Can I leave this on the hide?

Submitted by Mike on 11/02/2003. ( ) 24.247.104.154

I am fairly new to taxidermy and I just finished skinning my first squirrel that i'm going to mount w/o dp. I will be using ez-100. When I fleshed the squirrel some little pieces of fat were still on it. These were like 100 little lines where my scissors didn't get. Can I leave these on and scrape them off after the pickle? Also the legs and face dry up so quick I cannot flesh them or get the membrane off, How do you prevent this?

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This response submitted by Frank E. Kotula on 11/03/2003. ( basswtrout@aol.com ) 172.147.126.106

Yes you can leave it on and take teh rest off after the pickle. I use a wire wheel to get the rest of that junk off. As for the face I make sure you make a few slits inbetween the muzzle hairs and to stop the drying just give it a squirt of water with some bactercide in it.


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