Taxidermy 1.5

Another very busy week of taxidermy! In my last blog I told you guys a little bit about my struggles skinning the quail and making the forms myself. Well, lets just say that the struggling did not end there. This week was the actual fitting of the quail to the form and it was a very tight fit.

To actually prepare the bird for mounting you have to dip the already wet bird into a solution of lacquer to remove the water from the wings and proceed to use a hair drier to fluff up the feathers. Honestly when I first saw the wet feathers on the form I did not think that this would turn our very well.  By the looks of it, there were not very many feathers at all, and to me they looked mangled.



Next, I ran a piece of wire through each leg and each wing to give them support and to make the limbs easier to move. I put a big bend in the legs to tuck them under and straightened the wing wires to make it look like the quail was flying. Next week I will finish shaping the quail and making the finishing touches that make the whole thing more life like!

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  1. Katrina RaislerNovember 7, 2019 at 8:05 AM

    I’m sorry to hear you’ve been struggling. I would find it difficult to get the form right, my bird would definitely look wonky. Good luck this week!

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