Quote Originally Posted by Schlyne
Do you use dermstid beetles to prepare the skeletons?
Yea we use them we have a good sized colony in a pressurized (sp?) room so that the bugs if they do get out have trouble geting out of the room. Sometimes we rot-prep the specimen, which is fairly self explanitory, stick them in a tub of water and wait, let me tell you that is a STINKY job.

Griggs -
I accutally made a prep of one of my boas that had died. came out AWSOME!! I'll try to get some pics in about 2-3 weeks when it's done

Elevatethis -
Yea that link is very similar, but it doesn't show the amount of muscle on the inside of the ribcage of that first third of the body. But that is an awsome awsome link, thanks for reposting that.

~mike