Levi
02-27-2008, 03:04 AM
my crayfish has been amusing himself by gnawing on his plastic aquarium plants
at first, he would try and cut them down at the bottom with his claw, (natural food-gathering type behavior for crayfish) and i thought it was cute... "awwwww, he's trying to harvest the fake plant"
but now he climbs them and gnaws endlessly at the leaves
i wouldn't be concerned, but on examining the plastic leaves, i found he's actually making progress with it, and the leaves are starting to become mangled around the edges
i'm afraid he'll finally get a piece of it off and swallow it
i think i'll have to remove the plants altogether and give him some tougher decor
at first, he would try and cut them down at the bottom with his claw, (natural food-gathering type behavior for crayfish) and i thought it was cute... "awwwww, he's trying to harvest the fake plant"
but now he climbs them and gnaws endlessly at the leaves
i wouldn't be concerned, but on examining the plastic leaves, i found he's actually making progress with it, and the leaves are starting to become mangled around the edges
i'm afraid he'll finally get a piece of it off and swallow it
i think i'll have to remove the plants altogether and give him some tougher decor