Useful snake "parts" question

[criveraville]

Anything else useful in a snake after the meat and skin?

Cipriano

[M-P]

Howdy,  There was a post of jewelry made from snake vertebrae somewhere on this forum.   The heads of rattlesnakes embedded in acrylic make really!!! kitchy paperweights.  Unlaid eggs would probably be goos to eat ( just a guess.)    Ron

[Gus]

Yes Sir!

Acrylic... That's what I was thinking of...

-gus

[osage outlaw]

I made a necklace from the vertabrae.  I threw the snake in the edge of the woods and marked the spot.  A year later I went and picked up all the vertabrae.  A quick rinse and an overnight soak in 40 volume peroxide got them nice and white.

It would be hard, but a whitened rattlesnake skull would look amazing.

[jonathan creason]

I'd love to have some vertebrae for beads on knife sheaths if'n anybody skins a big one. 

[stickbender]

     I believe some Asian cultures, like the Vietnamese, make a blood wine, and some cultures, pulverize the bones, for medicinal purposes.  As for snake vertebrae for beads, you could use fish vertebrae, if you don't have access to large snakes.  Hey, I know of this guy in Arizona, who has a lot of large snakes, and..... Just kidding Nate.   Speaking of, we haven't heard anything from you in quite awhile.  I hope all is well with You and the Family, and the little belly chafer's too.   Cipriano, you could boil the remains of one, and bleach it, and then run a wire, through the vertebrae, and skull, and pose it in a cage, like oops, I knew there was another pet that needed feeding and watering......   Oooh, you could also put a mouse, or rat skeleton in the stomach area of the bones also....   I know, I know, I am a sick person.  But it is ok, I am known for that.

                                                         Wayne

                                                       Wayne

[osage outlaw]

That would be awesome Stickbender.  It would be very hard to do.  The ribs would have to be glued on somehow.  Boiling the bones would be bad for them.  Either maceration or dermestid beatles would work the best for defleshing a snake skeleton.  Maybe Cipriano could find a nice fire ant colony and let them clean the bones for him.  I've heard that Texas has a few of those 

[stickbender]

     There ya go Cip, look for a nice big fire ant colony!  That is what we used to do as kids, with cow skulls, and horns, bones, etc.   Think of it as a ....uh....uh....a relaxing way to spend the evening after supper, practicing, your dexterity with threading a small copper wire through the tiny little vertebrae......  You can start with the mouse...... 

                                                               Wayne

[Gus]

I like the necklace idea.
And the Bead Idea.

The Skeleton idea would be cool too but I think beetles would be better for cleaning the bones.

With a nice big Rattler I might:
Think I'd milk the venom.
Then place the snake in a snake sack or thick pillow case tied off, in the freezer for the required time to euthanize.
Then Skin it.
Next Fillet it for the Grease and feed the body with Skinned head to some domesticated beetles.

Handling the head specially while skinning it would be a Delicate procedure.

Once the beetles were done soak the bones overnight in 30-40 Volume Peroxide to whiten as Osage Outlaw has said.

Then rebuild the snake skeleton.

-gus

[bowtarist]

I've got several "piles" of snake vertabre.  They are very pointy.  I think they would be pointy as a necklace.  Maybe a bigger boned snake could have the bones rolled in a tumbler for an hour or two to round off the edges.  They don't look like fish verts (round), they are shaped like ours w/ prongs sticking off.

Creason, I'll see what I have right off hand.  I found one yesterday on the road I threw to the side too.

dpgratz

[osage outlaw]

They really don't hurt your neck when you wear them as a necklace.