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Wanted Rabbit Pelts
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Ramjet":poh66nb1 said:
aren't we all rabbit ranchers? :idea:
Most of those rules are in regards to animals controlled by law.
It's just so that they don't end up being sent anything illegal.
Domestic rabbit pelts have remarkably few pertaining laws for a tannery to worry about.
OK...Time to root through the freezer...
This is what I have. Most of the pelts are fully mountable (I know you just wanted back hides), but I have yet to bother with skinning out feet and tails anyway.
I could probably chop the heads off and tan a few masks if anyone is interested. That might sound weird, but here are people who like to mount or simply collect them.
That tiny chocolate jap is starting to get some freezer burn. It's a shame since he'd make an adorable little mount if someone had the skill to work with one so small.
My camera really messes up relative sizes..
It's just so that they don't end up being sent anything illegal.
Domestic rabbit pelts have remarkably few pertaining laws for a tannery to worry about.
OK...Time to root through the freezer...
This is what I have. Most of the pelts are fully mountable (I know you just wanted back hides), but I have yet to bother with skinning out feet and tails anyway.
I could probably chop the heads off and tan a few masks if anyone is interested. That might sound weird, but here are people who like to mount or simply collect them.
That tiny chocolate jap is starting to get some freezer burn. It's a shame since he'd make an adorable little mount if someone had the skill to work with one so small.
My camera really messes up relative sizes..
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Ramjet":1lygzb1j said:
Not sure what you mean. :?
Ramjet":38n7w1u2 said:
Those are my toes.
I left them there as kind of a size reference, but...I suppose that failed too, since the camera really wreaks sizes.
Zass":29uk0cyz said:Those are my toes.
I left them there as kind of a size reference, but...I suppose that failed too, since the camera really wreaks sizes.
The tiles gave me an idea as to the size ....
On a side note , I called that tannery today .... We would still have to fill out the Lacy Act form but it really doesn't pertain to rabbits , no big deal there.
They estimated .... 7 Months to complete an order.
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:rotfl:Ramjet":b0nnrzvn said:
The chocolate GTS is a senior doe. I think you will be impressed with her size when I get her unfrozen and unfolded.
Ramjet":34ffsd39 said:
Yep, but the wait is worth the quality that you get. They are really the only tannery that I found that dose only small animals. Other tannery's like WildLife Gallery charges $40-70 for just ONE rabbits hide and it's because they are 'fragile'.
The chocolate GTS is a senior doe. I think you will be impressed with her size when I get her unfrozen and unfolded.
Ohhhhh, I can't wait to see them! how do you get that color in your rabbits?
Celice":2aut28vp said:
I've been doing them myself .... so much hand work but they do come out fantastic.
Now that I've been forced to return to working , I'll likely try them out. The cost isn't bad for 20+ hides @ $7.75 and $5.50 for 100+.
Just seems like a long time .... and I'll have to thaw , flesh and salt dry them which I have never done. (HeLp?!)
I didn't even look.. Celice do the pelts have to be fleshed and salted?
Zass":11ptx8tm said:
Only if it's big chunks that are left. I usually don't flesh hard until after I pickle. The pickle makes fleshing easier for some reason. for the Tannery I send carolines as they were when she sent them and I don't know if she fleshed but it turned out really good
Ramjet":11ptx8tm said:
Yeah, it's a pretty good deal.
For fleshing just take the larger chunks off once yu thaw them. Make sure to thaw them out is a cool place, keep them out of the sun, (do NOT put them in water) then stretch them out and coat them with non-iodized salt on the flesh side they dry out pretty fast about 24-72hrs.
I wanted to post these to show to my RT friends too.
Fully skinned out rabbits.
Rabbits can be traditionally mounted with just a fleshing and a dry preserve. For soft sculpture, I feel it's best if they are tanned with a syntan like ez-100.
This is how I usually skin them for that. It's by far not the only way, or correct way. It's just the way I came up with to best serve the needs of the people I (used to) prepare them for. Now days, It's usually just Celice who can get me off my tail and doing something more productive than taking pics of cute babies. :lol:
Anyway, the main skinning cut is a strait line below the sternum down towards the nether regions. I pull the whole rabbit, head and all, through that cut. Legs and genital area are left intact for ease of sewing. paws are clipped off at the ankle/wrist.
Tail and feet bones are removed with short relief cuts.
You can see the cuts on the bottoms of the feet. Removing them this way prevents tearing of the delicate leg skin. For soft sculpture especially, I feel it's easier to work with intact legs, instead of having to sew them up from foot to groin..
For the toes, I usually leave 1/2 of the final digits the give the claws somewhere to connect securely inside the pelt. Lips are opened up on the inside, ear bases are trimmed carefully remove extra flesh and speed drying.
A taxidermist can and will make more cuts as necessary, in areas of their choosing. I just try to provide as complete of a pelt to start with as I can to minimize unwanted cuts and extra work.
Finally, these are definitely not tanned yet, just salted and drying for someone else to tan. Ears curl as they dry.
Chocolate gts. One paw had to be soaked in salt water to rehydrate it enough to skin...
Jap doe.
Fully skinned out rabbits.
Rabbits can be traditionally mounted with just a fleshing and a dry preserve. For soft sculpture, I feel it's best if they are tanned with a syntan like ez-100.
This is how I usually skin them for that. It's by far not the only way, or correct way. It's just the way I came up with to best serve the needs of the people I (used to) prepare them for. Now days, It's usually just Celice who can get me off my tail and doing something more productive than taking pics of cute babies. :lol:
Anyway, the main skinning cut is a strait line below the sternum down towards the nether regions. I pull the whole rabbit, head and all, through that cut. Legs and genital area are left intact for ease of sewing. paws are clipped off at the ankle/wrist.
Tail and feet bones are removed with short relief cuts.
You can see the cuts on the bottoms of the feet. Removing them this way prevents tearing of the delicate leg skin. For soft sculpture especially, I feel it's easier to work with intact legs, instead of having to sew them up from foot to groin..
For the toes, I usually leave 1/2 of the final digits the give the claws somewhere to connect securely inside the pelt. Lips are opened up on the inside, ear bases are trimmed carefully remove extra flesh and speed drying.
A taxidermist can and will make more cuts as necessary, in areas of their choosing. I just try to provide as complete of a pelt to start with as I can to minimize unwanted cuts and extra work.
Finally, these are definitely not tanned yet, just salted and drying for someone else to tan. Ears curl as they dry.
Chocolate gts. One paw had to be soaked in salt water to rehydrate it enough to skin...
Jap doe.
