r/vultureculture

So I'd always planned on taking my senior pictures with my cat Tipsey. Unfortunately, she unexpectedly passed away a few months ago and I wasn't able to get them. Does anybody have any ideas on how she can still technically be in the pictures? I really dont want to do one with just a framed picture of her even tho that would be the easiest. I want at least a few to be in honor of her.

I was thinking about doing some where maybe photoshopping her in like a reflection or something. I also collect lots of bones, and am actually having her bones preserved. So maybe I could do one holding her skull or something.

Any ideas?​

Enclosed terrarium with springtails. Never been opened in 2 years. The teeth were (lightly) clean when they were placed.

So, I was here a couple months prior with the dead fox I found, right? I said he smelled horrid and holy fuck, that he did.

I got way too close to him and I was gagging my head off while trying to get him in the bag lol
Well! since then, I haven’t been the same. I literally can’t laugh too hard or else I’ll gag. I’ll gag at cleaning up after my cats and certain textures and I’ll come close to gagging at sounds.

My gag reflex has become broken after this incident and I’m not sure what to do, though my family thinks it’s funny. has anyone else gone through this hell or is my body being sensitive and over dramatic as usual?

Thank you for your time!

My dog found this little snake yesterday and I want to try making a wet specimen. I’m worried the isopropyl will damage the exposed bone over time so I was thinking of experimenting with a clear gloss over the bone before submerging it. If anyone has a better idea, I’d love to hear it! I’m avoiding formalin, I don’t have confidence in my chemical handling abilities yet. Bonus pic of my pup and her latest find <3

Turkey vultures r so freaking cool. Was a few minutes late to work capturing this spectacle I'd do it again :) thought yal would maybe appreciate this as i do. RIP lil guy

Hey guys, my first post here and im just wondering after the fact;

Is the best plan to bury this hooded crow for its skull? I've buried it already. Partly because it was my first idea, partly because I seen no missing feathers/injuries or blood and didnt want my dog to get at it. So im not sure what the cause of death was, the site and body showed no sign attack or visible injury

What a cutie tho:(

Found in Ireland

I thought it would be cool to taxidermy, but frankly I have no taxidermy experience and am terrified of getting diseases

(Yes I did take caution in handling it, leather gloves to handle it briefly before burying it and washing my hands afterward)

i couldn't find some bones unfortunately but the skull survived so i see it as a success lol. i put a thin layer of epoxy resin at the end because i was worried they could break because of how thin they are. any advice for future projects is appreciated :)

But for real I need some opinions & thoughts. I already have hat/accessories planned and in the works. But he's been a head for months because I can't decide on what to do for the rest of him.

Leave him just as a head? Little desk/workshop assistant?Then should I mount him on something for more stability and safety? Do i use slate or maybe driftwood? Or just leave him on his little (almost) perfectly level neck?

Maybe make him a body? Okay I'll keep using bone of course but.. do i keep using various animals or settle on 1 or 2 animals? Do I keep using bones ranging from 1-100 years old? Or do settle on only newer more healthy bones? Or the opposite and only use super old bones that have been buried beneath a river in silt for +100 years?

I need some opinions...

Found this little one on the pavement in a car park in Alberta, Canada. I’m not sure what type it is, doesn’t have a head or legs. Just a torso and wings. Fox are common around here, but I feel like this little guy’s a little “clean” to be fox prey left overs.

It makes me sad finding something so young already passed on. I hope the rest of it's hatch-mates made it.

So, after you've skinned the animal to help get rid of the bits of extra tissue and stickiness of the skin you can use potato or corn starch to help with it, it dries it out a little and makes it easier to handle. This is my *Rattus norvegicus* female I'm going to use her to try out taxidermy :)

Found this today, and I was curious if anyone here had suggestions on how to possibly proceed with it? I’ve macerated/cleaned mammals before, but I’ve never had a chance to do something with a reptile. It’s extremely dried out as it was out during a heatwave we just had. I also know maceration can kind of ruin snakes (or small ones at least?)

This was back in January, we didn’t touch it.

Was reminded of this piece I made a year or two ago, so took some new photos to share!

Bones were found on the beach while camping, not sure what everything is. The chain and plastic pink beads came from a broken rosary IIRC, the other beads are glass. Had to make a number of custom jump rings/wire connectors for this one as well.

Other than modeling for photos this piece has only been worn once, by a partner of mine... It's not exactly every day wear, after all! It's a shame that it lives basically permanently in storage, so I've considered selling it. However it's so outside my normal kinds of make that I haven't gotten around to figuring out what kind of pricing would be reasonable. Anyone here have experience/advice around that? Anyone reputable you know who sells jewelery with ethical bones that I could look into for comparison?