Dear All,
Another method for cleaning smaller specimens and, I have found, particularly good for herpetofauna and rodents, is woodlice or Sexton (carrion) beetles. All readily available in the wild, especially the woodlice. They can be kept in small tanks or plastic tubs in an outbuilding, don't feed them for a few days and then put your specimen in and they clean it up in a few days, follow this with a soak for another day or so in Biotex washing powder.
It is best to keep a permanent tank of something like woodlice for this purpose - if you want more info on woodlice go to: http://pages.britishlibrary.net/woodlice/index.html
Best wishes,
Julie
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Julie Curl
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