freeze it. wrap it in butcher paper or something similar and freeze it . i have a snake skin i am waiting to do something with. been frozen for over a yr.

 

Yeah I know to freeze it. I am just wondering how to prepar it for freezing.

 

clean the fur, make sure its dry. it can be field dressed or not. doesnt matter. people freeze coyotes and foxes here whole and take them to the fur traders months later. dont really need to do anything special.

 

Ok, will do. Thanks!

 

DO NOT field dress it. Your taxidermist may need to skin it a certain way in order to mount it in the pose you'd like. Also, don't saran wrap it. Instead wrap it in newspaper and place in a paper bag. Plastic retains heat and isn't good for keeping the hair from "slipping"

 

definitely freeze it. I got one in my neck of the woods and they are rare so I got it mounted too. Been seeing a white one, he's next once deer seasons over.

 

All the squirrels that I've shot, stiffen up like a board within 30 seconds of shooting them. I've never seen anything like it. I don't think I could do much with one except throw it in the freezer, they're so stiff already, you'd think they were frozen solid.

 

go to Taxidermy.net
They have everything you need to know in the Forums and they have Step by Step Tutorials for beginners and advanced .
Its an awesome site to check out if you wanna learn how to do Taxidermy .

 

Sorry I left here in a rush, I was in a hurry haha. Anyway, here's what I did:

I dabbed up the blood and cleaned his hide a little bit.
I made sure he was dry.
I wrapped him in 2 newspapers, very carefully.
I put him in a brown paper bag that I taped closed.

The next day I put him in a cooler with ice packs and I took him to my taxidermist.



She laughed at me! Haha. She said I didnt have to go through any of that trouble since I was bringing it only like 20 hours after it was killed. She said it kinda inconvienced her that I froze it cause she was gonna start on it immediately. She says I should have him back in 2-3 months.

She said cleaning it was not necasarry cause she has to re do it after its skinned and soaked. That makes sense.

I asked her for some tips, and she said that I did everything more than good, but she said that next time if I am going to keep something in my freezer for awhile to put it in a plastic bag so that it doesn't freezer burn. I'm just repeating what she said there.

The cost is $175 for the mount, plus $10.50 tax, and maybe $5-$10 for the piece of wood. Not too bad for good work, I cant wait to see it!

Thanks for all the fast help everyone, I really appriciate that!

 

lets see that new squirrel when she gets done with it and that alot of cash for a foot long creature