Peter Solarz
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Found this poor dude out on a desolate road, so covered in mud and debris I thought he was a coyote. Turned out to be some poor dog, someone someone wasn’t missing.
On nights like this I like to take him outside, always on a warm little blanket, so we can look at the stars. I think he’d like that.
Long time no posts, social media has been taxing and I had to take a break.
Went on a late honeymoon to Yellowstone a bit back and husband got me these beauties on our last day. A grey wolf and a mountain lion! Small mountain lion but I don’t see them often. I couldn’t choose so I went outside where there was a connection and I could check prices, figure out which one I wanted and he came out with a bag and said “I decided for you.” And surprised me with both of them.
Had to spend an hour re-arranging the display case to fit that massive wolf, it’s bigger than my bear skull!
“Would it hurt if a tarantula bit you?” Just slam two hot nails an inch into your skin with a hammer and it’ll feel about the same. Except if it’s an actual envenomation it’ll hurt more for days. T. stirmi I got from a friend. Finally getting through some backlog in my freezer with this quarantine. I have so many tarantulas and scorpions to pin!
Got this Gator skull from Forgotten Boneyard at the expo the other day! I’ve wanted one but none have been clean enough for me to justify buying one. Well this one was just gorgeous!! I’m so excited and this is now the largest skull in my collection!!
Reposting Content...
TBH I don’t really mind if people repost my taxidermy/vulture culture stuff on other sites that I don’t frequent but please, Please, PLEASE...
DO NOT REMOVE MY WATERMARK.
Seriously, I am now going to have to start putting my watermark OVER the main part of the image because I’ve had to file a few DMCA requests on reddit because some people have cropped out my watermark and uploaded it as their own work.
Don’t be a dick, Take a moment to link back to the page of my blog you found it on. It’s better to admit that the work isn’t yours than to be embarrassed when your account gets closed because of copyright infringement.
It’s not hard to post a link w/ image and say ‘look what this person did!’
A beautiful elk rack I found at a flea market the other day for cheap. Tag on it says “Taken in 1976 @ Hay Park” Gonna clean him up, stain it, and mount it in the stairwell. So happy, my first set of Elk antlers!
So I'm planning on doing a photography project focused on road kill, which will require me to walk down roads looking for it, but I know at some point I'm going to come across and animal that didnt die after begging hit, is there a proper way to put that animal down if its beyond help? Or is it best to leave the animal till it passes?
I had a friend who was driving down the road and ended up seeing a ‘dead’ bobcat. She picked it up and all of a sudden it started hissing and squirming and she dropped it and it ran off. She was really lucky that it didn’t scratch or bite her.
If you find an animal that’s injured the first thing you should do is call animal control so they can handle it by either taking it to a vet or possibly putting it down if it can’t be saved. If the animal is in pain it may lash out or bite or end up hurting you. Some animals are tough and even if they look like they’re beyond help they may still have the energy to defend themselves in that situation.
There’s no real answer since everything is situational. Something small like a rabbit or turtle will be easier to put down and less likely to harm you, but larger animals can sometimes take the hit then take a while to die and in that process could be potentially helped. I’d say just call animal control and wait by the body then let them handle the situation. If it happens to pass on before they get to you it was most likely not going to make it anyway, and I think at least for me hurting the animal even more to shorten it’s life by a few moments isn’t worth the emotional trauma for me of having to kill an already injured/dying animal.
If you feel like you will be in a position to dispatch an animal, and you want to be able to do so, you need to be taught in person by someone with experience. Jackals advice is great - don’t attempt to dispatch an animal unless you are 100% confident in your abilities because if and when you fail to do it properly, or believe you failed because you don’t know what to expect, you will jusy cause yourself and possibly the animal unnecessary suffering.
If you want to be able to dispatch animals, look for courses in your area, or talk to people who raise animals for meat/fur/resources and learn how to do it properly. It needs to be a practical learning experience.
The best thing you can do for a snake that has been hit [or other reptile] is to destroy the brain. The brain can stay alive and transmit for up to four hours, so it’s really important to destroy it asap. As cruel as it sounds, a good, hard stomp with the heel of a boot does the job. I personally use a knife, but that’s also because I’ve skinned so many I know where the brain is on all the native species. [yes it changes from species to species....]
For a lot of smaller animals, like prairie dogs and rabbits, cervical dislocation is the best option. You use something like a stick [a snake hook in my case] to pin the head down, right behind the skull. You grab the back legs and as fast as you can, pull UP on them while putting pressure on the stick. This dislocates the vertebrae from the skull and while the body will still kick or move a tiny bit, the animal can no longer feel anything and the suffering is over.
For cervical dislocation, honestly I’d contact some rat or rabbit breeders in your area. Odds are, they use this method. It’s quick, it’s clean, and it’s best for the animal.
I went out on an adventure a few weeks ago and found some goodies thrown into a dump site. Looks like a badger and a bobcat. I was really excited to find the claws and I can’t wait to get them cleaned up.
Fiancé brought me a coyote head last night from his cousin. The moment he stepped out of the car, all the local coyotes started screaming. They were so close they sounded like they were just down the street... Pretty spooky stuff
Jonesy, the domestic cat I cleaned up.
A beautiful bear skull I purchased a while ago! I seized the opportunity because they are so expensive where I live.
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“Wallaby skulls are freakin’ wild.”
OP, can I use this as a reference for a relief print? If you don't mind, I'll send you one of the prints when it's done :)
Go for it!! I can’t wait to see how it turns out! :3
Wallaby skulls are freakin’ wild.
Vulture Etiquette at Expos
Please, if I’m a vendor and you keep bothering me about my “process” for my wet preserves or anything like that, and when I don’t go into full detail, don’t keep pestering me about it. Or get mad if I don’t go into detail. I have my own process and recipe for wet preserves and my drying process. Because honestly, I’m not gonna give out my ‘process’ to someone who doesn’t wanna do the work of research. I have spent months refining them. I’m not just gonna give them out to someone who steals specimens from breeders and ghosts them when they ask for special specimens back.
Don’t be a dishonest dick in the vulture community, we will find you.
The perks of making friends with breeders, you find out who’s a shitty vulture in the culture. Because these breeders now know I prioritize my clients over just turning a profit and I actually care about the specimens and their feelings about their animals. And also, I’m local, I can’t fuckin run from them lmao. I even tell them “I'm kinda bad at responding to messages, if an email goes unanswered for a few days, give me a prod and I’ll do my best to answer your questions!” and almost all of them responded with ‘okay! I’m bad at responding too so feel free to give us a little nudge too!!’
raw hide -> tanned pelt
The fluffining
I need to get into the habit of fleshing my hides and salting them instead of just vacuum sealing them in the freezer.
Yesterday I had my boss take over the front desk for me and send me out to a hangar because the line manager had something for me. Turns out a baby raccoon fell from about 75ft up and died. He said he heard them screeching and found it, figured I’d want it. I asked for gloves and a box or a plastic bag. He brought back a shovel too and handed the shovel, I just told him I’ll use the gloves. He needed to hold the shovel in case momma decided to chase me.
Momma was watching us from the top of the hangar while I collected the baby. Just at that age where they start following mom around, but they don’t have the dexterity and coordination needed to follow her around the rafters of an airplane hangar.
Couldn’t take him home in the beginning of my shift, so I filled two bags with ice and sandwiched him in the box. My boss wanted to see how big he was so I showed her. He’s now in my freezer and I’ll work on him this next week.
Then I had a pilot tell my boyfriend that he almost brought a fresh badger for me on his plane but the rental car didn’t have any floor mats and he didn’t have a bag.
I’m so happy I’ve got the good reputation of the dead collector around work. They also now have my number in the line check with ‘if you find something dead or a snake, call Kat.’ It’s so great.
