Crayfish Damage!

[samsung-401]

Ok here is the deal. The ther day when I was feeding my crayfish*2 (crawdads) they got into a fight and one tore off anothers clwa before I could do anything. They normaly leave each othe alone ......... but they didn't. Will the one who lost his claw be ok? Will the claw regrow?

 

[samsung-401]

somebody please reply I have no idea on how to care for an injured crayfish.

 

[Sean_Buckley]

The crayfish will be fine. It happens in the wild all the time, and as long as they can still eat, theyll be fine. The same thing happened to mine, and it hasnt grown back yet.
Sean

 

[Narayan]

The claw or any limbs missing will grow back gradually each time they shed/moult. So they will be ok

 

[samthefishman]

Narayan is right. You will start to see a little weird thing coming from where they lost a leg/claw. and when they molt you will see it clearly altho it is very small. At the farm we studdied this and the older they are, the slower it grows back. We had a baby with 1 claw, it grew back in 3 weeks on a good diet! But a big adult. Its gonna take months simply because they dont molt as much.
If you wanna know a trick for molting, Constantly feed them! and put a heater in there on 22 degrees. He will molt in no time.

 

[Sean_Buckley]

Hey Samsung, how long have you had your crayfish? And what do you feed them?
Sean