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FossilFeather — Eastern Chipmunk Pelt
Published: 2009-08-30 19:37:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 10123; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 2570
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My new chipmunk pelt. He was a casualty of the barn cat, Jack, at the house where my sister babysits. She brought this little guy home for me at the end of the day and I skinned and tanned the pelt myself.Disclaimer: I did not kill this animal! If you do not like what you see, don't look at it! Also, don't bother wasting your time leaving rude or pointless comments here, they will be ignored.
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my cat did the same
do you know any good tutorials on how to skin it?? I love that when cats kill it the pelt is still in good condition, instead of having a hole in it xx
and do you HAVE to salt it??
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I wish it was legal to shoot those things over here, but we cant, and our friends two county's over will have to deal with them chewing up his cabin.
Cute little pelt by the way.
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as sad as the image makes me I'm still very impressed that you were able to successfully skin and tan something so tiny
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I'm not sure. I've only ever seen one chipmunk pelt for sale. It was on eBay years ago and I cannot remember what the going price was.
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this is incredible. i sometimes look at my hamster and wonder what he'd look like skinned, this reminded me of that. hahaha. but this is really perfect.
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This is so neat!! I'd love to try preparing my own pelt sometime...
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How long does it take to skin and tan a chipmunk?
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It really depends on your process and how practiced you are with it.
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I shot one of those in the head and skinned it, then i washed it and put the salt on. After a few hours in the sun it dried right up... Fossil-feather's pelt looks better skinned than mine though, you did a real nice job..
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Found a dead weasel today and I'd like to skin it, but I don't have a clue how to do it the right way D:
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Have you tried looking up skinning tutorials online? The taxidermy.net forums can be very helpful.
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omg that is amazing! how do u skin somethin so darn small?
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Lol, very carefully! Really though, anything I know about skinning was learned through the internet. It's something that comes easily for me and I actually kind of enjoy it.
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it looks like fun ^^
i have always liked skulls and pelts and stuffed animale they look so cool.
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What kind of tanning solution are you using? Oo
I've never heard of one that works like that.
(read your description of how you tanned it in one of your comments)
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I use MacKenzie tan and their oil too.
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do you have any idea where i could find one of these?
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Sadly, no. I had been searching for one for myself all over the place but, oddly enough, couldn't find one anywhere, for sale or otherwise. I got lucky when my sister brought this dead one home for me and I was able to skin and tan it.
You might try posting a Want ad on the taxidermy.net forums.
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Very nice! I've never tried skinning... maybe I will sometime.
The other day we found my husky licking something... Here he had a chipmunk that he'd caught, and it wasn't bloody or anything and he didn't really want it. 
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Great find! Just be super careful not to lose any of the teeth during the cleaning process. -_-
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Thanks! Alright, I'll be careful to watch out for that.
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Thanks, I love the reddish tint to it! Do you have any finished pictures of yours?
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Nope right now he's sitting upstairs stuffed but no eyes lol. the eyes and clay are all I need to finish him though 
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That's really cool! Good luck with that. ^_^
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Amazing job on it, it's so pretty!
The fur and colors are awesome as well C:
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Thank you! I really enjoyed working on it and I look forward to doing more at some point.
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It's very soft and silky though not very thick since it's his summer coat. :3
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Oh cool.
How did you tan it'?
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I salted it after skinning it, let it sit in a special pickling solution for several days, brushed the tanning solution onto it and let it sit overnight, then finished it with brushing on the leather oil.
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what leather oil did you use might I ask?
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Okay thank you for the information :3
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okay... i dunno why i find this so amusing.... but it is.
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You never know, the chipmunk might be flat-tered to hear that.
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wow, i dunno how to type a forced laugh, but i'll give it a shot. ha. ha. ha. ha. how's that??
sadly though, i did laugh at that. >.<
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You must have quite a bit of patience to be able to skin something so tiny. ^^
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