My female guppy has had 3 lots of fry so far , the first two drops were exactly 2 weeks apart, the third was 3 weeks and now its been 5 weeks since her last drop. she has been showing signs of giving birth for about a week but no success as yet .. i did a water change today hoping she would drop but nothing. She is extreamly big and i dont know what to do.. is this normal??
2007-05-01 01:44:52 · 7 answers · asked by kylie__e 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Thanks for your help MagicMan!
Your info always seems to help me out.
2007-05-01 02:24:46 · update #1
Yep, very normal. A totally average gestation time is 28 days, but it can easily vary by a week or more shorter or longer and still be just fine. 50 days isn't unheard of at all. The water change certainly won't hurt anything at all and was a reasonable thing to do, but it usually won't signal a guppies to drop like it does for some species. The best course of action at this point is to simiply wait her out.
MM
2007-05-01 02:20:18 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes this is normal, changing the water won't really help with guppys, maybe other fish but not guppys all it will do is stress her out and make her hold on for longer. Put her in a floating tank where she will be able to rest away from the other fish and she will give birth in her own time you could raise the water temp just a little this sometimes helps. Don't panick all is still well.
2007-05-03 14:34:30 · answer #2 · answered by diamond_dolphin2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be normal..could be that she's not actually pregnant at all. Either way there's not a whole lot you can do. Keep an eye on her for signs that she's in distress (not eating, swimming funny, etc) and maybe consider adding a broad spectrum medication to the tank but otherwise it's sort of just something that happens. Sadly there's not a whole lot anyone can do for a sick guppy. That's a whole lot of guppies..what are you doing with all of them?
2007-05-01 08:56:59 · answer #3 · answered by Jewels 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Sometimes a rapid temperature change will stimulate a fish to drop. If you have a birthing tank you can do it with colder water without stressing the other fish.
2007-05-01 10:39:33 · answer #4 · answered by duretteg 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry about it. When she is ready to give birth she will. You can try increasing the temperature of the tank a little, sometimes that helps.
2007-05-01 08:53:07 · answer #5 · answered by Alison B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Magicman is the bomb. I hope you have her in a breeder box. Putting her in it early will allow her to calm down. That way she wont be stressed out.
GL
2007-05-01 10:15:24 · answer #6 · answered by sportyconnie 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is normal. I suggest you leave her alone. Don't ever change the water this soon to her having her babies because it could stress the mother out and she could die!
She'll have them when she's ready, and it will look like she's literly going to bust before she has them.
2007-05-01 08:51:44 · answer #7 · answered by Jenna 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋