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Here’s the set of the bigger squirrel bones reunited with their paws and tail that I preserved a while ago. They’re from a female Eastern Grey Squirrel, which is an invasive species where I live, due to their ability to adapt to new environmnents easily. They’re also quite a bit larger in size than the native species of squirrels. 

I tried out a nicer arrangement, they’re not in complete accurate order (I don’t have all of the bones either), but I tried grouping the types of bones together in a way that looked a bit more “like a body”. 

This was also the first successful squirrel tail that I’ve preserved, so it makes me happy to see all of the pieces come together :)

·₊˚☽O☾˚₊· <|:^) Happy Samhain and Halloween!! <|:-] ·₊˚☽O☾˚₊·

Here’s two sets of squirrel bones that I finished processing recently. I’m definitely missing some bones, since I buried them underground for the decomposition process, but I’m still happy with what I got! (^ω^)

After cleaning and sanitizing them, I stained them with instant coffee, which is something I do with pretty much all of my bones, I just like the way it looks ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Of the two squirrels here, one is quite a bit smaller and younger, their bones were much more soft and fragile (I assume because they were still in development), which is why I couldn’t recover the skull in one piece and there was quite a bit of breakage. 

The skull of the older squirrel is much more intact, but still does have some damage. It’s interesting to be able to see the size comparison and differences between the two. Each set of bones absorbed the coffee dye differently as well, the more mature squirrel bones absorbed it in slightly darker and cooler tones of brown, and the younger squirrel bones absorbed it in warmer tones of brown. 

Anyway, have a safe, happy and ·₊˚spooky˚₊· Halloween tonight, and a pleasant Samhain until tommorow!! <|:^D ☾∘∙.*·₊˚:☆

Thank you for the heads up! But I always look into the Canadian Migratory Bird Act (on the official Goverernment of Canada website) many times for reference before I do anything. 

There are lists of the protected birds that I always check though multiple times, making sure I'm looking for alternate names as well (and doing the word search keyboard shortcut to make things easier on myself).

This is the link I use, since I live in Canada: 

https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/migratory-birds-legal-protection/list.html

There are also some PDF document lists available on the site, which I have downloaded as well. 

House sparrows aren’t migratory birds, and aren’t protected under the Canadian Migratory Bird Act, they’re one of the few exceptions (along with crows, magpies, rock doves (common pigeons), starlings and some odd others), they are also considered an invasive species as well. 

Anyway, thank you again for the concern, I appreciate it :) This is a good thing that people should know about. Sorry if this response was a bit long, just wanted to make sure that I talked clearly about my process and resources. 

Have a good one! ( '◡' )ゝ☆

Some preserved wings and feet from a dead male house sparrow I found a while ago. 

They aren't actually mummified, but he was asking about the rabbit feet and stuff that I finished preserving a little bit ago. I cleaned them, dried them in borax, cleaned them again, and covered some of the exposed ends with fabric. 

It's just a few posts down on my blog, but here's the link:

https://somnambulant-seraphim.tumblr.com/post/694328815975055360/some-rabbit-paws-ears-and-tail-that-i-finished

Thanks for being interested! <|:-)

Hi! :) I used a bit of E6000 glue on them, but I think other types of super glue or industrial strength glue would probably work as well. I avoid using glues that are more water-based or water soluble, since I'd worry that they would add moisture or not be as secure.

I think it would also be good to use a glue that dries clear, just in case it seeps through or pokes out along the edges.

Other than that, I just worked carefully, making sure to leave a little excess fabric while glueing, just in case, then trimming it afterwards. Also don't use too much glue, and make sure to hold things in place while the glue is setting (you can also use clamps or objects to weigh things down instead of holding it by hand).

I think that's about all I did, not very complicated steps, just good glue and patience, but I think I gave all the tips I could.

Hope this helps! Have a good one and take care! (ง •v•)ง⋆·₊˚✩

Some rabbit paws, ears and tail that I finished preserving in borax recently. I think they’re from a European rabbit, a common species that’s been introduced to a lot of regions. They were passed away on a trail in a fielded park near my house, where lots of bunnies like to hang out and hide under the thorny bushes for protection. 

I’m glad that the ears worked out the way they did, I wasn’t expecting them to dry so smoothly, I guess I thought they’d wrinkle a bit more, but I’m glad they didn’t! :) 

I also really love the colouring of the fur, the orangey-ness of it certainly makes it unique to my collection. It kinda reminds me of strawberry blonde in some areas, and the parts where it gets more grey or darker brown make for a really beautiful combination of colours all around! (U ^x^ U) <3

I also covered up some small spots with fabric, since the skin shrank in a way that revealed some of the rough inner parts on a few pieces. The rest of the body buried currently, to be dug up later for the bones. 

Our neighbour has a walnut tree that drapes over into our yard, so lots of squirrels like to hang out in our yard, as well as eat our bird seed. A grey squirrel had passed away in our yard a while ago, so I took the opportunity to preserve their feet and some sections of tail. 

They’ve got lovely colouring on the fur, dark brownish grey with frosted lighter grey tips, as well as some warm, orangey-brown patches. The tail is especially cool, it’s got a sort of stripey look with warm brown on the inner fur, fading into black, then fading into frosty grey tips. 

I covered up some of the gnarly-looking exposed ends with some knitted material scraps I had. I tried to leave excess and fold the skin over the ends when I was originally cutting and processing them, but it must’ve shrank in the borax ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It worked on a couple of them though :)

I showed my two other previous preserved squirrel feet in the last couple photos, just for comparison to see all the pretty variation :3 My last two were black squirrels, so it’s cool to have something so different. 

A squirrel passed away in our yard a while ago. So I took the opportunity to preserve some of the parts. I cut off all of the paws, cleaned them and let them dry out in borax. 

I have preserved some squirrel paws in the past, and I’m happy to say that my technique has imrpoved and wielded much better results! :D 

I took special care during the process to make the ends (where I cut) of this batch of paws look much neater than my last batch, with barely any inner parts showing. I did have to attatch a little patch of knitted fabric onto one of them to cover an exposed part, but that was it! ✧d(•̀ v•̀ )

I’ve got the rest of the body buried currently, so I’ll hopefully be able to get some nice bones a bit later this year. 

A squirrel passed away in our yard a while ago, so I took the unfortunate opportunity to preserve some of their parts. They probably passed from heat exhaustion, since it was when we were having a pretty bad heatwave this past summer where I live. They also didn’t seem to have any injuries or anything visibly wrong with them, either. 

I cut the paws and tail off of the squirrel and buried the rest of the body for the bones later. I tried using borax instead of salt for drying them this time, since I happened to have more of it than salt. The tail isn’t here because I think it needs a bit longer in the borax. 

I wrapped three of the paws in some brown fabric and yarn on the area where the cut was made, because they looked kinda icky with the exposed ends. One of them didn’t need the wrapping as much though, because the fur happened to closed well around the cut part. ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ ♡✧*:･˚₊·

A female house sparrow unfortunately got caught by one of the neighbourhood cats and died in the yard last month. So I took the opportunity to preserve her wings and feet in salt. The gaps in the wings are from the cat attack, so some feathers are missing. 

I'm pretty happy with how they turned out, especially considering they’re my first set of wings I’ve done. I have done one single bird foot before in salt, but I guess this is the first complete set I’ve done. 

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