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I've had that issue with even bobcat and bear teeth. Not sure what causes it. Elmers glue generally fixes it fairly well.The canines on almost all of them have cracked and split in 2. The incisors on most of the rodents fall out and have also cracked in half. They were all beetle cleaned so over boiling is not the issue. Some of the animals like mink and raccoon I’ve glued the teeth back in. I don’t have an answer for you. I’ll post a few pics later today.
I keep meaning to finish cleaning up this skunk skull but now all of the teeth are in a ziplock and that sounds like a tough puzzle.
you are right, calling it a tough puzzle might be a bit dramatic and I’ve already reassembled it once. Now that a bunch of them have split into pieces, I guess it’s the thought of trying to glue them all together/in that keeps it low on the priority list!That turned out really nice.
My only tip if you are doing the boiling method would be to run the simmer fluids through a strainer. And have some kind of fine strainer over the sink drain to catch teeth.
Smallest teeth will be in the center, getting larger as you move outward. They’ll only want to fit one way (left-right). It isn’t really as hard to figure out as it seems. They usually go back into the right space fairly easily. If you have to force it, it’s probably wrong. When they look pretty even/straight in arrangement, glue them in.