Taxidermy of snakes

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Taxidermy of snakes

Postby Boerie » Mon Feb 28, 2011 5:56 pm

Ive recently started doing taxidermy as a new hobby, and really want to try stuffing some snakes. The only problem is finding fresh dead specimens in good condition.
If anyone in or close to pretoria happen to find any then please help me out and keep them for me. Just put them in a plastic bag, chuck them in the freezer and ill come pick them up. Preferable pecies im looking for are puff adders, Snouties, Rinkhals, mFezi's, Boomslang, Molesnake, Night adders, tiger snakes and Afrocs.
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Re: Taxidermy of snakes

Postby charl.dbn » Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:26 pm

Found a dead night adder today, but unfortunately the cat found it first.
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Re: Taxidermy of snakes

Postby Bushviper » Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:25 am

Boerie just be warned even a road killed Natal rock python can get you into trouble. They are protected dead or alive and whole or in pieces. Rather practice on exotic pythons.

I have never seen a snake that was stuffed and mounted that even looked remotely realistic. Good luck.
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Re: Taxidermy of snakes

Postby steve » Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:22 am

I have a few specimens in my frozen zoo. however most are small, all are exotic.
You are welcome to have the entire lot.
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Re: Taxidermy of snakes

Postby Boerie » Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:53 pm

Bushviper wrote:I have never seen a snake that was stuffed and mounted that even looked remotely realistic. Good luck.


That's cause youve never seen the work of a really good taxidermist. EG:
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Re: Taxidermy of snakes

Postby Boerie » Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:55 pm

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Re: Taxidermy of snakes

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Re: Taxidermy of snakes

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Re: Taxidermy of snakes

Postby Boerie » Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:59 pm

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Re: Taxidermy of snakes

Postby Boerie » Tue Mar 01, 2011 6:04 pm

charl.dbn wrote:Please post pictures of you final products once you get your hands on a snake


I sure will :cool:
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Re: Taxidermy of snakes

Postby Bushviper » Tue Mar 01, 2011 6:05 pm

They are a better quality but some still dont look real. If you can get to this level then I will be impressed.
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Re: Taxidermy of snakes

Postby Boerie » Tue Mar 01, 2011 6:08 pm

Bushviper wrote:They are a better quality but some still dont look real..


Well the point is they are good works! No matter what you mount it will never be perfect, Taxidermy is just getting it as close to real as possible.
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Re: Taxidermy of snakes

Postby Dr Dill » Wed Sep 17, 2014 2:16 pm

I have a large mole snake and a decent sized rinkhals in my freezer if you want both are in pretty good condition besides the fact that they both dead haha. Some idiot left the rinkhals in the sun because he said "snakes are cold blooded so they can never have to much sun" and that's why its doing so well i guess, and the mole snake was killed with a stick but not to badly damaged. If you come near benoni let me know and you can have them both.
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Re: Taxidermy of snakes

Postby magnetopua » Thu Oct 02, 2014 2:27 pm

Hey.

If anyone a Puff adder that has been taxidermisted (is that right), or know of one already done, I would love to get one.
I am very cautious to approach a taxidermist "shop" as I definitely do not want the chance of one been killed for this purpose, but if there is one already done or if you have come across a already dead that you can do , please get hold of me.
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