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Trinity5
10-26-2003, 11:37 AM
Help!! My guppy was ready to give birth and I guess I stressed her out today cleaning the tank. She died not long after I was finished, is there any way I can retrieve the babies and save them even though the mother is dead?:(
pinballqueen
10-26-2003, 11:49 AM
The chances that the babies are still alive is very slim..... and doing a c-section would probably be more trouble than its worth.
Most likely best to cut your losses and move on, really.
you could try shocking her with a battery, CLEAR!
Trinity5
10-26-2003, 3:14 PM
thanx for your help. I did slice her open but the babies were already dead. Oh well. I just want some babies real bad I've been watching her for days.
mickey
10-26-2003, 4:56 PM
Sorry to here about your loss, but live bearers
like guppies, platies ect sometimes die in the
process of giving birth.
If your guppy was used to you cleaning the tank
then that shouldn't have stressed her to much,
but you never know, depends on the fish.
Like PBQ said the chances of the babies still
being alive were very remote.
Don't give up, if at first you don't succeed,
try and try again.
Cheers.
Trinity5
10-27-2003, 9:04 AM
Well, I got another momma today, so hopefully I'll have some babies soon! Any advice on what not to do this time round?
once she is getting fat i would isolate her, get a tank divider so the male doesnt chase her 24/7.
tricksterpup
10-27-2003, 10:46 AM
Guppies, like most other livebearers love plenty of company so If you only have a pair, pick up a few other females. This will also give the male other females to choose from and not constantly pester the one female all the time. If you do not have any cover, pick some up, this will ease the stress down alot, a great cover plant is hornwort.
A great site for info for guppies is www.showguppies.com and another one for general livebearer information but still a great site for info is http://tcoletti.tripod.com/thelivebearer.html.
jim
yashinfan
10-27-2003, 3:26 PM
So I was thinking about this because my swordtail is pregnant right now too. I can see at least three babies in her tummy and she has recently got over a bad bout of finrot. I am worried she will eventually stress herself to death. I had to take out her female companion because they kept pecking eachother and both look happier this way.
So my mom's a doctor, and she has preformed many c-sections in her lifetime. I asked her if she would perform one on the fish if it died and she said she would actually try! I would obviously have to do it really soon after the fish died and do the operation in water, maybe a small bowl. I have actually heard of someone successfully accomplishing this task. So if this does happen to me, I'm going to try it.