Re: [AlpacaTalk] Re: Sent to Alpaca site...held, not posted by site...
I think it's absolutely appropriate to salvage what you can when one of your animals dies. Not only does it respect that animal's presence in your life but it honors its gifts, whether that be hide or fleece or whatever. I'd suggest that you contact a local taxidermist. Most communities -- at least those in areas where pheasant, deer or other hunting is popular! -- have a number of people who are qualified to remove and tan hides. One thing that will make it easier emotionally is to have someone lined up well in advance of any sudden death. That way you already know where to go and it's one more hurried task that you don't have to worry about. The obvious problem here is if you need to know the cause of death, and take your dead alpaca to a lab or clinic for necropsy. The clinicians won't be concerned about maintaining the integrity of the hide. However, in instances of accidents or known illnesses, it's perfectly acceptable to salvage
what you can. (In fact, when my first alpaca died several months after I'd started out, the vet who came to the farm to do the necropsy insisted on shearing the animal before starting. She was the pragmatic one, and I was totally tearful about it.)
Judith Korff
LadySong Suris and Sebastapols
Harmonizing Quality, Value, and Service
Randolph, New York 14772
Cell: (716) 499-0383
www.alpacanation.
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From: Heather Zeleny <alpacatalk@westwind
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 11:41:10 AM
Subject: 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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