Questionable Guppy Pregnancy

[Aequora]

This is the fourth time my female guppy has fooled me into thinking she’s close to birth in the last month! She’s about a quarter inch wide when viewed from the front and was so squared off she could have brought a cut diamond to shame. Her gravid spot made her look like she swallowed a rock. But fry? Not a chance. I thought she was close and her back end was pointy, so I put her in my largest breeder box and came to look a few hours later. Fry? Nope! She actually lost the black pigment in her gravid spot and it’s now a dark tan/peachy color. What gives? Do any of you think she may be close to giving up those fry, or is there some time left to go before she drops?


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She actually looks a lot smaller in this picture then she is. I think it's the angle, but oh well. Do you guys think maybe she keeps reabsorbing the fry every time due to something?

 

[Tropical_Fish]

Probably reabsorbing due to you putting her in the breeder box

 

[OldMan47]

I have never heard of reabsorbing in a livebearer but I don't really think the girl in this picture is anywhere near close.

She is not squared off and is quite thin for a mature female. By the looks of her she may have had a very recent drop.

 

[Aequora]

Well drat. I know the other green female I have just dropped two weeks ago (she gave me two conjoined twins-one didn't survive and the other was a partial and has a little paracitic twin on it's abdomine). This female normally drops a batch about a week to three after the first one, but if she is being stressed and reabsorbing then I suppose her fry will have to wait until I get those four female betta out of the community tank and into their own set up. Oh well, thanks for the comments!