Ways to stimulate bimac octopus?

[B Pierce]

hey guys,

Does anyone have any good ideas on how to stimulate my octopus. The only think I really do to stimulte him is to add live food and new hide outs occasionlly. Any ideas would be great.

thanks,
Bill:)

[B Pierce]

bump...

[B Pierce]

come one guys how do you stiumlate your octo!?!

[willy21]

My lfs put the octo's food in those plastic easter eggs to stimulate their octopus.

[mitchiemitch1]

what does "stimulate" mean. do you need to give him math problems? not joking but curious.

[B Pierce]

Octopus are very smat and curious creatures and will not truley thrive in the aquarium IMO if they are not giving things to occupy themselves(ex. what willy21 does)

[B Pierce]

anyone else have any ideas?

[mitchiemitch1]

rubix cube. or on a serious note.. they sell this for dogs that you put treats in and the dog tries to get the treat out.. they have them for small dogs probably the size of a gold ball to a soft ball... you could put a formula one cube in it and let it sink to the bottom of the tank and see if he can get it out.

[joefish84]

ive actually seen an octo try to do a rubix cube.... seriously! it was amazing.... he was better at it than i was because it watched us mess it up and those damn creatures have a better memory than i do!

[phorge]

a guy on another forum I post at put legos in his tank for the bimac to play with.

[TidePool Geek]

Hi Bill,

Here's an interesting article from the Seattle Aquarium on Octopus enrichment:
http://is.dal.ca/~ceph/TCP/OctopusToys.html
The main conclusion seems to be that, while octos need challenges, there is no 'one size fits all' solution.Octos are individuals with individual needs and preferences. If there are any universals on this subject it's that they seem to like moving parts and toys that give up a snack as part of the game.

Puzzlingly yours,
TPG

[espo72]

I put food (usually shrimp) inside a clean glass bottle. I fill it with aquarium water and drop it in the tank. You should see how fast my octo. goes for that bottle, and starts sticking his tenticles inside. Eventually, he figures a way to get to the food. Next time, I'm going to try with the cap on!

[aquaman67]

You could make a PVC maze to put food in.

I'd use clear so you could see it.

[deepbluesea99]

some people put wiffle balls in the tank with them or pingpong balls.

[alien9168]

platic baby legos.

-alien