I'm just afraid I will do something that will attract bugs and ruin that mount and my other mounts. But I'm also afraid to cut off too much and end up having the feathers falling out. My boss just mounted a bird for me and he didn't cut out the boney piece in the middle, he did go through and get as much fat and tissue off except for that and then covered it with borax for about 3 weeks to dry it out good, is that good enough do you think or should I go back and try to cut that bone out at this point and re-borax it? I'm just really afraid of getting bugs I think that'd be sick and my fiance wouldn't appreciate that either (it's her bird that my boss mounted)