Very cool. I have the top half of a fox skull that I found and cleaned after being hit by a train (lucky the majority of the skull in tact). And now am working on a kitty that was unfortunately killed by my over-rambunctious and playful lab mix. Very sad for the kitty but I suppose I am thankful it was a stray.

I'd love a cat skull, its always on my list of things to buy if I ever encountered an ethically obtained one. Sad for the kitty, but at least you're not letting its body go to waste.

Well at least not part of it...

Jeez, I know Norway rats were big but before I saw the skull I didn't realize they were THAT big.

It IS a very large skull for a rat. Must have been a big old buck. Its definately a rat, though. I had the misfortune of digging up one of my rats once when burying another, and the skull was there, looked identical to this but was a bit smaller.

Could it possibly be a muskrat? I know they're not true rats but their skulls are still pretty similar.

well, its a tough collection to build up really, given that I can't buy anything deliberately killed by man, so have to rely on roadkills, natural deaths and such. In a way, its probably for the best since if I allowed myself to just buy every skull I see, I'd have no money left!
Got a coyote and a deer on hold too, so they'll be joining them soon!

Very lovely.
I wish I could get some animal skulls around here. Nothing but backbones and ribs in my collection :<

There are always skulls for sale online, and on ebay especially. But its just a matter of your own personal ethics. I can't buy ebay skulls as most of them don't tell you where they get them from, so they're likely from legal culls or hunting, which I can't be comfortable with. I have to just rely on ones people have found on walks, or roadkill, or which are really old and unwanted so Im not encouraging any more killing by buying them. But I know some people are perfectly morally comfortable with culls and see the skulls as just by products, so it depends on what you think.
I use them for spiritual work so to have something deliberately killed by man for profit feels kinda tainted to me.

do want D:

I love finding skulls. I only have a rat and a mouse one though. You have a nice collection.

excellent. love your collection.
i myself feel the same, and i collect deadness from the same sources
i don't pay for any of it , i get it naturally
that is how i acquired all my collection :3

Wow, that's a big rat. And bunnies have scary-looking skulls for such a cute animal!

I have a horribly eerie photo of the bunny skull, I'll put it in my scraps later, but yeah, for some reason they look so twisted and evil!

*jealous*

Those're really nice.
I run into the problem that I've been uncertain about the deaths of the skulls I've looked at, and so uncomfortable buying them.