Man, we need a new secretary. Mama has been out of commission for quite a bit lately with all of her doctor appointments, they - rope - peeeee sessions and more doctor appointments. Then she'll be getting a big shot in her elbow next week, yikes!
The big news is that after we got all of the ponds cleaned up, then storms came. And ya know what that means??? The koi always breed before it storms. They were breeding for 3 WHOLE DAYS non-stop! And who would guess, Koi ARCHIE & Koi SCRUFFY are now fathers, hehehehehehe!
Mama caught them in the act of chasing the female koi. Mama decided to raised some baby koi from eggs again. She has done it before, so it's pretty easy. After they quit breeding, she collected a bunch of eggs from the pond and put them into an aquarium to hatch. The babies hatched in the aquarium on May 25th and in the pond about a day later as the water in the pond is cooler then the aquarium water.
So Katie has been busy bottle feeding the baby koi, see:
Here are some close up pictures of the babies. It's hard to get a photo of them since they swim and move around so fast.
We'll raise the babies indoors until next spring. Then if they are big enough, they will go out into the outdoor ponds. Mama hopes they will be over 6 inches long. That way they will be large enough that the bullfrogs won't eat them. Did you know that bullfrogs will eat a 6 inch koi?? baby ducks? birds? snakes? ewweeeeeeee!
When we were cleaning out the ponds, we caught many of the koi since we wanted to catch the ones that we were selling. So here are the Koi Nurses and errrr ahhhh, Fathers. The picture is deceiving for showing their size. If you look at Koi Lacie, she is about 12 inches long now, so that gives you something to go by. There were some koi in that tub 24 inches long. Most were hiding farther down in the container. Oh, and we hadn't caught Koi Nurse Agatha yet, so she is not pictured, sorry.
If you click on the photos, they should biggify so that you can see the fish better. Guess it's time for Katie to feed the babies again. I have to help her reach the aquarium.
Wirey Hugs, Purrz & Licks,
Butchy, Katie, Ruby, Sylvester, Scuby & Hootie
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Wowser! A population explosion in the Koi ponds.
Congratulations to the new dads.
gussie and Teka
pee ess..hope Mama is getting some relief from these Doctors and their poking and prodding
g/t
Wow, you guys have your paws full! I hope your Mom gets feeling better reall soon!
We're impressed - all our Mom can raise is puppies.
XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ruairi
Those fish are HOOGE! I didn't know that you raised them inside. I didn't see any crates in the nursery. Unclear to me how you will housebreak them.
Slobbers,
mango
we luved this post of the fish. Katy is such a little helper. We are going to get fish for our pond tomorrow. We luved to see the baby koi pictures.
geesh, this is very exciting with all of the baby kois and the great big kois in the tub. that sure is nice of Katie to bottle feed the babies. we can't wait to see how the babies grow up and get all big too!
we hope your mom is feeling better. it sounds like she has been very busy.
woofs.
Leave it to Mango RH to ask such a pawesome khwestion!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra & Khousin Merdie
PeeEssWoo: Are those wormsmoothies?
We sure hope your Mom gets to feeling better soon. Mom says therpy is not a ton of fun. At least her 90bajillion knee therpies were not. She alwys did her home ones-still does. So tell your Mom that will help alot(if she isn't already) The shot in the elbow...uh well, again, Mom has had them in her knee, but sometimes they were kind enough to deaden the area first. She sends her sympathiies for it all!!
Ton o koi!!!
You gonna keep some or sell them all? Because we, Scooter and Sunny, were wanting to put in requests if you were going to keep and name any of them like before we started abloggin.
Mom also wants to come and steal Katie! Geez Mom. So Not right. Show that woman a puppy. Geez.
Hope things get better very soon.
Hugs
Sunny,Scooter & jamie(I did NOT say steal...just wanted to hold,pet and play with cute little Katie;)
Katie is feeding the babies?...She is a baby herself!!...A very adorable baby!...Happy holiday sweet friends...xo...Calle, Halle, Sukki
Big welcome to the baby kois!! They are in good hands under the care of Katie and your mom...
Awwhh Katie,
How lovely to see that you already have a caring, maternal instinct, despite still being a baby yourself (with legs that don't seem to be growing quite as fast as mine - a girl thing perhaps?)
Og and is it 'species-ist' to say that baby Koi can't really compete with baby WFT's in the cuteness stakes?
Toodle pip!
Bertie.
sounds like the bulldogs need to be told who's boss!
Nothing koi about little Katie!!! (BOL!!)
Wirey love,
Jake and Just Harry
CRASH.........................oh dear he has fainted....big time....fell backwards.... As he was going down he said he had to call Scruffy right away.. and also something about cigars, and college tuitions, and how were they going to do this, and hoo boy they are in BIG trouble....HAHAHAHAHAHAHA you can't find Koi Aggie!! Know why?? BECAUSE NOW I AM A HURRICANE!!( and not ONE PERSON OR DOG better say that was a good choice...) Hope Mama feels better after the shot...A gazillion kisses A+ P( papa)
What a lovely post. I loved reading about and seeing all the lovely coloured fish. Your mum is clever to raise them indoors.. Hugs GJ xx
You're doing a great job raising those baby koi Katie.
Hope that 'njecshun makes your Mummy better soon.
Nibbles
Nelly xx
So is momma fired? Maybe she was out there fishing
Benny & Lily
Butchy love
I saw Koi Asta, I did , I did, and Scwuffy and Awchie awe passing out cigaws, hehehehe how wondewful to see little Katie helping to nuwse feed the baby koi.
I'm tewwibully thwilled to know they awe all thewe xept fow huwwicane Agatha, hehehe she'll be back I hope
smoochie kisses
ASTA
pee ess we awe cwossing our paws fow youw mam to not have pain anymowe..we love hew and send hew healing smoochies
Wow, baby Koi! That is so neat! We've always wanted a koi pond, Looks like you have some really pretty ones!
Katie is such a good girl to be mama's little helper! And you're a good brother for helping her reach the koi babies too!
HOI HOI HOI...the sound of a contented FATHER fox terrier koi....
Have a cigar...no, no...they're really just bubble gum...
Did Archie just say somethin' bout college tuition? Hmm...hadn't even thought of that...
Scruffy passes out....
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Lacie passes out...
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Um...Little Katie...does Lacie have um puppy koi?
She came to long enuff to say this was TOTALLY going to RUIN her girlie figure...
You looked adorable givin' those babies the bottle!!!
Dale kisses,
Babystan
Holy moley thems aLoT of koi!! Will they all be able to live in the pond??
XOXO-BRD and Hootie
WOW indeed....many congratulations......oh how we would love to hava koi pond here.Even with the netting I would worry about masked bandits(errr....I mean raccoons) tealing them in the night.
Enjoy those new lil' fishies!
Hugz from N, G-dog and Beckarooooooo
A fish pond and an aquarium. You sure have a lot of fish. Does this mean you're making lots of money for extra bones?
OMD the boys have boys? That's wagging. Hope I can be their dogfather unless that involves paying fishing rights. You make a super cute nursie Katie, look a natural, I'm sure all the other nursies are proud of you, like I am.
Butchy please give Moma some loving licks and healing zen from me. Paws crosses the The Rope ey helps and the injection is not too painful. Have a big treat ready for straight after.
Wiry loves Eric xxxx
omdog look at all of those BABIES!!
Oh my. You've got babies bursting out all over. In technicolor. It sure looks like you are going to start developing your nursing skills at a young age, sweet Katie. We're sure you'll excel. You definitely excel in the cuteness category.
Jake and Fergi xxoo
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