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So someone in my immediate family has decided that her life just wouldn't be complete without a curiosity cabinet of various critters. Notedly, preserved animals, some of which 'pickled' in appropriate formalin solutions. It's actually kind of interesting how, in death, the animals look so peaceable and adorable. However, a few of the animals in their jars are a wee bit too big for the cabinet. Solution: transfer the animals, preferably with their own separate formalin solutions, into smaller glass jars that better fit the cabinet. We went off to find ourselves some information about animal preservation and fixation, mostly with regards to materials and safety precautions. We will be using demiwater, saturated with 4-5% formaldehyde, or about 10-12% formalin. Appropriate gloves and eye protection, as well as considerations for pouring the formalin solutions into the smaller jars will be taken in mind. No standing over the jars unnecessarily to get those lovely fumes up in your face and sinuses. Always rinse and clean with surplus demiwater as is available, and so on. My questions, however, are more of a practical nature. Since we have absolutely no idea how long the animals in question have been kept in formalin, we have no idea what the averse effects are to the animals being exposed to open air during transfer. Are there any problems with animals pickled in formaldehyde to be removed from their storage medium and transferred into another sealable, smaller jar, such as a risk of decomposition in the new jar? Are there considerations to be taken with regards to the animals bloating due to them taking in formalin solution into their tissues, thus maybe making it difficult to remove them from their jars? Are the pickled animals at all liable to break or damage during the transfer?
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Jan 15, 2015 19:23
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Thanks ever so much for the information. I have relayed the thread's responses and will await the further decisions then.
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Jan 17, 2015 00:07
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