out back so I can keep it's bones eventually. Any suggestions on what to do? I was thinking just leaving it in the open for the bugs to get. I've done that before with a bird head I found and it was kinda annoying to get the skin off after leaving it under some rocks (mainly to protect it from our dog) for a while, but worked fine.

Also any ideas on how long it'd take? It's not very humid here and it'll probably be buried under a few feet of snow sooner or later so would probably be on the slower side of decomp. There's also a squirrel here I've been checking on for a year or two that seems kinda mumified so idk how hard that'll be to get bones from now.

Just any advice in general would be great! Thank you! :) (edited for better formatting)

Okay so I’m new to insect preserving but find tons of dead insects where I live so I’ve been collecting them. I found a large beetle that I wanted to pin and spread. I cleaned it with some isopropyl alcohol and a paintbrush. I read somewhere online you can make a relaxing chamber from an old container and a moist paper towel with 1:1 isopropyl and water. So I did that and put it in the fridge. Probably left it longer than recommended (like 5 days) but when I opened the container there were a few maggots (I think dead?). What did I do wrong? The beetle has an odor, will this fade when dried? Advice on what to do next time? Thanks in advance.

Can two llamas be taxidermied into a single push-me-pull-you?

Hi everyone, I've looked everywhere for an answer to this but I can't find it.

I injected 10% formaldehyde into a bird's legs and wings to see how well it holds up. None of the sources that recommended the injection to preserve feet seem to explain how long the bird should be kept under ventilation because of the formaldehyde.

I normally let the animal dry for around 15 days in the fume hood (no formaldehyde). I wanted to know if there is a recommended minimum time for the formaldehyde to evaporate before placing the animal in an open exhibition. Is it safe to do so?

Thanks in advance :)