Features:

  • Jumbo Pellets - the best of the best - 2 in. and larger
  • Dried, heat treated and foil wrapped - Bone Sorting Sheet included
  • A single Jumbo grade pellet may contain the remains of 6 prey
  • No disappointments with small or broken pellets - these are the best
  • Large enough for students to work in pairs on a single pellet
Fun to do actually

My daughter bought these for herself. She's absolutely into cutting things open and seeing what's inside. And then using her microscope to check it out even closer. We didn't buy this for any school event just for home use it's worth the buy and fun which I didn't think it would be LOL

Fantastic and Fun Project!!

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!

Great learning activity.

Great project! - Each pellet had several moderate skeletons, one had significantly greater than a half dozen skulls. My homeschooled Pre-schoolers LOVED this project. Fun to do when paired with: YouTube abouts and how tos, goggles, a particle respirator, gloves, and dissection kit, as well as, blank paper and a comparison chart. A few more things to keep handy; gallon sized zip lock bags and sharpies for easy pause and resume clean-up.

Awesome unique activity for young ones.

My 5 year old loves "experiments" She asks every night do science experiments and it is beginning to get hard to find new things to do. I found these and figured I would give them a try. She loves them. The pellets are decent size and are nice quality. Every pellet had complete skeletons and the little skeletal guide was handy to figure out what were finding. She was excited/freaked out when we first started messing with these but she ended up having a blast.

Great fun!

I bought these for my wife who was thrilled with them. Each “pellet” yielded an array of small mammal bones. With each pellet her technique improved and she was able to add to her collection of small bones. She’s now asking for more!

These Owl Pellets Are Great!

I purchased these for my Cub Scouts and they did not disappoint! I had purchased other "large" owl pellets and they were very small. I would suggest to put each one in a small zip lock with a small amount of water and let them soak for an hour or so. This helps to separate the fur and such from the bones and helps to keep tearing at a minimum.

My Class really enjoyed looking for the body parts of the animals the ...

My Class really enjoyed looking for the body parts of the animals the owls had eaten. Great discussions. Thank you so much for the fast delivery also.😁👍

Go on a bone treasure hunt with these!

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 !

Several carcasses in each pellet!

I bought 10 Jumbo Pellets for the Zoology class that I teach. I was highly impressed with how many animals were found in each pellet. I would buy these again! The kids LOVED going through them! My favorite part was the warning about them being choking hazards. Ew.

Everyone loves owl pellets

I am a third grade teacher and after the drama of testing last year I decided to have some fun. We research owls an where they live and what they ate. Then we broke into groups and tried to find what these owls ate before they died. The children on their own tried to piece the bones together like a puzzle. It was fabulous.

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