Hi all,
I talked to Jim yesterday and we had an interesting discussion. I told him I would report back to all of you.
First of all, Jim is going to have someone answering emails and also someone covering the phone, so customer service should improve.
There is a new group of bimacs coming along but it will be 8 weeks or so before they're ready to ship. I told Jim that I thought - and some of you have also suggested - they should not be shipped until they're slighly older. Even if it means he'd have to charge more for them, it would be worth it because they'd be sturdier and have fewer problems with food. Both of us agreed that amphipods are very good food for these little bimacs - he's considering selling a kit with amphipods, fewer clams, and a bimac.
We discussed feeding and the octo deaths - the clams are not intended for long term feeding, just to help as you start the little bimac on frozen shimp and other food such as small crabs. Colin and I are concerned that people are unable to maintain the nutrition in the clams and this has affected the health of the baby bimacs.
Other news - Jim has improved the cuttlefish facility and it's been moved indoors. He is raising S. officinalis and probably one other species. More news later. It will be a couple of months for the cuttlefish, too.
I asked about The Great Bimac Escape - yes, they all made it. It happened at night, after they had been moved to another tank - the next day the tank was empty and there were no little bodies. Fortunately, the tank was outside and very near a salt water "trough", so they didn't have far to go. But the thought of all those baby bimacs escaping is something!!
One last note - I don't know whether you've looked at the website, but Octopets is now offering captive bred seahorses.
Nancy
I talked to Jim yesterday and we had an interesting discussion. I told him I would report back to all of you.
First of all, Jim is going to have someone answering emails and also someone covering the phone, so customer service should improve.
There is a new group of bimacs coming along but it will be 8 weeks or so before they're ready to ship. I told Jim that I thought - and some of you have also suggested - they should not be shipped until they're slighly older. Even if it means he'd have to charge more for them, it would be worth it because they'd be sturdier and have fewer problems with food. Both of us agreed that amphipods are very good food for these little bimacs - he's considering selling a kit with amphipods, fewer clams, and a bimac.
We discussed feeding and the octo deaths - the clams are not intended for long term feeding, just to help as you start the little bimac on frozen shimp and other food such as small crabs. Colin and I are concerned that people are unable to maintain the nutrition in the clams and this has affected the health of the baby bimacs.
Other news - Jim has improved the cuttlefish facility and it's been moved indoors. He is raising S. officinalis and probably one other species. More news later. It will be a couple of months for the cuttlefish, too.
I asked about The Great Bimac Escape - yes, they all made it. It happened at night, after they had been moved to another tank - the next day the tank was empty and there were no little bodies. Fortunately, the tank was outside and very near a salt water "trough", so they didn't have far to go. But the thought of all those baby bimacs escaping is something!!
One last note - I don't know whether you've looked at the website, but Octopets is now offering captive bred seahorses.
Nancy