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penfold · Key Member Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 264 Location: kent

does anyone know how i can preserve dead animals formaldehyde is not available anymore before people want to shoot me my other half is a school teacher and wants some specimens for her class room cheers, Confused

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davo · Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:02 am Post subject:

lol i started a thread about this...
I've done it with fish, and nothing else. Just use a high percentage alchohol, think i used ethanol... or was it proponol... I'll get back to you lol

serpent · Key Member Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 426 Location: Kent

Maybe a guess in the dark ..... how about blue label vodka Very Happy

or medical alchohol.
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penfold · Key Member Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 264 Location: kent

mmmmm blue label vodka the fun i used to not remember Very Happy

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lol93 · Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:45 am Post subject:

Surgical spirit will do the job very well.
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Vickie Lizard · Key Member Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 240 Location: Wales

Am I weird by keeping an unsuccsessful hatchling in the freezer?!
Ive wrapped it in kitchen paper, that in newspaper, then put it all into a freezer bag. I figured that pinkies are fine that way, and of course, this isnt going to be eaten...by anything!
Ive kept it for a few reasons realy, the first being to educate my son`s, but also as a size reminder of how fast they grow, and also as I have no garden to bury the little guy, and I have a problem "letting go"!
Am I the only one that has done this?
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adriankidd · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:21 pm Post subject:

each to his own, id bury him somewhere, even in a friends garden, it would take 2 mins, i'd just take a picture of him for the size reference, i think any animal you lose deserves to be buried, id not like to be in a freezer indefinitely, im sure you will let go sooner or later Smile

oh,, give him a name first!

Vickie Lizard · Key Member Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 240 Location: Wales

Well, ok, Ill meet you half way, Ill name him... Zebad (my 8 yr old helped with naming!)
But we went to the Natural History Museum last week, and was inspired at how collections get started!
Think Ill keep him a bit longer, not sure how long, or what for, but I may need it for something?!
Sorry for hijacking your thread Penfold! Embarassed

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Rickeezee · Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:38 pm Post subject:

I have preserved many things in alcohol if that helps, mainly my kidneys and liver. Wink

Not been to the Natural History Museum in years, or the Science Museum both good fun as far as I can remember.
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quasimodo · Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:57 pm Post subject:

[quote="Rickeezee"]I have preserved many things in alcohol if that helps, mainly my kidneys and liver. Wink