| We have our doubts that anyone,
anywhere in the world, fully understands all the problems that
can, and do, occur with all pond fish, let alone the Carp ...
there is so much to try to understand and never a day goes by
when we don't learn something new about these fascinating
creatures ... and during the past 20 years we have gained much
experience ourselves which we try to pass on to our customers and
friends, in an attempt to try to help them understand themselves
..
We do not profess to be an expert in this field and would
never set ourselves up as such .. and all we are trying to do is
to find useful information that we feel may be of some
assistance to our customers and loyal web site visitors - and if
we can achieve that then this section will have been all the
more worth while ... but one question that often crops up is 'Do
Koi Have Teeth' .. the answer is YES of course they do to enable
them to crush the food that they eat and which we feed to them
in pellet form .. these teeth are situated at the back of
the throat where they cannot normally be seen but where they are
most useful to the Koi .. you may notice that when you
feed your koi they grab some food off the surface and then head
down to mid-water where they can be seen to stay almost
motionless .. that is where they are then crushing the
food ... a Koi will grow as many as 36 sets of teeth during its
life - and as the Koi grows and just like a snake sheds its
skin, the koi shed their teeth and produce another set slightly
larger .. if you have never seen Koi teeth and would like
to do so - then
click here to see a photograph we have managed
to take recently of just a few we collected from the debris we
vacuumed up ...
Please study the various subjects listed together with the
symptoms and possible treatments - you are more than welcome to
keep coming back to this web site as hopefully your knowledge
base grows ...
Some of the treatments work extremely well, but of course
circumstances change along with the problem, the size of pond,
the quality of the water etc etc ... and no guarantee that these
treatments will work in your case or for your Koi .... we
naturally hope that they do ... and we am always interested in
the results, whether good or bad and would appreciate hearing
from you in this very hard to understand subject ..
Please note that many of the symptoms and treatments in this
section are by kind permission of Koi Vet and further
information can be obtained, if required, at http://www.koivet.com
Symptoms
If your symptoms are identified from the following
descriptions then please click with your mouse on that symptom
and you will, hopefully, discover the remedy ... please
bear in mind that we offer these remedies as a guide only and
that neither myself or The East Riding Koi Co can accept any
responsibility if these suggested treatments do not produce the
results we would all wish in a perfect world ...
Please look down the list of symptoms and see if one matches
the problems you are encountering then simply click on that and
we will present you with a solution to the problem as we see it: |
