While i was on this forum i thought i might as well ask this question as i am kind of in the dark about it. I have been doing mounts for a few years now but never did a grey squirell. Someone brought me a large male yesterday and now im puzzled if i should remove the genitals completley and sew up or if there is a way to preserve them intact. Any advice would be appreciated.
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OK, here's how you do it.
Skin the squirrel. Then, remove the testicles from the inside of the skin, so that you don't make a cut on the scrotum. Make sure to lightly flesh the scrotum to remove some of the "divider", it makes re-stretching the scrotum easier later.
Then, proceed with tanning or DP.
When ready to mount, fill each testicular sac with a ball of clay or mache, and form the clay or mache into a testicle during the final mounting process.
You can't just neuter the squirrel, it would look very bad (un-natural)!
It's really easy to get decent results... try it.
If you use clay or mache, it shows your nuts.