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does anyone have any experience with the Dermestid beetle.With the extremely high cost of taxidermy,I’m searching for some alternatives…Thanks!!!

here is an easy way with no beetles

1) First get the hide off the head and cut away all the meat, membrane, etc. that you can.

2) Get a pot large enough to submerge the skull in, or the biggest one you can get your hands on. Don’t take your wife/girlfriend’s best cooking pot, this will only cause you more aggravation than you are about to undertake. You will also need to do this outside because it does cause an odor. You will also need some type of fire like a propane burner.

3) Fill the pot up with water and add Dawn dish detergent (this is a good grease cutter). I also have a taxidermy product in my shop called Sal Soda (which is Sodium Bicarbonate which can also be bought in a grocery store “Arm N Hammer” laundry detergent) that I use with the Dawn.
Bring the water to a boil with the skull submerged. If there are antlers attached to the skull you want to keep them out of the water if possible because they will turn a light color. If they do it is no real big deal, they can be touched up with a little wood stain. You can also try and wrap the antler bases with aluminum foil.

4) Every 15 minutes or so take the skull out. BE CAREFUL. It will be hot and there will be hot water trapped inside.
Now take a semi dull knife and start scraping everything off the skull. This is very time consuming work but is very important. When you have got off everything that wants to come off stick it back into the pot and repeat this process until the skull is CLEAN and I mean clean. If you leave anything it will draw bugs, have an odor and you know what the little lady will say about what you can do with your skull.

Rabbit skull, cleaned by Dermestid beetles

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