Masai shield being eaten by bugs

[AES]

That raw hide has to have been wet before. On the hoof or not. Better than having to burn it imo.

 

[rookhawk]

First thing you should do is toss it in the deep freeze for 24 hours. You’ll kill what is on it. Then you thaw it and you need to poison it in some way to prevent reinfestation.

 

[CoElkHunter]

Spray it with permethrin. Might work?

 

[steve white]

+1 for permethrin--it will work

 

[tedthorn]

Spray them directly with bug bomb foggers

 

[WAB]

+2 on permethrin.

 

[Mopani]

Just purchase a second freezer or ask a friend to put the shield in his freezer. It helped me with a similar problem.

 

[Fabnosh]

The freezer seems to be the way to go. I remember seeing a programme about the conservation activities in the Royal palaces many of which have some amazing tapestries and clothing collections. Carpet moths are public enemy number 1 and the collections are reviewed very frequently. When detected its a couple of weeks in the freezer and then a thaw in a low humidity cabinet.

Hope that helps

FN

 

[buck wild]

As noted, it is highly unlikely that hide was tanned thus the material is RAW and not treated. The protein fibers are the same as a live animal. Tanning changes the molecular structure and turns the rawhide into leather. Most the above chemical applications will work. I'm betting what little hair you have left is also damaged and will eventually fall out despite whatever you do now as the root follicles are already damaged.

I'd be more concerned that now you have attracted the moths, they they will be tempted to infest any other mounts you might have in the house that aren't 100% treated hides.

 

[MarkB]

I suggest looking at the mount medix site. They have a host of green chemical sprays and solutions that will eradicate your problem. Not cheap at purchase, especially for me being in Canada but OMG cheap when looking at cost of what it saves. Like others have stated above, I put that shit on everything twice yearly. They have saver, protector and products to add when mounting. It also adds a nice smell to room after application, not raid/fumigate and leave smell. Its sold in many places throughout the US and shipped to Canada.

It works.

MB