[Octopus]: Licik/Misty - A. Aculeatus? - Jocco's Pus

[DWhatley]

You CAN offer fish on occasion as a treat (crawfish are also well received - you can freeze the tails but not the whole animal. If feeding live, be sure it has been taken and killed within an hour so it does not die in the saltwater and pollute) as long as they were not fish kept in an aquarium (where copper is almost guaranteed as a treatment). ANY food from your fish market is fair game to try but limit the fish to treats as they don't contain enough of the needed fats for a regular diet. Typically, they will eat the soft parts of the fish and throw out the rest.

 

[Jocco]

She cleaned the bones well enough, certainly didn't just eat the belly. The shrimp and pencil urchin cleaned up what she threw out.

Yesterday we made a Jerry #4 around 8pm; she got it again without us seeing, before 9am.
She is looking at me now - which means she is eating 3 fiddler crabs comfortably.
I need to take an afternoon off of work and go digging at the asian market for something a little bigger to vary up her diet.

Misty was all over the glass last night (before she ate Jerry #4).

Displayed a very sandy coloration for a while last night too, and arm with web.

 

[Jocco]

Observing Jerry #4
We put in Jerry #5 around 9pm tonight.

Look how big!

Moving trash to the other side of the tank in "swoogity" movements

 

[DWhatley]

You DO know that human fingers do not grow back, right?

Interesting "bridge" posture in the first video.

 

[Jocco]

She also ate Jerry #5 within the hours we were sleeping, the same night we put him in the jar.

Jerry #6 is in tonight, along with 2 other crabs free in the tank.

We just observed her taking food balls and dropping them by her den. I wonder if she is baiting the crabs.

She does the bridge posture when there is a Jerry.

What about human fingers?

 

[DWhatley]

What about human fingers?

Will she eat them? I don't think so

Oh, about them not growing back. I noticed a bandaid on a finger in the first video, suggesting someone cut themselves

 

[Jocco]

Ohh! Haha. I cut my finger at work (we also sell pipes). I was digging in the return bin, and was sliced.

So... is it me... or is "her" third arm curled?
This is a dark vid we took after lights out, hoping she would get jerry #6. She instead spent a long time trying to get out. Still is.
Making me very sad.

Vid not cooperating, will upload tomorrow

 

[Jocco]

The video is on Rocco's phone - sorry about not posting sooner, will get to it.

 

[Jocco]

Caught her/him dancing on the glass again!

The "sorry sorry stop stop" was me shining the phone light at Rocco, and him half waking up, waving his arms, and spooking the ceph more... oops... lol

 

[tonmo]

So cool! I love the tense music playing in the background, too

 

[Jocco]

So cool! I love the tense music playing in the background, too

X-Files

 

[Jocco]

In the last two weeks we have noticed since running out of fiddlers, and feeding her shrimp. Misty is tired of shrimp. She has had a couple of clams a couple days ago. We didn't see her yesterday or today so far - fiddlers finally came in.
We hope that gets her out.

Saturday she was dancing all over the tank. Pervious days and nights we saw her out and about too.

We hope this isn't what we think it is...

 

[Jocco]

Put 3 fiddlers in the tank loose, and 1 in the Jerry jar.

She came out and snatched 2 within 10 mins.

I guess Misty was bored/mad at her food slaves or was stuffed and hiding with clam for a day or two.

 

[Jocco]

She ate all 4 crabs last night.

Put 2 in tonight loose.

 

[Jocco]

Out for a stroll

A frustrated Misty and equally as frustrated ceph-parents

Caught trying to put a square peg in a round hole... lol. She has done a bunch of redecorating.