I was backwashing the pool and cleaning out one of the filters tonight and found another critter. This little crayfish was trapped in our pool filter and just hanging out. Surprisingly, the chlorine didn't kill him. We have a little plastic critter tank we tried to maintain tiny frogs (from our tadpoles) in but none ever survived long enough to keep. We put it to use tonight by putting a small bowl of water in it with some rocks and giving him a home. Kaden just keeps saying "I don't like him because he looks creepy" but all he does is keep looking in at him. Kaleb was our little researcher and did a Google search on them to see if they live in or out of water and what they eat. We found out they can live out of water as long as their gills stay wet but can live in water all their lives. We opted to put him in water and see where he goes. He also found out that they can eat vegetables (frozen peas were recommended if you have one as a pet) so we put in some peas. Not sure if you can tell by the picture but this guy is pretty tiny...only about 1 inch long. Last summer we must have had his poppa because we found one that was about 5 inches long on the cover of the pool swimming in the rain water. We turned him loose before we even thought about keeping him a few days.
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