LeilaNami
08-05-2010, 12:55 AM
Hi all! I'm having some crayfish issues.
I've had a crayfish of unknown species for the past 7 months. I retrieved him from the feeder tank at the PetSmart I worked at. Well I had put in a female of the same species. At the time I didn't know she was the same species and immediately Sir George grabbed her and started mating. He ended up accidentally killing her by punching a hole through her side during a vigorous attempt. I separated her after that but she died. Since then (and it has been 3 or 4 months) he has been acting depressed. He used to beg me for food every time I approached his tank and he used to wander around all hours of the day. Now, I can barely get him to respond to my presence. Today he had a really bad molt and lost both of his big, blue, beautiful chelipeds. He otherwise seems intact. I'm very worried about him and I don't know what to do. I love him and I've raised him from an itty bitty little thing to the beast he is today.
I've had a crayfish of unknown species for the past 7 months. I retrieved him from the feeder tank at the PetSmart I worked at. Well I had put in a female of the same species. At the time I didn't know she was the same species and immediately Sir George grabbed her and started mating. He ended up accidentally killing her by punching a hole through her side during a vigorous attempt. I separated her after that but she died. Since then (and it has been 3 or 4 months) he has been acting depressed. He used to beg me for food every time I approached his tank and he used to wander around all hours of the day. Now, I can barely get him to respond to my presence. Today he had a really bad molt and lost both of his big, blue, beautiful chelipeds. He otherwise seems intact. I'm very worried about him and I don't know what to do. I love him and I've raised him from an itty bitty little thing to the beast he is today.