Hi. Just a completely unrelated random question that someone might be able to answer. I have several dead animals (ranging from mice to rabbits) contained in sealed jars in my house. Some of the animals may be diseased and I have had them for many years. They are not perserved in formeldehyde. So my question is - are these decaying, dead animals a potential biohazard? Would there be any chance that I could be harmed if I were to open these jars? Thanks, LBG
Yea exactly, anyways if they are in formeldehyde I think they should be fine. Formeldehyde sorta preserves the animal for a little while I think. Google formeldehyde and wikipedia it.
Oh, I was bored one day (about 2 years ago) so I collected some of my my cat's kills and shot some rats and sealed them up in jars then locked them up in a sealed metal container, buried them underground. Now I have just dug them up. Boredom can make you do strange things, lol
Oh sorry I must of read it wrong, so so so sorry, well then if its not in formaldehyde then you've gotten your self into one heck of s stinky and gross situation now .
I could just bury them again, lol. .... leave them for future generations to vomit over upon discovery But then again, I am feeling rather hungry (so is my cat)
What the living f*ck is wrong with you? I mean I know I'll probably get in trouble for using an f-bomb, but really? You TAKE dead animals and place them in jars/ containers, dig them up and stick them in your ROOM? There's a graveyard down the street from your house, that's next. Just leave the open coffins on top of your bookcase, don't worry though, the stench of decaying flesh and the crawl of maggots over the withered bones of your ancestors will not give you R.A.G.E. Just don't ask why that half-decayed hamster is nibbling on your forehead and uttering something that sounds a little too much like 'Brains...' in a high squeaky voice.
Well, I try to hide my sadistic little brain behind science, but sometimes people can see right through the science. I'm sure you would be interested in my other 'projects'. I have a wallaby in a koma which I injected with the H1N1 virus (the spanish flu variety) And I have a meerkat which has the legs of my pet dog, after the dog had them amputated after having them half gnawed off by my pychopathic cat with parkinson's disease. (the cat is named 'Steve' btw).
Well then this changes everything. What do you do for a living? That wallaby in a COMA, not koma btw, is pretty interesting. How'd you get it?
Are you looking to preserve the skeletons/skulls of these animals? Likely having them in sealed jars have completely ruined them due to the humidity trapped inside. When cleaning skeletons/skulls using a maceration method like this, getting bugs and bacteria inside the jars while letting excess humidity out is vital to the whole process. If you've had them sealed in jars, chances are they just really stink and/or have liquified. Mice are likely too small to have anything left over when the maceration process is complete due to how thin their bones are. If you want to be left with just the skeleton/skull of small animals in the future, you want to build a dermestid colony, the makings of which you can easily buy online. Beware though, dermestids stink, need to be constantly fed, and must be kept warm.
You know, you'd think you know what rotting specimens would do to you if you injected an animal with H1N1... Also, unless there is a Spanish Version of Swine Flu, H1N1 is JUST swine flu. H1N5 I believe is Avian Flu... am I correct?
