Sailfin skeleton - GRAPHIC

[Dan]

The remains are currently drying out. Tomorrow i will check on them and if they have dried out enough i will put the worms to them.

[weeminx]

can i just say wow! i love sailfins.beautiful lizards.! will be interesting to see the finished project.how many are u planning on doing?what lizards? sorry if ive missed this info on other posts.are u married? reason i ask is if my man was doing this is my house i would of bannished him to the shed.

[Dan]

I like sailfins aswell, i was gutted when this male died.

Not sure how many or what as of yet - see how it goes.

Yes, i'm married - i usually wait till she goes to work or tell her to go have a relaxing bath

[weeminx]

just be careful u dont leave any bits of flesh lying around and she'll never know.

well done on doing this btw its fascinating (if at times a tad gross).lol....will keep checking back to see where u are at.

[Dan]

I'm just going to see how it's drying out now.....

[Fire Bellied]

Man, How interesting is this!!!???!!!

I was completely amazed (TOTAL UNDERSTATEMENT!!!) with how quickly the mealies chomped on the Multimamate....And then on the Rat......So now, I'm just sitting here patiently, watching the screen (amid doing other stuff)......And am eagerly awaiting the next episode of "RETURN OF THE KILLER MEALIES!!!!"

Great work Dan!

Not something I could personally do, due more to the fact that the wife would disown me....But at least now my curiosity can be quenched from watching you & I can have a smell free house: MARVELLOUS!!!

Cheers...And I hope all continues to go well!...I'm keeping 'em crossed!!!

Steve.

eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwww
i could not bring myself to do that!!!!!

couldnt you just bury it like everyone else???!!! lol

[corvid2e1]

burying doesn't work. the bones get damaged, you loose bits, even on a large, solid skull like a deer you end up loosing the teeth and nasle bones etc. it is far too destructive.

good job on de-fleshing the carcass. I know how tedious that gets, espesualy around the ribs, and spine. if your hands have started working again you might want to remove the eyes as well. it is fairly easy to do, and it will save a lot of moisture contaminating the mealworms, as you will realise if you split one. as long as the bone in the tail is not damaged (I doubt it will be, it is far more likely to snap between the bones) it should not be any issue at all. every bone will have to be seperated anyway to clean and bleach them properly.

[Dan]

As the remains were placed on a plastic bag within the viv i have had to turn it over to ensure both sides are dried out. If i'm lucky i'll be able to start with the worms tonight, otherwise i will have to wait until tomorrow. I'll check on it in another couple of hours to check the progress.

I'm glad everyone's enjoying the thread.

Incidentally, while last night was by far the smelliest part of all of this so far it has since reduced in smell considerably. The worst part was revielling (is that spelled correctly? It doesn't look right) the major organs. Now they have gone it is just like leaving a piece of chicken to dry out so there is little to no smell.

I am hoping that once the flesh has dried out i will be able to peal little bits of the skeleton (like a chicken bone) so i will be able to remove more. I am basing this on the difference between cutting raw and cooked chicken flesh.

[Cara]

revealing