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Defrosting frozen squirrel for wet specimen

Its an adult grey squirrel, going to defrost in my regular fridge from hard frozen, how long do u think it’ll take before ready for injecting?

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u/mochiiboy1 — 2 days ago
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Question about preserving cicada as a wet specimen

I'm planning on making this cicada that I found a few days ago into a wet specimen using the hand sanitizer method. It's currently in my freezer and I plan on soaking it in isopropyl alcohol for 2 hours and then putting it in the sanitizer or letting it dry after soaking in the alcohol before putting it in the hand sanitizer. Once in the hand sanitizer, im going to boil it by putting the jar with the cicada in it in a shallow sauce pan with about an inch of water on a hot plate to boil so the air bubbles can escape and the cicada becomes positionable. Then I'll use a pipet to get the rest of the big bubbles out and then fill the rest of the vial with hand sanitizer to finish it off. What i need to know is whether i should dry it after soaking it in alcohol or just take it from the alcohol and put it in the hand sanitizer. 

u/WeirdlyAwakward — 5 days ago
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List of materials

I've been wanting to make a wet specimen since long ago and I've already decided that it will be a pig's heart that I'll previously dissect with a friend (each one will get a jar with half heart) and I've made this list. Am I missing anything? Any tips for preserving an organ?

u/Sempre_libero — 6 days ago
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Best way to get a former wet specimen to just bones.

Hi there! I, (20m) have a kitten wet specimen that was born stillborn. He has been soaking in just alcohol for about a month because I had no idea I was supposed to inject/put him in formaldehyde and have been told it’s too late and he may begin rotting from the inside.

I decided that I rather have him as bones rather than let him just rot in a little jar. The problem is, I don’t know what to do.

I know that there’s a way to soak him in just water and dawn soap if I remove bits of him. But I can’t bring myself to do that to a kitten or honestly any baby animal.

I’m really new at making my own oddities but I have a few of my own that I’ve purchased. I want to start making my own considering I live in a place with lots of natural woods and forests that make it easy to find natural and ethical bones or new specimens.

If anyone has any suggestions or if anyone knows how I can get this little guy to just be bones I’d really appreciate it. Thank you!!

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u/BucciaratiL0ver — 5 days ago
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Need advice on sealing wet specimen

I found a perfectly intact dead cicada the other day and I want to preserve it as a wet spec using the 70% alcohol hand sanitizer method. This is the only container (not sure whether to call this a jar or a vial) that I own that fits it perfectly, but its a cork seal one, and I cannot find one online with the right proportions for the cicada to fit. Does anyone have any advice for how to seal the cork without it rotting or the sanitizer evaporating or where I can buy a screw on one? The dimensions if the container are about 2.25in high and 1in wide with a 3/4in wide mouth, and it holds about 27-30ml though going up to 40-50ml would probably be fine.

u/WeirdlyAwakward — 6 days ago
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Mouse pinkies fixed with 80% ethanol. This is my first time. Some of their little butts are a bit yellow and what looks like a thin layer of skin peeling off. Are these ok?

u/5pooky5cary5keleton5 — 7 days ago
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Why is this happening?

I started my wet specimen, he’s currently sitting in the formalin. It’s been about a week and a half and now he has dark spots on him. Why is this happening? I was told it could be either due to the metal lid or not injecting him properly. I made sure to inject all parts of him. How can I fix this?? I have a new container that has an airtight glass lid. So I can change it out to that container if that is truly the problem😭 pls help

u/ggardensalsasunchip — 8 days ago
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Question about fixative for wet specimens

Hi y’all, reptile breeder in here. Unfortunately with this last batch of babies (we had around 60 eggs), 2 failed to thrive, and I would like to make them into wet specimens. My question is about fixative. Ideally I’d like to avoid formalin and, from what I’ve read, you don’t necessarily need to use formalin as a fixative for small specimens. I’ve read that you can use ethanol, but the percentage has varied between 70% and 80-90%. I can find 95% online. Is that too much? Do I need to dilute with distilled water? Also, I’m seeing a lot of ethyl alcohol, denatured, is that the same thing? I guess I don’t really know the difference between denatured and not denatured ethanol for these purposes. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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u/xyelem — 9 days ago
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what can i use other than formaldehyde

hi! my cats bought in a mouse (i don’t know which exactly but it’s small and brown)

i wanna avoid using formaldehyde as i’m just dubious about using smth as toxic and having it in my house especially with animals , what else can i use ,if anything?

and is there anything else i need other than microfine needles and 70% ISO? thank you!

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u/sugarfaris — 10 days ago
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The Liquid in My Snake Wet Specimen Has Gone Yellow. What Liquid Can I Use To Replace It?

Hello!

I bought this about a year ago from facebook. The seller told me they had bought it at an oddities expo. I would love to keep him in tact and replace the fluid. Can anyone let me know which liquid(s) to use? Any tips and ideas?

u/Typical_Blonde_Witch — 11 days ago
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How do I go about getting specimen?

Hello! Ive recently gotten into taxidermy and collecting oddities/curiosities and am located in MN (the downtown area). I’ve been recently wanting to learn and make my own wet specimen and have watched some videos regarding it. I’ve also seen some people say they have gotten their specimen from local vet/shelters, but I’m unsure how I would go about even asking. Thank you so much and have a great day ^^

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u/Hot_Watercress3566 — 13 days ago
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Domestic wets available!

Fetals 100 each

Large kitties 270 each

Formalin fixed, leeched, then placed in alcohol

Can be mummified for an extra 20

Coming from 70444

Ethically sourced from vet clinic

u/BlueberrySimple6376 — 14 days ago