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Fish talk => Freshwater Species Forum => Topic started by: Flikkitty11 on June 19, 2006, 08:39:24 AM

Title: help me i'm new...
Post by: Flikkitty11 on June 19, 2006, 08:39:24 AM
:?: i recently joined after meeting kathryn (zoezealand) at school. i now have some guppies who are possibably pregnant. can anyone help me with how to tell if they are pregnant  and if so how close to birth. pictures are helpfull too.
thanx, flik
Title: guppies
Post by: nick on June 19, 2006, 05:11:05 PM
hi, if they are pregnant, their belly should be tonnes bigger, realy easy to notice if it is, also towards the back of the female...she will have a spot called the gravid spot, this forms when the eggs are fertilized and get darker as the eggs form. towards the delivery, she might have troubles swimming cause if the weight in her belly. another indicator is that she might stop eating....this is an indicator that the babies are about to arrive.
if you want to keep the babies you should get a baby trap because they do eat the babies sometimes.......hope that helped. and goodluck with her
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Post by: Flikkitty11 on June 19, 2006, 06:18:41 PM
thanx :D
that really helped, i think one of them is cause of the spot + belly
flik
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Post by: nick on June 19, 2006, 06:32:18 PM
np, just here to try and help :)