Question about my handicapped crayfish

[namrufmot]

During the school year I adopted a clawless crayfish from my LFS. Yes...three legs were bitten off by a hungry goldfish. On one side she had just a "nub" where her claw should be and on the other side the leg is totally gone.

It's been three months and she hasn't molted. Will her claws ever grow back!?

 

[vaipulu]

During the school year I adopted a clawless crayfish from my LFS. Yes...three legs were bitten off by a hungry goldfish. On one side she had just a "nub" where her claw should be and on the other side the leg is totally gone.

It's been three months and she hasn't molted. Will her claws ever grow back!?

It takes a while, Im no expert but my Crayfish claws are growing back

 

[namrufmot]

It takes a while, Im no expert but my Crayfish claws are growing back

Thanks Im just worried because its more than just the claw...her entire arm is gone!

 

[Otto_VonBacon]

Yes it will. I've had crays loose all their limbs in bad fights come back.

 

[phillydog1958]

Yes it will. I've had crays loose all their limbs in bad fights come back.

^^AGREED^^

 

[FishFreak95]

It could be an old crayfish because as they get older they shed less and less and because of less molting slow healing.

 

[GhostShrimpMan]

but should still come back

 

[tedcb5600]

They should grow back, just make sure it gets some food that it can eat without having to tear it apart.

 

[G4series]

If she doesnt have a name yet then you should name her nubs ^.^

 

[namrufmot]

Well at first he/she was called Clarence since I got him/her on clearence for $1.80 because he/she had no claws.

Then he/she laid eggs and my students changed her name to Clarice!