My cat just brough in a bird it just killed (sadly). However the bird is a beauty that I would love to bring in to my high school zoology class. How do i preserve it?
2006-10-07 07:20:27 · 14 answers · asked by King of the Red plume 2 in Pets ➔ Birds
Only way would be through taxidermy.
2006-10-07 07:22:43 · answer #1 · answered by BlueSea 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The only thing i can think of to preserve an animal is either drain the blood and such an replace it with an elastic polymer or some such which taxedermist and some morticians do, freeze it, or put it in an air tight jar of formaldihide (very toxic). My suggestion is just take lots of pictures from different angles and dispose of it's remains. A picture lasts a lot longer and smells a lot better then decaying organics does :)
2006-10-07 07:25:57 · answer #2 · answered by csar3742 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best thing to do is to keep it cool. If you plan on waiting more than three days, wrap the bird in saran wrap. Be careful not to bend any feathers. Make sure the bird is completely wrapped. Then place it in the freezer. If you only plan on having the bird a few days, wrap it in saran wrap and place it in the fridge. When you transport it, make sure you have it in a cooler and on ice. This will all prevent decay.
2006-10-07 07:24:31 · answer #3 · answered by erin_m_riemer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to stuff it...you can have a "study skin" make out of it, which would cost less than having it stuffed to look life -like by a taxidermist. In the mean time keep it frozen until you can get it to the taxidermist. However if left frozen too long it will get freezer burned and will not be stuffable.
2006-10-07 16:50:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wrap it in newspaper and drop it in the freezer, then if you want to get it stuffed try and get it to a taxidermist while it's still frozen, we store all birds this way once they have passed away.
2006-10-08 00:17:45 · answer #5 · answered by Aquila 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will could stuff it. you could probable locate classes online on the thank you to dermis animals. in case you're in college and you have a biology branch, look for out a mammologist (Or an ornithologist would artwork, yet in my journey mammologists do extra skinning and stuffing). i'm fairly useful this is the only thank you to maintain it from rotting. in case you do it ideal that's going to look rather sturdy, and could stay sparkling-finding for one hundred years. :)
2016-12-26 12:02:40 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-07 07:23:52 · answer #7 · answered by Jacks036 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Believe it or not....antifreeze. We used antifreeze for cadavers in my anatomy & physiology class in college. Antifreeze has the same preserving properties as formaldehyde and is often used.
2006-10-07 14:10:30 · answer #8 · answered by candygrr1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep it in the freezer, and wrap it good so you won't have to worry about the oder.
2006-10-07 10:40:08 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put it in the refrigerator That's what I did with my hamster when I couldn' t Burry it that day.
2006-10-07 07:30:15 · answer #10 · answered by I ♥ my fjords! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋