Save my crayfish.

[Edarion]

So. my crayfish got into a fight and lost all of his legs on one side.
He only has about 2.5 legs on his right side and can't really move.....

What can I do to save it? or is it totally hopeless

[biodivercity]

Some of my marble crayfish has the same problem. This is due to my tank not being big enough to house them. It makes them harder to look for food. I would not say its hopeless. What kind of crayfish do you have? If you are interested in some Marble crayfish to replace the one you have. You can email me and I will give you some for free. I think I have around 100+ of them in one of my tanks. Just remember that this is a self-cloning crayfish. Therefore you will have a lot of them in a very short time.

[Captured Moments]

It would regrow legs again once it molts so unless it is hurt in some other ways it should be fine. Separate it and put it in a hospital tank or something. Just put the food close to the mouth when feeding.

[Morainy]

I really feel for you and your crayfish. Unfortunately, I know nothing about crayfish so have no advice other than the general observation that sometimes these aquatic creatures are hardier than we would expect. I think that Captured Moments' advice is sound. If you can't put it in another tank, perhaps try a divider.

[taureandragon76]

I have never seen this in my cray tank, just the odd missing arm. I keep mine in a 55g with lots of oyster shells and clam shells for them to all have a cave to hide in. As stated it should regrow it's missing parts when it molts.

[Edarion]

Ok so like what kind of food should I be feeding it? and how often should I be doing this

[Captured Moments]

Just feed it what you would normally feed your crayfish. What kind of crayfish is it anyway? Crayfish eat almost anything: plants, moss, algae wafers, fish pellets, shrimp pellets, Hikari Crab Cusine. You don't need to feed them a lot and I quite often skip feeding mine for a day and even sometimes 2.

[Edarion]

Lol i have a red zebra in there as well. I think what happened was it molted. and the zebra started to eat it. o well it died.

There's plenty of other crayfish in there though

[Captured Moments]

Too bad. I had a recent similar experience. Do you recall my thread? see link.
But he is doing quite well.

Vulnerable Cherax Crayfish when molting....

[gwcana]

next time...you'll need to put it in a jar or another container buy itself to keep it safe...just change the water often...calcium...and feed........after a few molts legs will grow back.