#mouse skeleton

[ladydeath-deactivated00000000]

Got this pen with a diaphonized mouse pup from the oddities and curiosities expo. I’m gonna use it at work.

[creepy-crawly-critters]

The cat brought the first catch of the season home to us, it was a mouse, may it rest in peace, so I'm preserving it

Its name is Freddy

Pictures, descriptions and a step by step guide under the cut

Step 1: check if the animal is definitely dead

It is, it's giving Frederick Usher (tfothou)

Step 2: Remove the skin, muscles and organs as much as possible

Eyes, kidneys, liver and a tiny organ I don't recognise, a leg, snout and the skin

Step 3: before you remove the tongue take some funny pictures

Step 4: cover it in 3% hydrogen peroxide solution and let it rest for a day

I'll update how it's going tomorrow :))

[screechwhisper]

Sibling called me outside to look at a cool mouse skeleton they found, followed immediately by "no you can't keep it!"

[pkatprints]

Little Astronaut

silkscreen on cream drafting vellum, printed on both sides. 2022

[pacificremains]

Sad sweet mice that died together. These were found this way, naturally mummified after falling in a dry bucket. Heartbreaking, but they'll be together forever.

[neapolitan-cat]

Day 04 - animal

[bookgobloblin]

Inktober day 2; Scurry



Hehehoho reanimated mouse go brrr

[thebonesnatcher]

I’m new to this community but I have always had an interest in the preservation of dead things. From a very young age I would collect bugs and frog carcasses and keep them in boxes to look at. I have a question for those who hold more experience than me:

A month and a half ago I found three dead mice in my garden shed, all at different stages of desciatation. What was most odd was that they lay within a couple inches of each other, curled as if they had died in their sleep, although it was apparent that they had not died together. One was still floppy.

I kept the driest one in a cardboard box, hoping to dry it out fully, and the other two in a jar with warm water. Today I took them out (or rather, the mush that was left) and picked out the bones. It was very interesting and fun, albeit smelly and messy, but I am now left with a two skeletons that are all messed up, and very dirty bones.

Does anyone have any tips for cleaning the bones?

And, any tips for putting them together? I was thinking of having a flat lay skeleton, as I do not have any experience with putting together a skeleton.

Also, how would you display these?

I’d love to hear what you guys think.