Alopecia areata

[Stalker62]

Just had occasion to wander down to the 'Man Cave', and almost tripped over a clump of deer hair.

Looking up to the 'mount' above the doorway and things not looking great.




It was never the finest piece of taxidermy, but it was my first ever deer, and I was determined to 'honour' it.

Looking at it now, makes me wonder whether I did anything of the sort.

 

[HonestJohn]

 

[Jamouk]

Its better than mine !

 

[WalkedUp]

Showing the hand of age is no issue to me, I am sure many members on here have a few less hairs than when they were prime young bucks.

 

[shakey jake]

infestation of textile moth, not going to get better, but will get alot worse if you dont treat it asap

 

[Stalker62]

... will get alot worse if you dont treat it asap

@shakey jake

How?

 

[zambezi]

Its better than mine !View attachment 370627

Had this chap been gorging on rape when you culled him?

 

[shakey jake]

@shakey jake

How?

the larvae will eat the hair and more will fall off.
you can see a couple of casings in the photos.
look like grains of rice

 

[Stalker62]

the larvae will eat the hair and more will fall off.
you can see a couple of casings in the photos.
look like grains of rice

@shakey jake

Forgive me, I meant how do I 'fix' it?

Have just been down to check, and you are absolutely on the money.

Bloody good eyesight old son!

 

[Dunwaters]

Spray it with fly killer as a first phase stopgap.
That’ll give you time to think, would you consider having it recaped?

 

[Stalker62]

That’ll give you time to think, would you consider having it recaped?

Yeah.

About as much as my wife would consider a divorce...

 

[shakey jake]

as above you need a knock down to kill then a residual to stop reinfestation, if you have other mounts treat aswell, if you can find carpet trwatments that are spray on that should help.
but most chems down dont last very long so you will have to keep an eye on it

 

[Lakey]

Get it in a chest freezer ASAP. A week in the freezer will have killed all moths, eggs and pupa. But having said all that, I think it it too far gone to save. If you took it outside and blew on it 80% of the hair would blow away, as the larva will have eaten through all the hair bases.

 

[Spear Chucker]

Get it in a chest freezer ASAP. A week in the freezer will have killed all moths, eggs and pupa. But having said all that, I think it it too far gone to save. If you took it outside and blew on it 80% of the hair would blow away, as the larva will have eaten through all the hair bases.

I have a boars head, and a Soay ram that I put in the freezer for a week each year. Seems to keep it reasonably clean and this was the advice the taxidermist gave me when he did them for me..

 

[Stalker62]

I have a boars head, and a Soay ram that I put in the freezer for a week each year.

Freezer you say...

 

[Foxyboy43]

Oh dear! Rotten luck - first deer too, how awful.
How would a skull mount look - I think I might know the answer….

 

[Stalker62]

How would a skull mount look - I think I might know the answer…

At the current rate of 'shredding', I would estimate six months, and I will know exactly how a skull mount will look...

 

[WalkedUp]

Your gun isn’t exactly the Ashmolean! Accept and enjoy the patina of a life well lived. I use moth spray. It is a great bit of history and I would be proud to have that as a story.

 

[Stalker62]

Your gun isn’t exactly the Ashmolean!

It's spelt Gnu....

 

[WalkedUp]

Gun room sorry! Texting whilst drinking gin in the sunshine.