I picked up a doe road kill and she had two premature fawns, they
were pretty well developed except they lacked their fur. I would
like to preserve them in a jar and was wondering if anybody could
tell me what to use that won't leave me with missing limbs.
Thank you.
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That's what biology classes have used for the last 50 years (probably more, but I don't go back any farther. LOL)
I've had a specimen for 15 years now and hasn't changed at all. AND it is VERY SAFE to use.
I have used this to keep fish.
The correct answer is Formaldehyde as the initial preservative, then it could be stored in Glycerine but would be better stored in Alcohol. The formaldehyde is a necessity to fix the tissues and stop decomposition. If the fawns were very small - the size of a little finger for instance - the pure alcohol could be used because it can penetrate to a distance at most 1/4 of an inch, and even with a fawn little finger sized, for proper preservation cuts would need to be made into the abdomen. Placing a larger animal into a jar of alcohol straight, will guaranty decomposition inside the body.
The archives and various sources on the internet will give sufficient info on injecting and storing a vertebrate object with formaldehyde.