Just wondering what people use for baboon earliners. All of my supply catalogs have nothing in them for such a thing. Does anybody have any suggestions ?

Ive used Sculpt-all for small ears like a baboons with great success several times..

You can also pull them out (gently) after it sets and then you can sand it as thin as you want, and presto, perfect earliners!!

H-form,(celastic's replacement on the market) it can be purchased from most major supply companies. You can custom make your earliners to fit exactly by tracing the removed ear cartilege onto the H-form and shaping it after heated up. We use this for every mount on down to squirrels.

Kind regards,
Mary

I've handled Primate ears using both liners or sculpting epoxies.

On the ears of real thin-eared Primates, that allow light to shine through, I will use the white translucent plastic from plastic gallon milk jug. Not the solid white plastic jugs, but the translucent jugs.

After removing the ear cartilage, I cut the plastic to match the shape of the ear cartilage, and use a mild heat source to shape the plastic to match to the correct shape, after which I paint the ear liner with a flesh tone lacquer airbrush paint to add some color that will ultimately show through the ear skin.

I use a good thick epoxy adhesive -- WASCO's Polytranspar Epoxy Adhesive -- to secure the ear liners into the ear skins. It sets in about 20 minutes, so there plenty of time to work ear skins.

For Baboon ears, I use Celastic material over ear molds I made from Baboon ear cartilages, especially on large males. Sculpting epoxy works very well too!

John.