Crayfish Molting

[thumsa]

How often do crayfish molt. I got a cray about 2 months ago and he molted right away. I have been waiting and waiting for it to molt again and nothing. How often do these things molt? It stopped eating for a couple days, now it is eating again. WTF?

 

[thefishguy7]

There is no way to tell how often/when a crayfish will molt. Generally, small ones molt much more often than big ones. If they loose a limb, they'll generally molt soon afterwards to grow a new one back.

 

[griffin]

I have a small crayfish around 1". He molts about once or twice a month. If your crayfish stopped eating it could be because it did molt and had been eating that instead.