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Taxidermy - Button Quail

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Taxidermy project. A chinese button quail. It used to be someone's pet. I always advice against having pets stuffed, especially mammals. The 'owner' always catches the emotional expressions of the animal, and the taxidermist sees the animal for the first time when it's dead.. Not even pictures of the animal will give him/her a good view. Luckily with birds it's a little less stressing, and after having a good talk with the woman I realised she knew what she was doing and decided to take on her project.

Hand engraved an old glass cheese dome she brought. She wanted her pet Quail to go underneath it, to shield it from the dust. Loved the idea, but hate the fact it morphs the image of the quail inside. So I also took some pictures of it outside the dome.

~To whom it may concern, (please read before accusing me of anything!)
This animal died a natural cause. NONE of the animals I work on are killed for the purpose of taxidermy only and most are found along side the road or come from bird/animal breeders and or pet owners in the area.
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niffles's avatar
how did you manage to mount such a tiny little bird?