I have one fox that i had salted and dried about six weeks and a raccoon for two.I did not rehydrate before pickle ! Both have bin in pickle for four days. Fox is not rehydrateing it is stiff and the racoon is good but not around the head and ears.? is can i pull them out of the pickle and rehydrate or will they if left in the pickle? If i rehydrate what is the best way at this point?
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but keep an eye on the ph
Pull them out and put them in about 20 gallons of warm (95-ish degrees) tap water with maybe 2 tbsp of Tide or other laundry detergent added. Also maybe 1 tbsp of Bacteriacide.
Let soak 2 hours.
Stir frequently, at least once every 20 min.
They can go in, hair-out or hair-in, your choice.
They should be just fine.
I've done this to over 500 skins just this week alone.
I like to rehydrate before the pickle but it is nice to have a bottle of Atesan LPW from Van Dykes it works in the pickle for that one you forgot about... I would be verry weary of using any kind of soap to relax hides with as it can have a bad reaction with the acid in your pickle. (most soaps have a ph of like 9-10) have a good one! joe
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