The Vulture Cultured Witch

Holy shit, I want to know the steps you took for this to happen because that’s oddly beautiful. 

Its actually pretty easy, you soak in ammonia first. Usually the hair falls out and its kinda whitish clear color. At that point you put it in peroxide. This one I forgot about until all the peroxide evaporated out but you should be able to take it out pose it or whatever once its gotten to this point.

Wow this is stunning

Whoa I am…. gonna try this

I so desperately wanna get into vulture culture (ethical amateur taxidermy) but i live in a dorm building and dont think my housemates would be fond of me leaving buckets of dead raccoons submerged in water in the communal fridge for multiple months at a time only to turn around and stick a dead bird i found on the street in there right after i finally take it out

Idk if this helps or not but you wouldn’t want to keep a maceration bucket in the fridge, it would significantly stall decomposition. You should see if your building has a garden shed or something you could stick it in. Or if there’s a room people don’t use super often you could cover it well and stick it in there, in my experience a well covered bucket doesn’t smell.

It’s a sparrow. Unfortunately it’s against Canadian law to own or possess parts of certain birds, including all North America sparrows, due to the Migratory Birds Convention Act. As a fellow Canadian I am also annoying limitited by the MBCA, but understand why it is in place and am glad that it is.

Quick question, does anyone offer or know of anyone that offers beetle work services? Would beetles be the best option for a kitten that is 9.5 inches from the nose to the base of the tail, or could maceration work without the bones falling apart? I really want to articulate her and don’t want to ruin the bones!

Maceration won’t destroy the bones, but it will destroy all the cartilage and connective tissue. This means you will have to put every little toe and foot bone back together. Also maceration of small animals can be tricky as tiny bones are easily lost in the sludge, but if you’re careful and patient maceration will work just fine.

Salt. Get a tub big enough to put the feet in completely, fill part way with salt, put in feet, cover the feet in salt, and stick it somewhere dry. Wait a few weeks, if you live in a very dry climate it probably won’t take that long, but if it’s humid it’ll take longer for the moisture to be drawn out. Feel the feet, if the skin still feels supple at all it’s not dry yet. If it’s dry, carfully shake off the salt.

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