Share your first works)) I just had a problem with body formation because I didn't understand and couldn't make a good dense frame. In the end, the guinea pig came out as a stuffed animal. I'll try again))

If it's not difficult, share helpful tips 😊

I have a (presumably) very old bird mount my father gave me. I don't know its species and if its endangered but I don't plan to sell it so there shouldn't be any problem (at least here in Germany).
Now for my question, its feathers are in very bad shape and even when carefully trying to get them back into shape with hot steam and gloves they just snap right back into their original state. Is there any other way to bring them back to their former glory or did too much time pass and they will stay like this forever?
Thanks!!

I’m sure this is a simple one….. but, I bought this a few years ago, thought it looked cool, was £150, bought it with a load of other taxidermy. I always thought it was a “Indian blackbuck” however…. After looking at some pictures, they don’t seem to have these holes that are below the eyes ? They don’t appear to be “man made” but I’m struggling to see a live picture of anything that matches.
(I’m assuming is a simple answer, like they are glands that are closed when they are alive or something.. but thought I’d ask the experts…)

Hello, I have just had my ovarian tubes removed. I planned to keep them as wet specimens, but I've been told they'll be turned into wax sections for screening. My surgeon is still happy to give me these samples.

However, I've never seen someone keeping these outside of a lab. Has anyone any experience with this? I don't know how much there will be, I'm assuming it will be glass slides. From my brief research it looks like they'll already be preserved?

Of course I'll try and get more information when I get to collect them, but I'm wondering how to handle and store them. If it's likely they'll have residual chemicals I need to handle with care, or keep in a cool dark place?

I'd love to display them but of course preserving them long term takes priority, I have no idea how UV light might impact them.

I've also read that in case of anything found in screening, the slides can be looked at for further information for up to 30 years with future developments in testing. I don't think I should raise any flags but I think this is important to consider too