Lara in Colo Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 (edited) My children found a dead squirrel in the street the morning, should we save it and cut it up later (freezer?) the new people across the street (3boys) were grossed out. DH said not to worry our 3 girls would teach them how to be boys LOL Seriously should we have a funeral today or a lesson later this year? Lara We are doing SOTW should he be our mummy? --he got ran over--so I don't think he had a disease-- Edited June 17, 2010 by Lara in Colo more to say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In The Great White North Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I'd go with a funeral. Just because he got run over, doesn't mean he didn't have a disease. Cornish hens make great mummies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpsings Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 T'would fit nicely in a crockpot, no? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansamy Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 T'would fit nicely in a crockpot, no? :lol: I'm sure some of us country gals are wondering why she's burying perfectly good protein? :lol: j/k! I will eat venison and even catfish, but I won't eat rabbit or squirrel or snake or turtle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyBlueLobsters Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 T'would fit nicely in a crockpot, no? :lol: :eek: Remind me never to come to your house for supper on 'mystery meat night!' :w00t: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in CA Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 T'would fit nicely in a crockpot, no? :lol: :D:lol: Thanks! I needed a laugh this morning. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Yippppe! And then you can maybe study plague! http://blogs.douglas.co.us/newsroom/2010/04/15/plague-confirmed-in-castle-rock-squirrels/ Seriously - I no longer get anywhere near road kill or any dead wild life for that matter. Rabies, plague, etc etc etc. So not fun. ETA - animals which get run over may be just particularly dumb or slow, but can also be ill, neurologically impaired etc which makes them act in ways which gets them killed on the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Taxidermy = new toy. Er, just kidding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpsings Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Taxidermy = new toy. Er, just kidding. :lol: OMG...I'm crying now!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Taxidermy = new toy Coffee out the nose... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDmom Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 T'would fit nicely in a crockpot, no? Taxidermy = new toy. :lol: Oh! You guys arer killing me! But, as to the original question. . . around here, we just grab a shovel and dump it in a trash bag or into an empty lot. I suppose burying would be the proper thing to do, if you're up to digging.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted June 17, 2010 Author Share Posted June 17, 2010 We wrapped it up and threw it away. **sigh** took the safe route---the link to the plague was in MY city. (not close to us but close enough) Lara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishboneDawn Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 My children found a dead squirrel in the street the morning, should we save it and cut it up later (freezer?) LOL! This is one of those, "You know you're a homeschooling mom when..." situations. The dead chipmunk we found years ago was carefully observed as it decayed. It's skull was later boiled. The dead baby hare my cat brought home was tucked away in a freezer for 2 years before I finally decided we weren't going to get around to skinning and dissecting it. So, "You know you're a homeschooling mom when finding dead animals makes you giddy with delight." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Yippppe! And then you can maybe study plague! LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 So, "You know you're a homeschooling mom when finding dead animals makes you giddy with delight." I don't know if I qualify as a HSer anymore then, :D. I'd call animal control and let them take care of disposal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Honestly, dissecting animals that have been hit by a vehicle would not be fun. The organs are pretty much destroyed upon impact. (so says someone from TN where it was a few years ago made legal to butcher and eat roadkill) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 LOL! Yeah, but it's not so LOL when it's true. Plague was found in squirrels in that area. :eek: In my area I'd be more worried about rabies..... but heck, plague isn't fun either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 My best friend and housemate in college carried a trash bag in her backpack so that she could transport a dead squirrel home for skinning. One day when we were riding our bikes home (on a winding mountain road) she found the perfect specimen. She brought him home and skinned him in front of the fire, and then she put the rest of him in the chest freezer on the back porch. She did whatever one does with an animal skin. For all I know the body is still in that freezer--23 years later. That's my roadkill squirrel story. :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappyhappymama Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 My children found a dead squirrel in the street the morning, should we save it and cut it up later (freezer?) the new people across the street (3boys) were grossed out. DH said not to worry our 3 girls would teach them how to be boys LOL Seriously should we have a funeral today or a lesson later this year? Lara We are doing SOTW should he be our mummy? --he got ran over--so I don't think he had a disease-- uhm... I think I'm with the boys across the street! :ack2: Ya'll are so much manlier than me! :D (leaving the roadkill homeschool lessons to my DH, one of many ways he earns the 'D') Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smrtmama Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I'm sure some of us country gals are wondering why she's burying perfectly good protein? :lol: j/k! I will eat venison and even catfish, but I won't eat rabbit or squirrel or snake or turtle. Brunswick stew, baby!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptwoman Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 My best friend and housemate in college carried a trash bag in her backpack so that she could transport a dead squirrel home for skinning. One day when we were riding our bikes home (on a winding mountain road) she found the perfect specimen. She brought him home and skinned him in front of the fire, and then she put the rest of him in the chest freezer on the back porch. She did whatever one does with an animal skin. For all I know the body is still in that freezer--23 years later. That's my roadkill squirrel story. :ack2: IN 1978 on Christmas Day the men of the family spotted a stoat, they went on a stoat hunt and found and killed it. Then Dad decided that it would be great to stuff it (no rabies or plague concerns :D ) so Dad put it in the freezer to store it until he got around to learning about Taxidermy. Then in 1982ish when I was at school, my bunny died and Dad thought I might like the skin (Mum used to cure skins) so he skinned it. When I got home he told me and I bawled as much about the skinning as the dead bunny :lol: So that went in the freezer too. Dad died in 1990 and Mum died in 1994, DH and J and I moved into their home, and guess what was still in the freezer. :lol: Yep, a 16 years dead stoat and a 12 years dead bunny hide. They went in the rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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