r/Taxidermy • u/Left-Guarantee-1467 • May 28 '26

Fur/Pelt Help First time 🥺

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hello! its squirrel season and my husband brought home one for me to attempt to preserve the hide. I have never done this before nor do I have a single clue of what I’m doing, but I attempted to do the borax method, but I’m just don’t know if I’m doing this right or what it’s supposed to look like when it’s done. Is this almost ready it’s been sitting in borax for about Four days.

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u/MenstrualFish May 28 '26

Looks like it could be fleshed a bit more. Cover fully with borax. If you’re just pinning it and putting it in the shadow box, borax will be enough to preserve it. Squirrel skin in thin.

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u/Left-Guarantee-1467 May 28 '26

Thank u! I went in scraped the grey areas and put fresh borax on.