tanning rabbit hides

[machinemaker]

I am wanting to start tanning some of our rabbit hides and am looking for advice. has anyone done this and if so what worked best?
kent

[Penny_Plinker]

Depends on what you're going to do with them. I believe you could "preserve" the hides by soaking in some rubbing alcohol for a few days. If you're more serious, get you a Van Dykes taxidermy catalog. They have a lot of easy tanning solutions. I got some Krowtan i'm going to try soon.

Penny

[chickenfried]

Penny, have you took the lid off that krowtan and took a good strong whiff? :o

I tried tanning an otter with it and didn't have very good results. I think it may be better for taxidermy where the hide doesn't need to be soft.

MM I would just use a basic alum tan. From my experience with rabbit though, it doesn't matter what kind of tan you use. With rabbits they are going to start sheding in a few years.

[Penny_Plinker]

Chickenfried. I have to admit you were right about the Krowtan. At first i thought you were wrong, but now i see my beaver hide hard, stiff and useless, so i'm going to have to put a lot of work into it to try to fix it.

Penny