Crayfish with turtle

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In short, no. Turtles like to eat crayfish so I would say it is not recommended to keep them together if you want the crayfish to survive.

Tyler
 
I used to keep 3-4" crayfish with a 5" painted turtle. The key was making sure there were plenty of caves for the crayfish. Usually the turtle would still get them eventually and I'd have to replace the crayfish, they were good at eating food the turtle dropped. If you are attached to the crayfish I wouldn't do it.
 
If you're attached to the crayfish, don't do it.

Having feed crayfish to a turtle before, I would say don't do it. My turtle struck and grabbed the crayfish, and the crayfish proceeded to claw and pinch whatever it could for as long as it could. I do not want a one eyed turtle, so that was the last time I will put a live crayfish in it's tank.

So, the only crayfish I would put with a turtle is a dead crayfish
 
Predator = Turtle
Prey = Crayfish

Not the best game plan....
 
either the crayfish will kill a small turtle or the turtle will eat the crayfish.
 
if you snap off the bottom pincher of each claw with say a nail clipper....the crawfish is rendered harmless but still has the confidence with the claws. I tell everyone IRL to do it. You can keep them with community fish that way too. obviously you want to feed it. crawfish are more of a prey then predator IMO especially when molting. I keep fish with my painted. im getting a crawfish soon. as you can see i have plenty of caves and a large water volume to allow things to escape.

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