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is she pregnant?
By Nancy4Fishes from the Nancy4Fishes department, Section Diaries Posted on Wed Mar 29, 2006 at 12:40:38 PM PST

eight days ago i saw my two guppies breeding. i know they are breeding because i looked it up on google images, but does this mean she is DEFINITLY pregnant?

the male left her alone after about 3 days, but before then, he was on a serious frenzy (ooer). by day 2 my female had had it with him. is she, without a doubt, pregant? she was a virgin before i put her in my general guppy tank.

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is she pregnant? | 11 comments (11 topical, 0 hidden)

Re: is she pregnant? (none / 0) (#10)
by Nancy4Fishes on Sun Apr 02, 2006 at 10:38:02 AM PST

i'm sorry, miskairal. i guess my anticipation is just getting the best of me. i know you couldn't tell over the internet, i was just wondering if any of the GL users had some, i don't know, secret ways to tell or...something...sorry.

Re: is she pregnant? (none / 0) (#11)
by miskairal on Sun Apr 02, 2006 at 03:01:20 PM PST

We wish. If we could diagnose fish pregnancy we'd be millionaires and then I could have even more tanks :)
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Re: is she pregnant? (none / 0) (#3)
by Nancy4Fishes on Wed Mar 29, 2006 at 03:36:40 PM PST

thanks. i was wondering because the two of them went at it again today. does this mean she WASN'T pregnant? if it does i have to set gestation back a week...

Re: is she pregnant? (none / 0) (#2)
by miskairal on Wed Mar 29, 2006 at 01:43:35 PM PST

Like any animal I doubt it is possible to say. I would go with yes but there is always a possiblilty that she is unable to have fry.
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Re: is she pregnant? (none / 0) (#1)
by ShannyG on Wed Mar 29, 2006 at 12:45:03 PM PST

I'm going to go with....yes. I think when the females start shunning the males they are already 'knocked up'.

Suypposedly they are most impregnable and only (none / 0) (#4)
by unclescott on Thu Mar 30, 2006 at 01:53:00 PM PST

so the first two days after dropping. 99.99% of the time she is. That doesn't mean the males will not still try 24/7. That's what a hormone attack is all about. ;)

All the best!
uncle scott

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Re: yeah, UC, but (none / 0) (#5)
by Nancy4Fishes on Thu Mar 30, 2006 at 04:36:55 PM PST

she was a virgin before this. i separated male-female once the gonopodiums started popping up...there was no other birth to be fertilized after.

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Re: yeah, UC, but (none / 0) (#6)
by miskairal on Fri Mar 31, 2006 at 12:06:59 AM PST

" once the gonopodiums started popping up" is too late in my opinion. They need to be separated before the gonopodium develops to be 100% safe.
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Re: yeah, UC, but (none / 0) (#7)
by Nancy4Fishes on Fri Mar 31, 2006 at 03:30:54 PM PST

ok, but she is six months old and has never dropped before, so even if a few of her sisters became pregnant, i don't think she was. she had 4 sisters and 2 brothers that survived to adulthood. i still have one of her brothers and her. the others went to the LFS.

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Re: yeah, UC, but (none / 0) (#8)
by Nancy4Fishes on Sat Apr 01, 2006 at 08:00:15 AM PST

so, with that said, back to my original question. IS she pregnant? i of course know she could be sterile, but there is very little imbreeding in her blood, so i sort of doubt it.

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Re: yeah, UC, but (none / 0) (#9)
by miskairal on Sat Apr 01, 2006 at 01:58:53 PM PST

Nancy we don't know!!

You can tell a dog is pregnant only a week or two before she gives birth IF she is going to have more than one pup. I've known breeders who haven't been sure until the dog goes into labour.

You can tell a human is pregnant by using a pregnancy test or examination by a doctor.

You can tell a goat is pregnant by looking for swelling under the tail or again, wait until she is in labour.

You can tell a cow is pregnant by sticking your arm up it's butt.

Why would we, over the internet, be able to tell if your fish is pregnant? There are even humans out there who have given birth without knowing they were pregnant. C'mon.
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