Do octopi get bumps, scrapes, and or cuts on their mantles or other parts of their bodies? If this does happen when the octopus is in captivity, how, if at all, do veterinarians treat these afflictions?
Hello!Do octopi get bumps, scrapes, and or cuts on their mantles or other parts of their bodies? If this does happen when the octopus is in captivity, how, if at all, do veterinarians treat these afflictions?
Than you SO MUCH!Do octopi get bumps, scrapes, and or cuts on their mantles or other parts of their bodies? If this does happen when the octopus is in captivity, how, if at all, do veterinarians treat these afflictions?
Thank you! This is helpful!I had an octopus once that liked a lot to crawl up the tank glass and often rubbed his mantle against the glass surface. It developed a white lesion that didn't swollen but never fully healed, or maybe it did but didn't change colors anymore. I think as long as you keep water clean and free of nitrates the lesion should heal over time. I've read others have used antibiotics on the tank but I would leave that for extreme cases and infected lesions.