Urgent Care :: turtle ate crawfish!

[yoyopeter]

ive had a pet crawfish in my turtle tank for over 3 months and just today, i saw my turtle eating the remains! is it okay or will he have problems?!

[blackforces get you]

most likely it should be fine but its pretty common. turtles see anything as food and it definately happens. if anything changes with him/her then yeah you should be concerned

[briannashea]

how big is your turtle? and how big was the crawfish?

[yoyopeter]

my turtle is about 3-4 inches and the crawfish was probably two inches. i doubt she ate it all by herself but with her other RES companion. she seems fine now though

[briannashea]

yeah just check out her poops to make sure there aren't chunks of the crawfish shell-coating thing, that'd be my only concern. it could maybe cause impaction or internal tears or something if it doesn't digest correctly, but I don't think it should be a problem.

[yoyopeter]

yeah, all her poops are well digested and "redigested" haha. she tends to eat her poop. but other than that shes fine

[briannashea]

glad to hear it!