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Koi eating a snake
In ten years of having a small koi pond this is a first. I just found one of
my 14" Koi swimming around with a 10" or so garder snake hanging from his mouth ( no way to account for how much snake is inside the fish ). Question is will he be able to process (swallow/digest) a snake properly or is he in trouble? I know it would be next to impossible to catch him and remove the snake manually... lol Joe |
Koi eating a snake
*Note: There are two *Koi-Lo's* on the pond and aquaria groups.
"JoeT" noway@today wrote in message . .. In ten years of having a small koi pond this is a first. I just found one of my 14" Koi swimming around with a 10" or so garder snake hanging from his mouth ( no way to account for how much snake is inside the fish ). Question is will he be able to process (swallow/digest) a snake properly or is he in trouble? I know it would be next to impossible to catch him and remove the snake manually... lol ============================ Wow! This is the first time I heard of something like this. :-) It's usually the snakes eating the fish. Let us know what happens. Koi-Lo.... Aquariums since 1952. Frugal ponding since 1995. My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 Disclaimer: I do not post from Google, Earthlink, Usenetzone or Verizon. Rude, inane or obscene messages are not mine . The person impersonating me is posting through Earthlink.net. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{@ ~~~~~~~{@ ~~~~~{@ |
Koi eating a snake
JoeT wrote:
In ten years of having a small koi pond this is a first. I just found one of my 14" Koi swimming around with a 10" or so garder snake hanging from his mouth ( no way to account for how much snake is inside the fish ). Question is will he be able to process (swallow/digest) a snake properly or is he in trouble? I know it would be next to impossible to catch him and remove the snake manually... lol hmmm. I don't know about Koi specifically - amongst other things, how warm your water is now, makes a difference to how well they digest stuff. I have seen cichlids eat fish half their own length, so _physically_ I doubt there's much problem with a 14" koi eating a 10" snake. He won't be hungry again, soon, that's for sure. While we think of koi as more vegetarian, they do get a considerable amount of insect and crustacean food, normally. -- derek |
Koi eating a snake
Well it appears carol aka koi lo is not as sart as she would like you to belive. I ave had koi already beat smallwater snakes, its food to them awe to you.......and in no way is it gong to hurt the fish. It will swall what it can little by little and if need be it can also spit it back up. Don;t pay carol Gulley aka koi lo any attention , The woman needs to be placed in a nut house as she is a sociopath and pathological liar. You just can not belive anything that comes out of hermouth or off her keyboard. How manyy koi lo's are in these groups. One and only one, and thats her, CArol Gulley.....she often posts with a nym change and then changes her nym again and answers herself. She has had ongoing replies toherself that numbered in the 30 and 40's of replies, all just her posting and answering herself.tallk about a wack job.. She is possessed with some awfully evil thoughts and spirits. On Wed, 24 May 2006 13:16:21 -0500, "Koi-Lo" ZZZZ wrote: *Note: There are two *Koi-Lo's* on the pond and aquaria groups. "JoeT" noway@today wrote in message news:yISdnefBbqnoPenZnZ2dnUVZ_u2dnZ2d@comcast. com... In ten years of having a small koi pond this is a first. I just found one of my 14" Koi swimming around with a 10" or so garder snake hanging from his mouth ( no way to account for how much snake is inside the fish ). Question is will he be able to process (swallow/digest) a snake properly or is he in trouble? I know it would be next to impossible to catch him and remove the snake manually... lol ============================ Wow! This is the first time I heard of something like this. :-) It's usually the snakes eating the fish. Let us know what happens. Koi-Lo.... Aquariums since 1952. Frugal ponding since 1995. My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 Disclaimer: I do not post from Google, Earthlink, Usenetzone or Verizon. Rude, inane or obscene messages are not mine . The person impersonating me is posting through Earthlink.net. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{@ ~~~~~~~{@ ~~~~~{@ |
Koi eating a snake
if he ate it he can digest it. they do digest small fish with scales. Ingrid
"JoeT" noway@today wrote: In ten years of having a small koi pond this is a first. I just found one of my 14" Koi swimming around with a 10" or so garder snake hanging from his mouth ( no way to account for how much snake is inside the fish ). Question is will he be able to process (swallow/digest) a snake properly or is he in trouble? I know it would be next to impossible to catch him and remove the snake manually... lol Joe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?...s=Group+lookup www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website. I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan |
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