octopus_octo said:
okay um........how can you tell the
Age - If it stops eating and dies that means it's between 400 and 450 days old.
Sex - Males have one arm specially adapted to transfer sperm packets. I believe that it's the third arm on the left.
Illness - Octos are wild animals (even the tank bred ones). When a wild animal gets sick it dies; either from the disease or from impaired defenses against predators or parasites. By the time you recognize an illness it would be far to late to do anything other than euth. the animal.
Mood - You'll have to learn that from personal experience. Octos are individuals and will each respond differently to any given situation.
Finally, if you're uncomfortable waiting for answers on a public forum then I'd suggest that you go elsewhere with your questions. The purpose of a forum such as this is to form a community of folks to pool information and experience so that we all might learn. The purpose of a forum such as this is NOT to simply be an online information service for you.
Publicly yours,
Alex