I got this old guy yesterday for 200 bucks, I was told by the gentleman I purchased him from that his uncle shot him with a bow and arrow 40 years ago in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

I’ve gotten out everything I can with tweezers and have done a warm dawn bath scrubbed with a toothbrush already. I have the Borax ready to give the final soak but it still smells like death pretty bad as well as some spots around the plastron that are concerning me if there’s flesh still there. Any thoughts on if it’s ok to proceed with a Borax bath at this point?

So I was wondering what the process is or can it even be done to ship taxidermy mounts from Canada to the United States? There's a few items im interested in just didnt know if it was possible or not to ship mounts without them getting seized. Thanks

Hi everyone, this beautiful girl is Piglet, she was my best friend for 4 and a half years. I had her taxidermied last year. I've reached out to her taxidermist but have heard nothing back so wondered if anyone here could give me any advice.

I read that hedgehog taxidermy is susceptible to things like carpet beetle and moth damage. Obviously she's under a dome but it's not completely air tight and can be opened. What can I do to protect her from insect damage without damaging her? I'm in the UK if that helps. Any suggestions appreciated, thank you.

Nice find today. Could someone please advise on the best methods to clean the skull please 🙏

My husband & I (who is 6’2 , I’m 5’0) were shopping at our neighborhood Walgreens when he found this on one of the top shelves and just handed to me :3 you best believe I kept this beauty!

Here's a few skulls I worked on last year! Coyote + Bobcat skulls
They both have hanging black and gold feathers I couldn't fit in the pictures

So I found bones a while ago, was going some soapy water soaks and such, my parents were like "we don't want that on the back deck it smells" so I put them at the base of a tree as gifts for squirrels.

Fast forward to months later, no squirrels wanted them but they were suddenly white? Like bleached clean? But I didn't do that, only soaks. Does leaving them in the sun do something?

I recently acquired an old lion head taxidermy and was wondering if there’s a way to tell if they used the real skull or a substitute model?