It was kept for a while on different substrates, it was a flighty animal that I gave hides to, only they were small homemade hides, as he wouldnt burrow in the substrate I used for him. He ripped claws out when handled or stressed, he also ripped claws out escaping, or panicing and trying to run up the cage glass, he ripped them out on my gloves, and for a while they bled good, but the next day they appeared to be completley closed up ,in a few weeks he always grew a new claw. When I switched him to dirt, and offered large hides, and stacks, he stopped ripping his claws out completely, its amazing how much difference stress can make, just like breaking tail tips off.

To answer your question if the animal is healthy (physically), with some ability to hide or reduce stress (mentally) they should grow back, but that doesnt solve the root of the problem, sometimes it takes you to keep making changes until the problems stop.

Toes can also be lost to improper sheds on dehydrated animals kept with screen tops, alot of these animals in petstores never grow their toes back, as dehydration destroys the tissues and the gland that allows a claw to grow.

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