Crayfish eating mouse situation
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These crayfish were caught in the wild and range from 2-6 inches. In the wild they eat anything and everything, I've been trying to feed them things they would experience in the wild. That being fish, worms, snakes, MICE, etc. "Onehundredkeepa" pretty much explained the philosophical stand point perfect.
Snakes and mice rarely ended up on a wild crayfish's menu in the wild and it's very rare for a mouse carcass ended up in the river. So that means mice/snakes are NOT natural food or a typical food item for a crayfish. Despite of foods that are readily avilable for crayfish, you just choose a live mouse which is NOT natural food for both wild and captive crayfish. If you try use the correct foods for crayfish, it will save you some hassles.itsthelendon;5052858; said:
Now why you want to feed live mice to the crayfish?
MN_Rebel;5052922; said:
LOL, okay first thing is how are you so sure that wild mice/rats do not regularly end up in a creek or river? I'm sure that during floods quite a number of them end up in streams. Also, mice are natural right? and if one was dead in a creek crayfish WOULD eat it...that makes it a natural food for them.
the point I'm trying to make it that this is you PERSONAL opinon and prefference when it comes to the diet that YOU like to feed crayfish. It does not make the OP wrong for having a different prefference.
Nope, it is not natural food as it's still atypical food items for the crayfish. I'm sure you knew that mice are excellent swimmers. And even if the mice managed to fell in the river, Im sure every fish will go after that mouse before it has a chance to drown in the rivers/creeks. Therefore it will be RARE for a crayfish to scavenge a drowned mouse in the wild. To my eyes, it is not natural food items for a crayfish.kevinfleming21;5052930; said:
My point is that OP do not have to feed live mice to his crayfish as there are plentiful food choices that is proper diet for crayfish. Worms, pellets, veggies, wafers, flakes, frozen fish, fish fillets etc...kevinfleming21;5052935; said:
I understand that you like to turn on while watching the live mice being drowning and ripping apart by the crayfish..however live mice is not part of the crayfish's diet as it is still ATYPICAL food item for even a wild crayfish.
you guys are cracking me up...all i wanna know is if there's a video of this. it's sounds so odd that i just have to see it.
i would've never even thought of feeding a craw mice
i would've never even thought of feeding a craw mice
