Starting maceration on my bear skull, 7 top incisors!from what I read this is pretty rare, the first ever documented case was on a grizzly in 2008. Stoked on this bear!

THIS IS NOT AN AD and out of respect for the rules of this sub, I won't share what I sold or where. I just wanted to share some good news and I'm feeling very proud of myself! I'm feeling hopeful that there's a chance I can turn this hobby into something more.

I just love a good ceaser salad

I find this on sub seen this very interesting , I wanna store 1 specimen like this , But how can i do it? I dont wanna use AI so i am asking here!

Hi everyone! I got some dermestid beetles, but I was told that Ulomoides dermestoides beetles are also suitable for cleaning meat on bones. Could you guys please tell me the difference between them?

I have found this star nosed mole a few days ago, recently deceased. (located in Wisconsin) Just through a quick google it looks like they are legal to keep but if not please tell me!
I am hoping to keep the pelt with the feet and nose but am unsure of how to go about skinning it and preserving the nose if I can? Unless it would be an instance where I would have to replace it?
Any tips or recommendations would be helpful as I am an amateur to this!

I’m trying to preserve her. She was my little wolf spider buddy who I let live in my bathroom. How would one go about doing this? 😅

Hello! I'm a Environmental Science student and yesterday we had a field practice on some mangrove swamps, while I was walking on the coast dune I found this skull. I think that it was from a dog and I took it as a souvenir

I'll give it to a friend who practices taxidermy so he can give it the proper treatment and preserve it.

I want to present it on my desktop as a decoration to remember that crazy day, but I don't want to just put it ok the desktop, im thinking about putting on some type of elevator base, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea or there's better ideas to make it look right

So, I thought that asking on this subreddit could help me, any recommendations or ideas?

Obviously, all of this with total respect for the animal that it belonged to

(sorry if I'm not using the correct flair, I can change it if it's necessary!)

hi everybody, i’ve never done this before but really wanted to preserve a tattooed piece of pig skin as a wet specimen. can anybody help me with steps and correct procedure?

I wonder how someone even does this. Some bobcat and cougar paws, seen at a mountain cafe

She still isn't named.

This is my first time properly doing taxidermy and I'm so scared to screw it up. This is my little baby rabbit after being covered in salt and rolled. Is this too much salt? Or not enough?

my dog passed away and I wanted to save the coat. i put it in a salt and citric acid solution. today I worked on fleshing and some of the fur is slipping.

i stopped, rinsed the coat off. trying to save as much as I can.

the fleshing is rough. lots of flesh left. just need advice on what to do to pause what I’m doing and come back at a later day.

not a lot of freezer space. I thought salt but id like some solid advice from folks with experience.

please help.

Just posted this and thought I might have luck on this thread as I’m sure most know about animals and their death stages/common markings I’m not sure; just wondering about the white spots and what they could come from? Thank you sm for your time!

I just noticed these appearing. Do I need to change the alcohol or is it rotting?

I am absolutely thrilled that they let me keep my tubes. I see a few posts, but none answering my specific questions.

I thought they would give me the specimen in 10% Formalin. It appears they put them in saline.

I can get the Formalin in ~5-7 days, but everything I'm reading says they'll start deteriorating. Currently have them in the fridge & waiting on a call back from the local vet to see if they'll sell me some Formalin.

Worst case scenario, does anybody have recommendations? 91% isopropyl in the fridge until I can get the Formalin?

I would like to not lose these babies. I've been waiting so long!

I have distilled water, 70% ethyl, and 91% isopropyl coming

First time tanning. I am currently working on a Bull moose lowbel and am curious if your able to use Dubin or mink oil instead of braining or yolk?

I was gifted this goat(i think) skull/horns a few years ago and finally made something out if it. Also that small silver jesus i had from a old rosary came in handy too

for context: my pet tarantula passed away due to old age and i wanted to preserve him by taxidermy. i placed him in a small cardboard box about 3 days ago because i was going to preserve him a few days later once i got my materials. it was an honest mistake of mine to forget about how humidity can cause bacteria and mold to grow.

just right now, i checked on the box just to find out that white mold has been growing on him. i only plan on removing his abdomen as i was going to replace it with a crystal.

how do i remove the white mold without ruining my specimen?

My mom found a cane toad just wandering around our house and it has paradites is what she described. She caught it and gave it to me as someone who has interest in this kind of things. Currently its inside a plastic jar and im gonna buy some things first thing in the morning. As someone who is not experience on this kind of stuff. Can i just buy an isopropyl alcohol or ethanol in a market to preserve it? And if there are other ways, i want to hear it too while i also look online on ways to preserve it. Im looking to extract the parasite if possible as well as the frogs bones. Putting it on the freezer is not an option for me as we only have one freezer and its for foods only. Tnx in advance for answering