Where do I buy owl pellets for dissection?

[Sue G in PA]

Moving on to studying birds and one experiment is examining an owl pellet. Anybody done this? Where did you buy your pellets? Also, where is the best place to get one of those tadpole to frog habitats? TIA

[Julie]

Carolina Biological Supply Company, you can get all kinds of crazy stuff there.

Julie

[one l michele]

We bought our owl pellet kits at home training tools

[BusyBee]

I use the Home Science Catalog www.hometrainingtools.com (http://www.hometrainingtools.com) or you can also try Home Science Tools www.homesciencetools.com (http://www.homesciencetools.com).

[Aletheia Academy]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761131868/sr=8-1/qid=1156293437/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8

[Jeanne in MN]

I believe they collect their own pellets so they can sell them for about half of what I've bought other places. Haven't used them, but certainly will the next time around! They have the bone chart available at their website too and directions on how to dissect the pellets. :D

http://www.discountowlpellets.com/orderform.php

[Tina in WA]

Try a local teacher/educational store. Our local store has them for around $5-$10 for a kit (can't exactly remember the price, might be closere to the $10 - $15 range). Since I am teaching a co-op class, we will order them on line.

I did want to share a neat blog: Lipiput Station (http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/amtell/217394) . She shares their owl experience and provide lots of neat links. One link even has a bone chart. There is also have an edible owl pellet recipe. YUM!

For the tadpole to frog habitat, we used the one from Discovery Channel (http://shopping.discovery.com/product-64862.html). We have a pond and we just collected tadpoles from our yard. But Insect Lore (http://insectlore.stores.yahoo.net/froghatkit.html)has a nice one that also provides tadpoles. And Insect Lore also sells owl pellets (http://search.store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/nsearch?catalog=insectlore&query=owl&.autodone=http%3A%2F%2Finsectlore.stores.yahoo.net %2Fnsearch.html)! Save on shipping and purchase them both from the same place. :)

Have fun! :D

~Tina

[GreenKitty]

We bought out Pellets from a local teacher store. Though before that I was going to buy them from homesciencetools. We did an owl study a while back and the kids loved it. You might check out KidWings (http://www.kidwings.com/index.htm) and Owl Pellets (http://www.rspb.org.uk/youth/makeanddo/do/pellet/index.asp)how to study their contents. Have fun:)

[Melora in NC]

We got ours in a kit with the Owl Puke (http://www.amazon.com/Owl-Puke-Book-Pellet/dp/0761131868/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203604724&sr=8-1) book from Amazon. This also came with a nice plastic bone tray, with little compartments for all the different types of bones. We read the book before dissecting, and both my kids found it enjoyable. The actual dissection was a little painstaking and picky for my ds, age 9, and even my scientific minded little dd (age 5) got tired after an hour. Our little pellet had three rodents, and I think a small bird, and that is a Lot of work. I ended up having to finish up and divide out the bones myself. It was an interesting project, but not one we will repeat in the near future!

[Baseballmom]

We got ours at a homeschool conference. But just wanted to say that this was one of the most impacting projects we ever did. My boys loved it!

[BMC]

You can even choose the type of owl! I get the small ones for Girl Scout day camp and have wonderful luck with them - sure some were a bust, but the vast majority were quite good. (I'm talking about 3-4 boring ones in about 200 pellets). I've always thought it would be fun to get some of the "fancier" ones for us at home....

http://www.owlpellets.com/

[BMC]

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[Jodi-FL]

or forestry commission, they may have them you can buy, or they might offer to help you find some, or they might offer to find some for you.

My girlie girl was the one who liked dissecting owl pellets the most (shocker!) but we all were surprised of the smell, I guess from the preserving agent.

have fun!

[Heather in OK]

I got ours from Owl Brand Discovery Kits (http://www.obdk.com/)

[yslek]

Another source is Tobin's Lab. (www.tobinslab.com) Their owl pellets cost $3.99. Nice hs family-owned company. I've ordered from them before with no problems.

Kelsy