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i have two goats right now and they are banded, meaning their balls are going to fall off any day now. I lowkey want to keep them in a jar. what would be the best way to do this?? Would I be better off making them into a wet specimin or something else. I dont know how to go about this

Hi everyone, I have a leopard tooth necklace that my dad gave me, I was wondering being quite ignorant in this topic, is there anything I should do to prevent it from aging and eventually cracking or decomposing maybe? I thought of some type of coating or something like that, but I’d like to hear an opinion from someone who for sure has greater knowledge. The tooth was taken from a dead leopard during a war, and has been around for about twenty years now, if it matters, and I’m not wearing it till I’m sure it won’t damage it. Thank you all very much

I brought two fox over to my grandparents since they hunt and my parents are not enthused with dead stuff. Was a good two hour drive here so I’d prefer to get it done while I’m here. Planning on skinning Sunday, but my grandpa wants to put the foxes on top of the heater downstairs to thaw faster, but I’m worried the heat will cause slippage, especially if we are waiting two days. Again he hunts, so he knows some stuff, but he’s never skinned furbearers for taxidermy so I’m no so sure. It’s not terribly hot. probably like 90 degrees. But it’s definitely higher than I’ve seen recommended.

Should I trust he knows what he’s doing or should I interfere and let them just vibe on a towel in the basement. Or even let them outside in the cold for an even slower thaw (it is rainy though so that’s my worry). They were originally thawed in the fridge for a few days but my fridge is pretty cold so it’s just the tail and paws that are mostly unfrozen.

Hi! Im fairly new to the hobby and while I used to live in a location where I could find some things in person, it's harder now where I live. And sadly these days the amount of scams within the online community is WILD. Does anyone have any specific sites or shops on etsy or maybe even insta pages that you have PERSONALLY bought from and had good experiences?

Also i am interested in ALL taxidermy, including wet specimens, bone, pelts and mounts!

Hi Everyone,

I want to embark on a big project of turning an entire cow into taxidermy for the purposes of a small home museum. I was wondering if anyone has given this type of project a run before and I'd welcome any and all tips as I've never done a full anything before.

First time post, so forgive me if I'm breaking any rules.

So I'm currently drying a northern pike head. Yesterday my dad caught a nice eater bass with a funky head and I wanted to try him next. Can I leave the bass in the borax for an extra couple of days until the pikes done drying? I'm asking because my drying station only has room for one fish head at a time and he's not due to be ready for another couple days after I'd normally be ready to put the next one out to dry.

Trying my luck here, looking for any ok quality mountable pelts. Paid 100 for 5 pelts of coyote, plain colors but still decent quality for being mountable My budget is 300. If coyote I'm looking for any abnormal dark colors (not the black mela coyotes)or any coyotes that has unusual long fur.

EDITION: looking for tanned pelts only, no salt dried,wet tanned or raw.

Either looking for some good tutorials on working on them, or to sell them. Poor things didn’t make it thru this year.

Anyone have good resources or videos for working on them (specifically the hooves and ears)?

Or want to buy either? They’re Nigerian Dwarfs and very pretty little guys.

So i found some birds that i've been wanting to taxidermy that have died from natural causes on my property. I found two ring neck doves, and a European starling. Which would be easiest to do first as a beginner? I have some acrylic eyes in the mail and once they come i'm going to mount one but i dont know which to do first.

Hello, I really have so many questions, i want to start with bones first, and my question is how can i know if this bone is real or not?

Another question about taxidermy as a whole, whether it’s bones or a whole animal, how can i make sure that the animal is clean? Do some taxidermies brings diseases if they weren’t clean or not?

And for last, where can i buy them? I saw few on etsy and aliexpress.

They may be dumb questions haha but i have zero clue and i don’t know any expert to talk to about this.

I know this sounds odd but I've decided to get into a little crafting project where I want to make a little jar with a a real heart painted gold in a jar filled with dyed clear glue to make it almost look like an aesthetic potion bottle, but I'm worried the Heart Will Go Rancid and discolor the liquid, will the clear glue mostly keep it from going Rancid or is there something else that I have to do before I put it in the glue

Hi, I wanted to ask for any tips for cleaning a snake. Ive done some skulls etc. but mainly from mammals and Im not really sure how to aproach a snake. Anything helps.