2001 Archives
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• Who Wants a 9 1/2 foot Burmese Python (12/30/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, February 6, 2002
• Looking for help mounting venomous snakes? (12/26/01)
  Size: 9K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 30, 2001
• Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year (12/25/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 26, 2001
• Merry Christmas Everyone (12/24/01)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 25, 2001
• Who wants to clean and preserve a large turtle shell for me? (12/23/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 23, 2001
• Proper form size for rattle snakes (12/21/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 23, 2001
• Snapping turtle for sale (12/21/01)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Friday, December 21, 2001
• My 6 Year Old Wants The Shell, But It Still Has a Lot of Meat (12/16/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, December 21, 2001
• Info on True Tan dry (12/16/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 16, 2001
• Bruce's snake tan? (12/16/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 16, 2001
• Wholesale reptile freeze drying (12/14/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, January 8, 2002
• How is the process of Taxidermy for Green Iguana....? (12/13/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, January 25, 2002
• Varanus or not to Varanus? (12/9/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 13, 2001
• Rattlesnake on Felt (12/8/01)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 9, 2001
• Found dead turtle in everglades, empty shell...what to do? (12/8/01)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Friday, December 14, 2001
• Large python (12/5/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 16, 2001
• Rattlesnake head - closed mouth key fob (12/5/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 5, 2001
• Setting and preserving a Scorpion (12/4/01)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Thursday, December 6, 2001
• Re-hydrating an old rattlesnake skin (11/28/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 4, 2001
• Turtle Shell (11/26/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 28, 2001
• Snake skin mount (11/26/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 27, 2001
• Preserving a Baby Alligator in a Jar (11/24/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, November 26, 2001
• Alligator Head and Body Preserved and mounted on placque (11/23/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 24, 2001
• Turtle shell (11/22/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 25, 2001
• Methanol whereabouts (11/21/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, November 22, 2001
• Natural tanning of snakeskin (11/14/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 18, 2001
• Preserving without cutting a snake? (11/9/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 5, 2001
• 30+ year old boa (11/6/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, November 9, 2001
• Reptile hide pictures for 3D work (11/3/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 7, 2001
• How do I preserve Eastern Diamon Back skin (11/3/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 4, 2001
• What about the belly? (11/2/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 3, 2001
• Scales slipping? (10/30/01)
  Size: 8K. Last Modified: Monday, December 31, 2001
• Paint Schedule for Rattlesnake (10/26/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 30, 2001
• Rattlesnake skin preservation (10/22/01)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 23, 2001
• Rattlesnake (10/20/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, October 21, 2001
• How do I care for my antique turtle (10/14/01)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Saturday, October 20, 2001
• Thank You Taxidermologist! (10/8/01)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Sunday, October 14, 2001
• How To Preserve Our First Boa Skeleton? (10/8/01)
  Size: 16K. Last Modified: Monday, February 4, 2002
• In need of a tannery that does alligators (10/3/01)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 4, 2001
• Refreezing Snake (10/2/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 3, 2001
• How can I preserve the skeleton and shell of a turtle? (10/1/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 2, 2001
• Can I use Sillica to dry out a turtle? (10/1/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, October 1, 2001
• How Can I Preserve a Snapping Turtle? (9/30/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, October 1, 2001
• Whats the best way to preserve a snake skin ? (9/26/01)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 5, 2001
• Preserving alligator with denatured alocohol? (9/25/01)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Thursday, September 27, 2001
• Rattle snake skins and live snakes (9/24/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, October 28, 2001
• Tanning oil and tanning solution oder on snake skin (9/18/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, September 21, 2001
• Tanning a rattlesnake skin? (9/16/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, September 23, 2001
• Need 7ft Alligator Form (9/16/01)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Sunday, November 11, 2001
• Skinning rattlesnake head (9/15/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, September 16, 2001
• Help On Buying A Python (9/14/01)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Wednesday, February 6, 2002
• New To Snake Mounting (9/10/01)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Tuesday, September 11, 2001
• Reciprocal Python (9/8/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, September 10, 2001
• Rattle from rattlesnake ? (9/6/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, September 8, 2001
• Reptile tanning (9/1/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Thursday, September 13, 2001
• Help My Prize Snake Skin's Scales Are Flaking Off ! (8/26/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Saturday, September 1, 2001
• Help Necesary in Preserving Aligtor skins (8/24/01)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Saturday, November 24, 2001
• Preserving Shedded Snake Skin (8/21/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, August 24, 2001
• Help with a little snake (8/10/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Saturday, October 6, 2001
• Cobra's head in my fridge (8/9/01)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Sunday, December 2, 2001
• Need help with snake! (8/3/01)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Thursday, August 9, 2001
• Finding a purchaser for timber rattler skin (8/1/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Friday, November 2, 2001
• Help Iguana Question (7/31/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, August 2, 2001
• Caiman Alligator Paint Schedule Needed (7/27/01)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Tuesday, July 31, 2001
• Preserving Turtle Shell (7/25/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, July 27, 2001
• Removal of tortoise shell scutes (7/23/01)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Wednesday, July 25, 2001
• How do I preserve a rattle? (7/15/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, July 23, 2001
• Need help with rattlesnake (7/10/01)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Friday, October 5, 2001
• Kerosine (7/9/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, July 10, 2001
• Kerosine (7/9/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Tuesday, July 10, 2001
• Snakes for sale (7/5/01)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Monday, January 21, 2002
• Snake eyes (6/27/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, July 1, 2001
• Tanning Albino Burmese (6/23/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Saturday, June 30, 2001
• Almost Dead Snake (6/21/01)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Saturday, September 1, 2001
• Scape the scales off the skin?(large black/orange snake) (6/21/01)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Sunday, June 24, 2001
• Rattlesnake skin (6/19/01)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Saturday, August 18, 2001
• Iguana (6/19/01)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Saturday, June 30, 2001
• Rittel's Snake Tan (6/18/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 19, 2001
• Alligator Skin (6/18/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 19, 2001
• Need Repro Alligato Paint Schedule (6/17/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, June 18, 2001
• Rattlesnake Skin To Preseve (6/15/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, July 8, 2001
• Smell (6/13/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, June 15, 2001
• Mounting a snapping turtle (6/12/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Friday, June 15, 2001
• Rattlesnake skinning and preserving for dog collars (6/11/01)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Monday, September 24, 2001
• Cooking/skinning rattlesnake (6/10/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, June 13, 2001
• First Snake skin (6/7/01)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Sunday, July 8, 2001
• Reptile Bones (6/7/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, July 17, 2001
• Dry Snake Skin Needs Repa (5/29/01)
  Size: 2K. Last Modified: Thursday, June 7, 2001
• Help! what to do with fresh kill? (5/28/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, July 8, 2001
• What is best way to display small rattler? (5/27/01)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Wednesday, June 6, 2001
• Old salted snake skin - what next? (5/23/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, May 27, 2001
• Need iguana help! (5/23/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, July 9, 2001
• Bought rattlesnake commercially. What to put on it to pres (5/18/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Saturday, June 9, 2001
• Mounted Rattle Snakes (5/14/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, July 29, 2001
• Turtle Skull (5/8/01)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Monday, May 14, 2001
• Snake heads (5/2/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, May 8, 2001
• Rattlesnake selling (4/28/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Thursday, September 6, 2001
• Eastern Diamondback For Sale (4/21/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, April 25, 2001
• Sons turtle died, how do preserve the shell? (4/12/01)
  Size: 8K. Last Modified: Saturday, April 21, 2001
• Very Large Eastern Diamondback For Sale (4/12/01)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Tuesday, August 21, 2001
• De-bugging (4/10/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, April 12, 2001
• Gator head (4/9/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Thursday, April 12, 2001
• Reptile Wholesaler ? (3/20/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, July 1, 2001
• Iguana Tanning (3/12/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 29, 2001
• Sea turtle skull whiteing (3/8/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, March 10, 2001
• Eyes For Reptiles (New Way Of Making Eyes (3/5/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 8, 2001
• Gene Dobbs Forms (3/5/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 6, 2001
• Embedding a baby rattler in liquid plastic casting resin (3/2/01)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Wednesday, February 6, 2002
• Snake Skin Tanning ? (3/2/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Sunday, July 8, 2001
• Need tips on preserving a scorpion (2/27/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Monday, December 3, 2001
• Rattlesnakes (2/22/01)
  Size: 10K. Last Modified: Friday, December 21, 2001
• Turtle shell cleaning and preservation (2/20/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Saturday, July 21, 2001
• Formalin (2/19/01)
  Size: 18K. Last Modified: Thursday, March 22, 2001
• Lobster Mount (2/19/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, February 19, 2001
• Solution to Preserve Snakes (2/17/01)
  Size: 7K. Last Modified: Monday, February 19, 2001
• Wanted: tips on mounting snakes (2/17/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 6, 2001
• Easiest way to mount a snake (2/16/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Saturday, February 17, 2001
• Need to tan and mount very large lizards (2/9/01)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Friday, February 16, 2001
• Crayfish and Frogs (2/9/01)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 6, 2001
• Snake Skin Help (2/7/01)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Wednesday, September 5, 2001
• Iquana (1/29/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Sunday, June 10, 2001
• Can someone tell me anything (1/27/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Monday, January 29, 2001
• Rattle snake meat and skins for sale (1/23/01)
  Size: 6K. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 26, 2001
• How to best preserve a snake skin (?) (1/10/01)
  Size: 3K. Last Modified: Tuesday, July 17, 2001
• How to mount a armadillo (1/6/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Thursday, January 31, 2002
• Price for snakes (1/6/01)
  Size: 4K. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 28, 2001
• Restoring Snake Skin Instrument (1/2/01)
  Size: 5K. Last Modified: Saturday, December 15, 2001