[chimico]

Hello, do you know how can I preserve a little bird from decomposition? I don't mean to perfectly imbalsamate it, just something that block or slow the decomposition of tissutes...

Thank you

[Dan]

I don't mean to perfectly imbalsamate it, just something that block or slow the decomposition of tissutes...

So you don't want to submerge it in embalming fluid?

Put it in the freezer.

[chimico]

Yes I could use them, I just meant not to make a perfect work like the birds in museums but where could I buy embalming fluids and what is the best for this work?

[discodermolide]

Yes I could use them, I just meant not to make a perfect work like the birds in museums but where could I buy embalming fluids and what is the best for this work?

Try preservation in formalin, a solution of formaldehyde in water 37% I think.

[chimico]

I just have to immerge it inside formaline or pump it inside the bird?

[discodermolide]

I just have to immerge it inside formaline or pump it inside the bird?

Just immerse it completely.

[Arkcon]

Simper immersion of a large, developed, vertebrate will help, but it won't work well.  Perfusion, replacing the interior fluids with formalin or other fluid will be needed to keep the tissues in good shape for a long time.  Even so, the tissue will still distort, as the osmotic pressure on individual cells wil always be different.  Also, feathers and external tissue will discolor after a soak in formalin.

You really have to specify what you need to preserve the bird for  -- you said you don't want to embalm it, but if you don't want to really preserve it ... why do you you want to, ... slightly preserve it.

Also, in the couplea weeks since you first asked this question ... how have you preserved it so far?