Quote Originally Posted by LilyPad View Post
I had crayfish when I was a kid Pete!! I used to catch them all the time in the river by our house. I ended up with 2 of them as pets because I felt bad for them because they lost their "pinchers" LOL
I used to love watching mine eat. So many little things going on on the underbelly.

Quote Originally Posted by LilyPad View Post
I have never had rats, but my best friend did. They were sweeties but they stunk!
Oh, I didn't find that to be the case at all. I guess it depends how you keep them...at the suggestion of some folks on a rat forum, I used a special kind of kitty litter as substrate that seemed to keep any bad smells from forming. You had to keep on top of the cage cleaning, wiping it down with a hot wet cloth often, but they were worth it. Sweet, snuggly little things. My favorite picture of em: