Octo in need of RESCUING

[Nancy]

Since we know it's not a bimac, the best assumption is tropical temperatures. Most of the octopuses imported are from tropical areas.

We're all greatful that you're taking such good care of an octopus that needs a rescue.

Nancy

 

[SandV]

thank you... i just couldn't let him sit there... and i would keep him but i know that i can't give him the best home right now...

I work at Petco and they call me MOM because I take care of all of the animals and the people too... right now my project is a guinea pig that have to have surgery to remove an absess and I have to clean and flush her wound twice a day... I even do it when i take shane dinner at night when he is working and i am not...

 

[SandV]

legs... and in some of the pics you can see a short one but that is not a front one.... it is the second... just one growing back from some time ago...

 

[SandV]

the air stone is about 11 1/2 inches long...

and in the last pic if you can see the seems in the floor it is 7 5/8 inches...

 

[SandV]

I have started calling him Lucky...

It looks like Lucky is going to go to school... to do a little learning and a little teaching.... he is going to go to Walla Walla on saturday... I am sure he will be very happy...

 

[cuttlegirl]

Thanks for going to such extraordinary measures for an octopus! This has been quite a rescue effort.

 

[mucktopus]

Nice full-grown male aculeatus! He looks really healthy. I say male because of the enlarged suckers, though occasionally very large females have them. Though at this size if it were a female the ovary would probably be more distended. When it rests on the glass do you see a groove along the back edge of one of the arms (the third back from the eyes, on his right side- your left side as you're looking at his suckers on the glass)

 

[SandV]

how far down should i be looking...

I wish Lucky was a girl... I want lucky babies...but I just assumed because of the suckers he was a he...

 

[SandV]

Thank you everyone for helping me with Lucky... I will keep you posted on how he is doing.. he isn't leaving until saturday...

 

[Nancy]

How is Lucky going to travel?

Nancy

 

[SandV]

he is going by car... in a bag with O2 in a styro cooler... it is a total of 260 miles... taking about 4 hours...

 

[Nancy]

I'm glad he's been spared being shipped again. Four hours and he'll be home!

Nancy

 

[SandV]

yes... i am very glad he doesn't have to go in the mail again... 4 hours and then he will have a 100 gal tank to himself to live out his days...

 

[kwilliams10@woh]

I'm in Ohio and will take him!

Ken

 

[SandV]

he already has a new home...