(Dear Fenrir, I know you don't really like reading about my dead things, and in this post I talk about a couple beavers I was given, but I would be much obliged if you'd at least read the last few paragraphs. <3 ( Read more... )

Lots of stuff, but most recently! I just got my hides in the tanning solution. By tomorrow, I should have soft, permanently preserved hides and things ( Read more... )

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I couldn't get back to my beaver until yesterday. A dog (I think) had pulled him out of the garbage bags I had him in and took a nibble. Not too much damage, but the bones were broken above the hind feet. I took one hind foot and a forepaw -- they're in a jar of salt now. I'll be going to the store today for alcohol to preserve them better ( Read more... )

Until this day, I have never skinned anything. There was the First Squirrel, but my neighbor did most, if not all, of the skinning on that one. Today there was the second squirrel and a beaver. That's right. A BEAVER. Of the roadkill variety. I didn't think we -had- beavers in the area ( Read more... )