My male fiddle crab lost his main claw. Isn't a big issue or will it be fatal? Any answers will be appreciated thanks
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um, that video is worthless, holds the crab tell maybe 3 to 5 sec towards the end of the video THEN puts it in the water...When a crab loses it's claw, it will usually not simply die from that trauma. As you can see on this video of a fiddler crab alive with NO LEGS and only one eye. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBLe8kqdFjE) They are meant to detach a leg when "caught" much as a lizard does with its tail. Other times the leg can be torn off, not at the joint but without the crab allowing it. There is a way to tell the difference, if he has a little thin nub beside his body(much like the tip of a guitar amp cord, a narrow nub that "snaps in" to the leg) then it most likely was allowed. If it is halfway torn, or there is still a piece there, he most likely did not allow it. It is much easier to grow back and function with an "allowed" loss of limb.
The crabs will fight. The crabs will kill each other.Crabs with fewer legs will have a disadvantage. That is how crabs are. But if your crab is resourceful enough (AND HAS ENOUGH HIDING PLACES !!!! ) and has access to land , he can continue on long enough to molt, and after the molt he should recover the lost limb.
Seperating them has never worked for me as it traumatizes them more than heals.
And what exactly are u implying about the video?um, that video is worthless, holds the crab tell maybe 3 to 5 sec towards the end of the video THEN puts it in the water...