[Nhcoll-l] best methods for cleaning taxidermy mounts when...

[Nicholson, Kirsten E]

So we had a rather upsetting mouse invasion to a display case offsite that held several mammal and bird mounts inside. I'm going to hazard a guess that these were deer mice rather than house mice because they seemed to be more after the cotton batting on the inside of the birds. They dismantled nearly all the bird mounts and didn't seem to touch any of the mammal mounts. That said, the mammals had mouse droppings on their stands, but otherwise, appeared to be untouched.


After carefully looking them over, we decided to brush off obvious signs of mouse activity, bagged them up and placed them in our freezers for a week. My thought after that was to perhaps spray them with EtOH and hepa-vac them while using a gentle brush. Does anyone have any suggestions for the best way to clean these (or would you just dispose of them or what)?


Thanks for any assistance!


Kirsten


[CMU]


Kirsten E. Nicholson, Ph.D (she, her, hers)

Professor | Biology Dept & Institute for Great Lakes Research | 2104 Biosciences

Natural History Curator | Museum of Cultural & Natural History | 103 Rowe

Central  Michigan University  |  Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859

P: 989-774-3758 or 3829  |  F: 989-774-2612 or 3462

E: kirsten.nicholson at cmich.edu

Office Hours Spring 2019: Tues. & Thurs., 12-2pm, 2104 Biosciences







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