My octopus won't eat ... Help!!!

[A.k.135]

Hi, I recently bought a baby common octopus and it won't eat. It will grab the food but when I check on it later it just didn't eat as if it were more a toy and not food I guess. Anyone hav anyone have any suggestions? (About 2" with its tentacles spread out and I feed him krill sometimes snails and ghost shrimp)

 

[Sk8r]

Suggest you ask this in the octopus forum.

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

Are you feeding live food.

 

[frey]

try a small live crab as they like those in the wild

 

[A.k.135]

Yes I do feed live good but it seems to be scared of it. It's a common octopus and can u tell me if this is normal it's purple and it has a white spot on the top of its head like a big one. ...wait there is an octopus forum ( sorry still kinda new and hasn't found everything out yet).

 

[MMacro]

How big is the tank? How long have you had it? Parameters? Lighting?
Its probably still stressed out from the move. Try keeping the lights on the lower end.

 

[snorvich]

Suggest you ask this in the octopus forum.

I agree. If it were me, I would try squid.