I have a dead rat can I taxidermy it with stuff in my house?

Ray Palmer · 29-03-2022 09:23PM #1

Dog caught it, think it needs to be preserved.

Jim_Hodge · 29-03-2022 09:32PM

Just wait until it's well stiff. Slice it open and fill with rice or pearl barley. Sew it up and nail the feet to a board.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 29-03-2022 09:35PM

Whatever happened to the Golden Pages, where you could search for professionals by job title, call them up and ask them? Ah, to simpler times...

silliussoddius · 29-03-2022 09:38PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118853926#Comment_118853926

Yes a twoofer, stuffing your rat and getting JR Hartley's latest on the same day.

Jequ0n · 29-03-2022 09:40PM

Ask your mom for help. You seem to be close.

ohnonotgmail · 29-03-2022 09:41PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118853926#Comment_118853926

29-03-2022 09:49PM

You would need a tannic acid solution for the hide to preserve it.And then a wire model to stretch it in shape,etc,etc.

goldenmick · 29-03-2022 10:00PM

You killed my brother.

Ubbquittious · 29-03-2022 11:11PM

Once I went for a stroll in a field and I saw a rat. It was still kind of moving so I thought it was still alive. Went closer and turned it over with a shtick and there I could see 100s of maggots hollowing it out from the inside.

Gregor Samsa · 29-03-2022 11:57PM

Find a dead crow. Remove the wings and sew them onto the rat. Fashion a conical spike out of a chicken bone. Affix it to the rat’s forehead.

Buy a small caravan, and put your rat/crow/chicken-bone chimera in a glass case inside it. Using a straw, suck out all the air from the glass case, then seal it up with duct tape, to stop decomposition from happening. Black out the windows and shine a torch at the case. Stick a sign outside saying “BEHOLD! THE WONDERS OF THE PYGMY UNICORN PEGASUS!” . Charge people a tenner in.

I’d definitely pay to see that.

Ray Palmer · 30-03-2022 08:15AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118854358#Comment_118854358

I have several glass domes already so presentation won't be an issue

Amenhotep · 31-03-2022 08:46AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118853954#Comment_118853954

wow that brings back memories!

martinedwards · 31-03-2022 08:55AM

I have a mate who's Scottish and will wear a kilt at every opportunity.

His "thing" is sporrans. he has a cupboard full of them....

he found a local taxidermist who has a freezer full of roadkill that people bring him.

as a result, my mate has a superb badger head sporran, and a really fluffy rabbit tail one. He also got a really old leopard skin (old enough to be legal) so he has one of those too......

Wanderer78 · 31-03-2022 09:04AM

resuscitated it, encourage it to procreate, introduce dog to new brood, stuff them all!

Dempo1 · 31-03-2022 09:15AM

😳

😁

Ray Palmer · 31-03-2022 12:40PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118859873#Comment_118859873

That is interesting to know. I have been tempted by a dead fox a few times to get a fox hat made

I have a dead rat can I taxidermy it with stuff in my house?

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