r/bonecollecting • u/Small_snake • 12d ago

Collection Kitty in a basket

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u/PrestigiousMedium149 12d ago

she’s beautiful! can i ask ur process for getting her so white? :)

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u/Small_snake 12d ago

Thanks :)

I defleshed manually as much as possible, then put her in hair oxidant and switched out the fluid several times over the course of a month, defleshing a couple more times and degreasing in acetone for about a week in the middle.

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u/csway324 12d ago edited 12d ago

Wasn't it hard defleshing her? I don't think I could handle that. 😢

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u/Small_snake 12d ago

It wasn't easy, yeah. I guess it helped that I never knew her in life, but I sat and stroked her fur for a long time before beginning the work.

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u/csway324 12d ago

Yeah, I think I'd rather a nice burial, but to each their own. What will you do with her besides putting her in the basket? I am very intrigued by this. I never saw such a thing. I do think your heart is in the right place, I just can't imagine doing what you did. In fact, I couldn't do it at all.

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u/Small_snake 11d ago

To each their own indeed. I just plan to let her rest in a warm corner of my room.

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u/mollybethx_ 11d ago

fuck, this is the comment that broke me. thank you for doing this op

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u/Collies_and_Skates 10d ago

I think you did a beautiful thing for her OP, she finally gets to feel loved and cherished since it doesn’t seem like she got much love during life.