I looked at my young female Spotted today and a few of her nails are broken off on her fore-claws. I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but I know they weren't like that until very recently. She was housed with my young male (~3.5" CL) all of yesterday and overnight. I'm wondering if he may have broken them. I have not noticed him pursuing her, but perhaps it happened when I wasn't around???

I also had a pair of crayfish in her tank that had grown fairly large. They can be aggressive over food, so I wonder if they could have done it. At any rate, the crayfish have been removed and the male is back in a separate enclosure. Anyone else experienced broken nails before? How long did they take to heal and regrow? She seems fine, but it isn't pretty. Some are broken off pretty close to the base (I wonder if she might lose them?).

Any thoughts?

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