Today I woke up to this. I am terrified, I feel now that I may never be able to experience life as myself. I’m facing a wait of multiple years for treatment on the NHS and now having to realise I may never get it. I’m having to decide wether I want to wait it out or pay for private treatment, something on my low wages I can not afford.
If I want to go private my initial consultation will be approximately £300 and £100 for follow ups. I will also need money for traveling there as the clinic is on the opposite side of the country to me.
I’m going to link my kofi page I made for my YouTube, however I don’t expect donations. I have the amount set to £1 instead of £3. However if you send £3 or more I’ll do some art for you if you message me.
I’d be eternally great full for any donations. Sharing and liking also helps this reach more people.
Just wanted to talk a bit about Chronic Wasting Disease, AKA “zombie deer disease”
Some people have expressed concern and I want to assure everyone that I am extremely aware of how detrimental this disease is.
-For those of you who don’t know, CWD is a prion that infects the nervous system of whitetail deer. It is very contagious and very fatal. It has been becoming more of an issue in many states as the deer populations are increasing. Also, it doesn’t make it better when people bait deer, as it normally spreads through the saliva and when there’s lots of food in one area the chance of infection increases.
-As many of my followers know, I post a lot of content about whitetail deer and cleaning deer skulls. I want to clarify that all carcasses are disposed of properly at dump stations provided by the dnr and I always make sure to clean my tools after each head.
-Something else I do to help the dnr is remove the lymph nodes of each deer and bring them to a CWD kiosk to be collected and tested for the prion. I strongly recommend anyone who cleans deer skulls to do this as it helps counties get a more accurate estimation of deer infected with CWD, while also helping the dnr implement techniques to slow the spread.
-More information should be available on your local dnr’s website and again, I strongly encourage anyone to check this out and get involved!
-Please keep in mind that to bring in your deer’s lymph nodes you’ll need to have an authorization number for the animal!
I’ve been blessed with some more deer skulls to clean!!! The two with the tags are mummified while the skull was a find a little while ago. I left him sitting outside for some time and nature cleaned him up pretty good!
Tw: dead animal/mummification below
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I’m trying out a different method this time and I’ll be putting them next to an ant nest. Hopefully it works well enough to at least get some of the nasty off them. The guy that gave the two to me doesn’t want them back either so I hope to put them in the shop eventually
Wot are the best places to find good items for my hoard??
For goblin time hoard things, outside is definitely the best place. There’s rocks and sticks and pebbles and all sorts of fun things. For ~classy~ goblin type stuff that isn’t in nature, then antique shops, thrift shops, and gemstone shops are iconic places to find things to add to your hoard. Just depends on what you’re looking for I guess. Happy hoarding!!
sorry my fellow bastards i just had dental surgery so posts are gonna be slow for the next few days. thanks for staying tuned though! all the support has been great.
i know i don’t usually make text posts, but would you guys like it if i tried my hand at making user boxes? i would be taking requests to start out :))
went raspberry picking with friends. met these horses that loved cuddling and nose pets. don’t know their names, but I decided they are Chester (the chestnut) and Paula (the palamino).
hey fellas. finally dug up that goose. few months ago, the ground froze and stunted my progress on getting this carcass to decay for cleaning, but finally it’s happened! it’s not in the best shape, however I’m new to the degreasing portion of taxidermy, so I find this to be a good starter piece. I have maybe two dozen vertebrae from this goose washed as well. not sure what I’ll do with them yet.
I have this little canvas baggy full of rock fragments and I’m not sure where I acquired it from. I think several of these quartz are from my uncle… but importantly, they are extremely clear in some spots, for a moment I thought they were glass chunks.
