Re: [AlpacaTalk] Re: Sent to Alpaca site...held, not posted by site...
Cabela's has tanning kits, and I've found instructions and "recipes"
online. It's not too difficult, though it is time consuming. Heck,
stone age people learned to tan hides, I think we can manage it! :)
Heather
On Nov 14, 2008, at 8:21 AM, dreamwoodalpacas wrote:
> I agree, when I had to put a cria down last year I actually felt
> horribly guilty that I WASN'T taking his skin--it felt like I was
> wasting what little he had left to offer to the world :( But I'm a
> vegetarian, and even when I wasn't, I gagged at just skinning
> supermarket chicken breast, and though my bf has no problem skinning
> things, he loved the little guy too and was hesitant, plus we
> couldn't find anyone to tan it anyway...And I was crying too hard to
> even shear him... What a sap...
>
> I've gotten slightly more practiucal since. We had to shoot a bobcat
> that was IN MY BARN!!! the other night. My bf and a friend did skin
> that and now it's (ugh!) in my freezer until we find a tannery.
> Still, the emotional connection isn't there...
>
> Peace,
> Morgen
> Dreamwood Farm
> Claverack, NY
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