Waldo Update
Today marks my 1 month anniversary with Waldo,
. I brought him on on Dec 9. He is very active every morning when I go downstairs to his tank. He definitely lets me know when he is hungry. He does a "happy dance" on the glass until I feed him. He usually eats every other day, but today he was obvioulsy hungry even though I fed him yesterday too. This morning I fed him an earthworm and he devoured it. There was very little left when he was done. This was the 2nd one I have fed him and there is no doubt he likes them and I have seen no ill effects (knock on wood).
Waldo and I have to work on our hand to arm transfer of his food. A couple of days ago I was giving him a piece of thawed shrimp and I thought he had successfully taken it, but to my surprise (and his) he was still holding on to my fingers as I pulled my hand out of the tank. I think he squirted a little ink when he realized he had was no longer in the tank, but I immediately put my hand (and him) back in the water. He quickly got over the shock and ate the shrimp anyway.
Then yesterday I was feeding him another piece of shrimp and being a little gun shy, released it too soon. It got caught in the current from a powerhead and shot across the tank. I reached into the tank to retrieve it and try again, but unbeknowst to me Waldo had the same idea and shot across the tank too. As my hand closed to capture the shrimp, to my shock and surprise I had a handful of octopus. He wasn't too happy about the encounter either and quickly darted off. I was still able to feed him, so no harm, no foul,
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Needless to say, we (by that I mean me) have to work on our food transfer skills. Earthworms are especially tough, too small to use a feeding stick and tweezers are of no use. As they say, practice makes perfect.