Bye bye crawdad

10:19 am August 22nd, 2006




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gkr


	Bye bye crawdad
	I think my crawdad died, since his eyes are glazed over white and he's not moving. So I need to go get a new crawdad. Question is, when I get the new one, will he eat the old one?

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	From: squashcup	Date: August 22nd, 2006 05:46 pm (UTC)		(Link)

He might. You'll get to witness the circle of life.

Did you get the crawdad from the store, or from a stream in the wild? Have you ever eaten a crawdad? They're pretty good.

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	From: gkr	Date: August 22nd, 2006 06:01 pm (UTC)		(Link)

The whole tank is a hand-me-down from a friend, including the crawdad. Probably store-purchased though. I'll be purchasing from a store for the replacement.

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From: dippedinbutta	Date: August 22nd, 2006 05:46 pm (UTC)		(Link)

bye bye

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	From: gkr	Date: August 22nd, 2006 06:03 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Yeah, they eat dead fish and all sorts of things. Just not sure if a new one will pick through the shell of the other one.

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	From: gkr	Date: August 22nd, 2006 06:14 pm (UTC)		(Link)

In which case I might as well pull it out and throw it out. I was trying to maximize my laziness.

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	From: calimbrium	Date: August 22nd, 2006 07:29 pm (UTC)		(Link)

the crawdad may not be dead. he may be shedding, or you may just be seeing his shed shell (he's fooled me many times with that trick- once they shed, their shells are not hardened, so they typically hide pretty damn good while they're "curing").

if he is dead, get a new crawdad right away- he will eat the old, dead one.
if you don't get a new crawdad right away, remove the body. the decomposing crawdad will turn the water toxic.

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