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UPDATE on Paralyzed Koi
I just wanted to update everyone on the Koi I wrote in about 5 or 6 weeks
ago that had suddenly been paralyzed. He was motionless at the bottom of the pond. He only had use of his pectoral fins and nothing else. We moved him to a small preformed pond and had to hand feed him for the first 2 weeks. He slowly started to regain use of his fins from front to back. After 3 weeks we came out 1 day and found him able to hold himself upright again, but still had great difficulty trying to swim. He would just roll upside down. Over the last week or so, he drastically improved and began swimming around much easier and looking for food. Sunday we moved him back into the main pond. He still looks a little funny when he swims, but he is swimming with all the fish and eating and just looks happy to be back with the others. It is hard to imagine that just a few weeks ago this fish was motionless lying on his side unable to move. Mike |
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UPDATE on Paralyzed Koi
Thanks for posting the Happy ending.
Nedra "Michael Grossman" wrote in message news:Xnx_a.138597$uu5.20475@sccrnsc04... I just wanted to update everyone on the Koi I wrote in about 5 or 6 weeks ago that had suddenly been paralyzed. He was motionless at the bottom of the pond. He only had use of his pectoral fins and nothing else. We moved him to a small preformed pond and had to hand feed him for the first 2 weeks. He slowly started to regain use of his fins from front to back. After 3 weeks we came out 1 day and found him able to hold himself upright again, but still had great difficulty trying to swim. He would just roll upside down. Over the last week or so, he drastically improved and began swimming around much easier and looking for food. Sunday we moved him back into the main pond. He still looks a little funny when he swims, but he is swimming with all the fish and eating and just looks happy to be back with the others. It is hard to imagine that just a few weeks ago this fish was motionless lying on his side unable to move. Mike |
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UPDATE on Paralyzed Koi
Wow! hand feeding, that is some lucky fish :-)
Glad to hear he's back in the swim. k30a and the watergardening labradors http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...dors/home.html |
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UPDATE on Paralyzed Koi
Any idea what happened to him?
J -- ____________________________________________ Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per jogger) at: www.jogathon.net See our pond at: http://www.home.bellsouth.net/p/pwp-jameshurley "Michael Grossman" wrote in message news:Xnx_a.138597$uu5.20475@sccrnsc04... I just wanted to update everyone on the Koi I wrote in about 5 or 6 weeks ago that had suddenly been paralyzed. He was motionless at the bottom of the pond. He only had use of his pectoral fins and nothing else. We moved him to a small preformed pond and had to hand feed him for the first 2 weeks. He slowly started to regain use of his fins from front to back. After 3 weeks we came out 1 day and found him able to hold himself upright again, but still had great difficulty trying to swim. He would just roll upside down. Over the last week or so, he drastically improved and began swimming around much easier and looking for food. Sunday we moved him back into the main pond. He still looks a little funny when he swims, but he is swimming with all the fish and eating and just looks happy to be back with the others. It is hard to imagine that just a few weeks ago this fish was motionless lying on his side unable to move. Mike |
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UPDATE on Paralyzed Koi
We were never really able to figure out what happened. It is possible he
got caught up against the pump sock which has a primaxl3400 pump inside(3800 gph). Although a healthy 5" koi should have no problem getting away from a pump. There we no signs of any other problems. Water tested fine and other fish were and are fine. It remains a mystery. Mike "Phyllis and Jim Hurley" wrote in message ... Any idea what happened to him? J -- ____________________________________________ Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per jogger) at: www.jogathon.net See our pond at: http://www.home.bellsouth.net/p/pwp-jameshurley "Michael Grossman" wrote in message news:Xnx_a.138597$uu5.20475@sccrnsc04... I just wanted to update everyone on the Koi I wrote in about 5 or 6 weeks ago that had suddenly been paralyzed. He was motionless at the bottom of the pond. He only had use of his pectoral fins and nothing else. We moved him to a small preformed pond and had to hand feed him for the first 2 weeks. He slowly started to regain use of his fins from front to back. After 3 weeks we came out 1 day and found him able to hold himself upright again, but still had great difficulty trying to swim. He would just roll upside down. Over the last week or so, he drastically improved and began swimming around much easier and looking for food. Sunday we moved him back into the main pond. He still looks a little funny when he swims, but he is swimming with all the fish and eating and just looks happy to be back with the others. It is hard to imagine that just a few weeks ago this fish was motionless lying on his side unable to move. Mike |
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