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These are the three domestic cats I have skinned. I hope
I do not offend anyone with these pictures.. in my
opinion, cats are not any different than a raccoon or a
fox. I would also like to make clear that I didn't kill these cats!! I love cats (I
have a pet cat myself). All three of these were road kill.
And I owe it to my wonderful dad for
bringing me home these cats. Whenever he sees a roadkill cat (or anything else) in good condition, he puts it in the back of his truck and brings it home to me.
The gray tabby was the first cat that I
skinned.
The cat was not in good enough condition
for me to attempt mounting it, so I made it into a pelt.
I tanned it with Rittel's
EZ-tan, and it is so very soft and flexible! This was my
first time tanning, and I was extremely happy with the results. |
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black and white cat was my second. It is about the size of the
gray one.. a little bit larger.. and it's black fur is SO
shiny!
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Now THIS is one huge cat!! When dad brought me this cat, I thought it was a bobcat at first sight.. I was amazed by the size! But it is obviously just a VERY large domestic cat. The picture at the top of the page
shows the size difference of it compared to the other
two cats (and they are almost adult sized cats, not kittens!!)
This cat had a very thick skin, but I managed to
tan it pretty soft.. although since I don't have the
money for a fleshing/shaving machine, it took me hours
to manually shave the flesh with a razor blade to get it
soft. Then I sanded it with an electric sander after it
was dry. It's definitely my favorite pelt! |
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This
picture on the left shows you how nice and
white-leathered a pelt turns out when tanned with EZ-Tan.
The skin is very white on the back and oh, so very soft!
The skin is preserved, so it will last almost indefinitely. |
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 Here
is a little novelty I made using the gray cat's front paw.
Similar to a lucky rabbit's foot, this is a "lucky" cat foot key chain!
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are cat skulls. The skull on the right came from the gray
tabby that I skinned. As you can see from the size, it
was a younger cat. The skull on the left was found from
another road kill cat. This one was a mature adult. The
skin was already rotten, but I was able to salvage the
skull. I could not get the skull from the black cat or
the orange tabby because their skulls were smashed. :( |
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