Jumbo Owl Pellets, Pack of 5, with Bone Sorting Sheet

My son dissected pellets in class and loved it. I ordered these and he really enjoyed them! He still has the bones recovered in a little jar in his room. Kind of gross but he loooooved doing this.

They were FULL of bones. The kids loved them. We had multiple bird skulls and rodent skulls in each pellet and a fairly long tail. Totally worth the money!

I would definitely buy from this seller again. The item was just as described. The pellets were large and full of bones and multiple skulls per pellet. In my very first pellet I was able to pull out 3 complete skeletons and re-articulate them on black foam board having no idea what I was doing. I just used the foam board and some gap filling clear glue (which dries very fast). I then bought a shadow box to proudly display my first attempt (see picture). To date I have only gone thru two pellets. The second was not as exciting. The first is shown in the picture and has a bunch of odd bones left over. I am looking forward to sifting thru the other 3 and will likely create some kind of bone display with any remaining mismatched bones. This is a great project for adults or children. I did my first pellet wet and while it DID come apart more easily it made a heck of a mess. The fur left a black sooty stain on my hands and the tiny bones stick to everything when wet. I recommend having a bit more patience and pulling it apart dry as it is much cleaner. It is just hair and bones - nothing wet or nasty. There are some very, very tiny bones to find (mouse fingers and toes) if you have good eyes and patients to feel around for them. Once I had all the bones pulled out I laid them out on a black background to sort them into as many creatures as I could....then I put them each into a separate baggie. One by one I soaked them in a solution of hydrogen peroxide and water over night. This helps the bones become whiter but may dislodge teeth in the skulls which you will then have to glue back in. If you use hydrogen peroxide I recommend 1 part hydrogen peroxide to 2 parts water. Do not cover the container as the peroxide needs oxygen to be effective. Once they soak over night carefully retrieve all the tiny bones from the solution and rinse them inside a cold water bath - a second container made entirely of cold water. This is an important step because the hydrogen peroxide will continue to eat at and damage the bones making a powdery film if you don't get it off completely. Then set your bones on a flat surface somewhere safe and let them air dry. Flip them after a few hours and make sure they are 100% dry. When done you should have nice white clean bones ready for display. This is a cheap project to keep any child (or adult) busy for hours. The foam board can be purchased in any store like Walmart for about $2.00 and cheap shadowboxes can be found for $10 or under in places like Michael's or Target. You can pick up a rather large container of hydrogen peroxide in the vitamin/drug section of a store like Walmart for about 99 cents. Just check out my first display....how fun is that!

I'm an oddity collector so I bought these and found so many bones!!

I ordered these pellets for our unit on birds. I thought they were so interesting. My son was less impressed, haha! Each pellet has so many bones. I recommend!

I bought this for my grandson who just turned 6 yrs old. We soaked 2 pellets in water for about 6 hours. Then the fun began. He was fascinated with pulling apart the feathers and "stuff" with tweezers and finding so many bones...we tried to identify them and there were many skulls, mandibles, and all kinds of identifiable bones with the help of the chart. Most looked to be of the rodent species and maybe some birds too. I would recommend just doing 1 pellet at a time because he did lose interest 1/2 way into the 2nd pellet. It is pretty fastidious work but really fun..like a mini treasure hunt. They don't smell and you have to remember this pellet is vomited up...all the undigested parts so we washed our hands before and after...check out the photo of all the bones we found in 2 pellets !

10/10 found lots of bones and skulls

These were great for teaching the grandlittles about owls and what they eat.We had entire skulls, feet and legs. They were the perfect thickness to be handled and dissected.