simka2 Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Yes, I really want to know the easiest way to do this. :tongue_smilie: I killed a rather large coral snake today. I would like to keep it in a jar and was wondering if vinegar would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acurtis75 Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 I don't have an answer but the title of this thread made me giggle and think about how people who don't homeschool would think this sounds completely nuts but I immediately thought it was a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 I think alcohol would work better. Vinegar will pickle him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest submarines Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 taxidermy.net forums Apparently you are not the first insane person to ask this insane question. :lol: My biggest adventure is boiling a beaver skeleton. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myeightkiddies Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Formaldehyde if you can find some. Alcohol would be my next choice. I don't think that I'd go with vinegar (imagining a pickled snake). Love these forums! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Whatever you do, don't let your dh just put it in a ziploc bag and stash it in the garage until the next day. It won't be pretty. :blink: :ack2: Ask me how I know. :D Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simka2 Posted December 3, 2011 Author Share Posted December 3, 2011 Whatever you do, don't let your dh just put it in a ziploc bag and stash it in the garage until the next day. It won't be pretty. :blink: :ack2: Ask me how I know. :D Wendi :tongue_smilie: Oh no! I think we will just wait for the next one when I have stuff on hand. I was pretty freaked out having to kill this one. It was very pretty, but near my kids and puppies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Oh my word people, I am trying to eat!~ :ack2: My husband killed a baby rattler in our backyard in CA and put it in the freezer in one of MY mugs! I wouldn't even open the freezer. My husband asked me why I hadn't served any ice cream for a while. When I told him NOTHING was being served out of the freezer until the snake was GONE and I knew it was no longer there, AND my mug was tossed out, that is when he died laughing......apparently he hadn't been listening to me go on and on about how I hated having a SNAKE in my house! Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl in NM Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 :tongue_smilie: Oh no! I think we will just wait for the next one when I have stuff on hand. I was pretty freaked out having to kill this one. It was very pretty, but near my kids and puppies. You can toss it in the freezer until you are ready to deal with it. We have a friend who hunts rattlesnakes. He traps them in a container, then tosses the container in the freezer for at least a month, then tosses them on the ground to thaw enough for him to skin them. He thawed one after 2 weeks and it crawled away! :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 It was VERY important to know which refridgerator/freezer was for lunches and snacks, and which ones were for mmm...donations in process. For some reason the museum director thought that it was hilarious to NOT label which ones were which and to send new employees to the wrong one to get him a Dr. Pepper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 You can toss it in the freezer until you are ready to deal with it. We have a friend who hunts rattlesnakes. He traps them in a container, then tosses the container in the freezer for at least a month, then tosses them on the ground to thaw enough for him to skin them. He thawed one after 2 weeks and it crawled away! :001_huh: Did he watch it crawl away or did it disappear? Any animal that has been frozen clear through should be dead-dead, not mostly dead!:lol: I'd suspect some other critter being responsible for the disappearance unless he'd seen it crawl away with his own eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 I mummified the head of a copperhead, but didn't preserve the whole body. I pried open the mouth and pulled down the fangs and it in alcohol for a while, then immersed it in salt. Worked fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl in NM Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Did he watch it crawl away or did it disappear? Any animal that has been frozen clear through should be dead-dead, not mostly dead!:lol: I'd suspect some other critter being responsible for the disappearance unless he'd seen it crawl away with his own eyes. He saw it crawling away and couldn't get to it before it was gone. It was a big one, over 5 feet. It wasn't in the freezer long enough to freeze through all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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