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DWhatley;195374 said:Still thinking Indonesian Macropus complex but the grey color is a bad sign and I believe it will not live long. Here is a link to Puddles end of life entries, I think you will see the similarity.
DWhatley;195380 said:We can't upload locally but you can remove the sound and upload to YouTube . I try to video the tanks with the sound off (was a definite advantage when mating my briareus) but my camera seems to have forgotten how to obey the setting now so I usually just remove the sound before I upload with a free editor. If you don't want to post it so it is viewable by everyone, YouTube provides a quasi-private link that permits only people possessing the URL to view (ie it is not searchable). YouTube has an editor you can use after you upload. I am not sure if it will remove the sound though (I know it will let you crop). Other free/paid video streaming sites also work but YouTube is the simplest to use with the VBulletin software we use for TONMO.
If you new fella is what I suspect (not sold on my ID but don't have a better guess), then watch for it to be out in the daylight and hanging out on the wall with the lights on. I observed this with both of mine at the end of their lives. I believe it is a full adult but age is difficult to guess. The grey is just not a good sign, however the other coloration you show looks healthier, but not convincing.
DWhatley;195403 said:Once you have it on YouTube, click the little film icon in the editor and past the actual URL link (not the embedd or share code) in the popup. The software for our forum will automagically embed the video and all is good . I hope I am wrong as these (assuming I have guessed correctly) are really sweet gentle nocturnals. If you are seeing it out during the day (particularly out and on the glass), then be prepared for a very short time with it. If it is out at night, eating well and choses a den, then you should have more time than I fear.
DWhatley;195406 said:I hate to be too discouraging but not eating is a definite sign of senescence. If you can source a couple (don't buy a lot, this is a test and they will be too expensive from a pet store to use for regular food) of fiddler crabs, they have been a universal food for any octos that we keep. If he eats them, they are much cheaper on-line (Paul Sachs is an often used supplier with an excellent reputation and they ship well in the colder weather).
DWhatley;195415 said:Fiddlers are more or less land animals found in saltwater environments (ie they are not found around freshwater lakes) so I am not sure how to classify them. I keep mine in full salt with a way to climb out to breath but I have kept them for months in a full saltwater aquarium where they can climb to the surface to breath but don't provide anything for them to climb on (I have also read, but don't know how valid it is, that they can breath in the water and that they go out to deep water to lay their eggs. Anyone with better info, please chime in). People do keep them in sand with a bowl of fresh water. As far as feeding goes, they are considered appropriate food and seem to be universally accepted as are any crabs of this nature.