Snake skin removal

[reptilesalonica]

If a snake of yours will die, will you remove it's skin?
~Greg~

[Tim and Julie B]

Why?

[reptilesalonica]

I am just asking (just like a poll)

[Tim and Julie B]

I don't think I could(Julie) and Tim says he probably wouldn't either, but that is a very interesting quetion. Afterall, people do have their dogs and cats stuffed, and we do have our first dog cremated in a cedar box, so it's not a big stretch to save a skin I suppose.

[Zoe]

No I wouldn't.
I don't get attached to inanimate object (as would be a dead snake), so I would avoid the ceremonial burying and such. Pictures are what I want to keep.

Zoe

[JD@reptiles]

:S i am not sure. i havn't done that before and i dont know if i would do it out of respect.

Jordan

[Bryce Masuk]

I dont have any snakes where the skin would be worth removing from there body however i have seen albino burmese python skin and that would definately be worth taking from the body

[Mike177]

thats a touph question and i have acualy thought about doing that when my burm dies i dont know. because it is a good way to remember your burm. i might and if i did i woulnt like display it on the wall but i would keep it in my closet with some photos

[beth wallbank]

A friend of ours had a beautiful burmese for several years, and sudden death shocked him one day. He had the skin professionally removed and preserved with proper tanning, and it is a remarkable keepsake. My friend has it to this day, and it still looks great, and is a good teaching tool when dealing with the public with it measuring 18-20' thereabouts.
I am not sure if I personally could do it, but for those with animals that were hands down jaw dropping, why not?

[asphyxia]

I would, how do you do it yourself, as I have a boa in deep freeze.

On a similar note recently a deer hit my van, so i draged it back to the house, gutted it, skined it, eat the venison (Still am) and tanned the skin, which is hanging on my wall net to a large mouth bass.


Bon a piete
Brian

[reptilesalonica]

Well, one of my juvenile Bci with very red tail died (5 months ago). I tried myself -taking a deep breath first- i put it in the oven in slow temps just to dried it up, then i took a cutter, i opened one end from below, then i took the scissors and cut the skin at length from one end to the other. Unpleasant experience!...latter i heard for some other tips.
~Greg~

[RachelS.]

Originally posted by reptilesalonica
Well, one of my juvenile Bci with very red tail died (5 months ago). I tried myself -taking a deep breath first- i put it in the oven in slow temps just to dried it up, then i took a cutter, i opened one end from below, then i took the scissors and cut the skin at length from one end to the other. Unpleasant experience!...latter i heard for some other tips.
~Greg~

*shivers* I could NEVER do that :(

[Lisa]

Originally posted by asphyxia
On a similar note recently a deer hit my van, so i draged it back to the house, gutted it, skined it, eat the venison (Still am)


MMmmmmmm Venison.


expensive way to get venison isn't it? Aren't bullets cheaper? :)

[SnowFoxx]

Vic (and Lisa) - That's actually a good way to get free meat if you get the body soon after it was hit. After all, hunters drag their kills all around to weighing stations and such, and the meat is still good when they get around to it. It sounds gross to pick up road-kill, but it really isn't. Seems like a waste of meat - and a life - to just let it sit by the side of the road, you know?

- Victoria :w

[Bryce Masuk]

Hey beth I know who your talking about that is one long skin huh? when they showed me the skin they said it is worth more money then the snake was
(and yes i am avoiding saying there name since they may not like it and i see no reason to say there name)

[asphyxia]

Hey Vic

Yes, I'm serious
My grandmother is in stuffed the attic as well...don't worry i didn't eat her.

Regards
Brian Bates

[Lisa]

Originally posted by SnowFoxx
Vic (and Lisa) - That's actually a good way to get free meat if you get the body soon after it was hit. After all, hunters drag their kills all around to weighing stations and such, and the meat is still good when they get around to it. It sounds gross to pick up road-kill, but it really isn't. Seems like a waste of meat - and a life - to just let it sit by the side of the road, you know?

- Victoria :w

I know, I don't have a problem with it. if a deer destroyed my vehical i think i'd eat it too. the one time i did hit a deer (i swear the things are suicidal) i was in saskatchewan and it broke my bumper but my bumper broke it's neck. but in saskatchewan you're not allowed to claim it you have to leave it @ the side of the road for other animals to eat it. kind of stinky and makes for more road hazards if you ask me... also in saskatchewan you have to pay extra for wild life coverage.

[Jeromerules]

WEll us canadians are a little barbaric. KILL KILL EAT EAT. mmmm. Deer tastes great. I heard that roadkill wouldn't be good because wouldn't alot of the meat be bruised?? I dunno if it'd be that great. Remind me to hit a deer next time I drive and throw it in the back of the car when it's dead. hehe about the guy who said they are suicidal I totally agree. I have friend who was driving on a country road when she saw a deer and stopped to avoid hitting it. She was at a full stop and the deer ran into the side of the car went over the hood and broke it neck and died. I dunno I think they don't like the harsh life of living in canada. ehehe. Kind of a funny/sick/sad story thought I had to share it.

[Tim and Julie B]

I thought that in order to keep a road kill you had to call the fisheries depatment, get their authorization and then have it inspected first? Kinda off topic, but I really want to know!

[Zoe]

My grandmother is in stuffed the attic as well

Please tell me that THAT is a joke...
Zoe

[ReptiZone]

All I know is that none of my animals are wasted if it dies I bring it to a vet to profesonaly disect it and learn the antomie of the animal in greater details I think we all did the frog thing in high school it is excelent way of learning.

My friend had a 12 foot burm die he personaly disected it and pickeld all the orgens and profesionaly fixed the skin and let the carcas rot for one year in the compost heap ant later boild the carcas and bleached all the bones and reconstructed the whole thing I am teling you it makes asome display and teaching tool if you can do it right.

[reptilesalonica]

I've heard that too. In UK whatever you do you must have a license. With 300 cameras on the center of London i can assume that London turns into a militaristic city. When my friend from Heathrow learned that i have 30 herps, 30 mice, 10 rats, 5000 crickets, 1000 mealworms in my department he couldn't believe it how "they" let me having all that stuff.
~Greg~

[alex_33]

lmao Jeromerules thats a hillarious story, i havent laughed that hard for a while.

[Xetox]

I think I would be more enclined to have a smaller snake stuffed rather than skined....but yea I would prolly take a skin of a burm or retic if it died of natural causes!

[Pixie]

This is a great question!

I haven't had a snake die on me yet and I am not looking forward to the unfortunate day I live through the experience. I sincerely hope I will keep all my snakes until they get very old and that they have long healthy lives.

That said, would I have the skin preserved if one of my snakes should pass? Surprisingly I would think I would. I personally think it would be a nice way to preserve something of an animal I loved for so long. I would even display it in my home if I could arrange it in a way that I liked.

Some may think it morbid but as long as it was not the reason why the animal is dead, I see nothing wrong with it. I would have it done by a professional, I could never even think of doing something like this myself to any animal, especially one that's been my pet.

Pixie

[nic_barron]

thats the stupidest thing i ever head a

[XxRachxX]

i wouldnt personally "do the deed" myself but if i ever wanted to, then id get it proffesionally done:) DEFINATLEY would not want to mess that up!
this rescue where i volunteer has a few stuffed herps, turtles, snake skins and a croc or two! im telling you the snapping turtle they have, is way scary!! they use them for educational stuff/shows. they have a freezer in the basement which is full of dead things! its pretty damn full and has a recently deceased huge water monitor in there, which they want to get stuffed! its gorgeous, so you can understand why i guess?
my great aunts got a stuffed croc:) i wouldnt mind having it to be honest:) make an interesting conversation piece!

[marisa]

I am so tempted to stuff Roxy when (heavin forbid) she dies. She is at 5 feet now, and I can only assume that she will reach close to six considering she is only 7 and sheds like a baby. She would be super cool to have stuffed, and I could be reminded of her everyday.

Marisa

[Emily-Fisher]

uhh....no. It sounds kind of gross. I just bary my pets in my pet graveyard in a certain area of my backyard and hope that my dogs don't dig 'em up and hope that maggots don't eat them :p