how do you distinguish between male and female crayfish?

rob and angie asked: We have a crawdad that my daughter caught in a local pond, we have had it for almost a year now and would like to breed and have more. can anyone help? it is just a common wild crayfish so i dont know the exact name. we could use all the [...]

Posted on September 11, 2008 Filed Under Fish | 3 Comments

How should we take care of a painted turtle found in a pond?

Melissa T asked: Shelter,food,heat,etc. I am going to keep it as a pet. Its a baby painted turtle.
Im not going to put it back so if anyone wants to help please do it.THE POND IS POLLUTED!!!Corkstown

Posted on September 9, 2008 Filed Under Reptiles | 9 Comments

Turtle Pond – want to convert a shallow ornamental pond into one for “critters” – suggestions?

DrJunk asked: Moved into a house with a very shallow 12′ x 5′ pond (almost dries up if it doesn’t rain in a week), with a liner topped by basic stone (about 1″ diameter “river rock” type stuff). It does have a very basic “pump/waterfall” but thats it. What steps or process would [...]

Posted on September 7, 2008 Filed Under Reptiles | 5 Comments

what do crawdads eat? Do they live better in fresh or salt water? What would be best for a cage, plants etc?

bullyvssocks asked: I go fishing in a little pond and just today I found a small rock pool filled with crawdads. This guy showed it to me actually, and he was using string and candy to catch them. I was thinking about catching and keeping a few; but I do not know what they eat, [...]

Posted on September 4, 2008 Filed Under Fish | 5 Comments

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