Here’s a post to preserving animals in as many forms as I can shove in here/am aware about. Please feel free to reblog and add more links!
Taxidermy
- Mountable vs Non-mountable Pelts (visual guide)
- Mountable Pelt (visual)
- How to Reshape a Face on a Pelt
- Making a Soft Mount Coyote
- Mounting a Persian Leopard (gore tw)
- Salt and Alum Tanning Rabbit Hides
- Finger Fleshing Rabbit Hides
- Tru Bond Tanning
- Egg Tanning
- Fleshing a Coyote (video)
- Taxidermy Quality Pelt
Collecting
- Bone Collecting for Beginners
- Bone Collecting in Scotland
- Roadkill Collector’s Arsenal
- Using Hydrogen Peroxide to Whiten Bones
- Whitening Tutorial
- Why to not Boil or Bleach Bones
- Degreasing Tutorial
- Processing and Cleaning Bones
- Feather Identification
- Decomposing in Pots
- Choosing the Right Method for Cleaning
- Cleaning With Maceration
- An American Vultures Guide to (legally!) Working Around the MBTA
- Studying Owl Pellets
- How to Clean Feathers
- How to Blow Out Eggs
Preservation
- Forum Thread on Rat Preservation
- Preserving Animals
- Alcohol Preservation
- Preserve Moss
- Preserve Bird Nests
- Dry Flowers
- Salt/Borax Drying
- Preserve a Wasp Nest
Insects
Legal Issues
- United States Animal Parts Laws
- Legal Birds to Collect From (US)
- Migratory Birds Protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
- Wild Bird Laws (Scotland)
- Birds Protected in Canada
- Schedules (UK)
- US Cat & Dog Fur
- International Shipping
- Taxidermy Regulations
Misc
Bringing back this fantastic master post for any fledgling vultures!
Animal Preservation
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