Guppy Dropping Too Early?

[AquaticHamster]

So it seems today that both my guppies decided to drop their load today... unfortunately, ones not going so well.
My first female to drop did so this morning while I was at work and I now have 13 healthy happy fry. The other one started her drop around 2:30 this afternoon and is still at it right now at almost 9 pm. So far she has dropped 6 fry, although one has died, and another is still an egg? That leaves me with 4 currently. The four remaining however have weird extended bellies with red dots and dont seem to swim right. They currently are sitting on the bottom of the breeders trap, while mommy is still hard at work above. I've read that babies with big bellies usually were dropped too early. Is this true? I've also read that they can still survive and live long happy lives. This one is less believable. None of my other batch had big bellies when I found them. I feel so bad for the guppy, shes been breathing hard all day and I hate keeping her in the trap as I've heard it stresses them out.

This isnt normal, is it? Has anyone else experienced this problem? If so, whats going on? Will the fry survive? Will the mama be okay?

Thanks for any and all help!

 

[OldMan47]

It sounds like you are getting a premature drop. They are not too uncommon and are sometimes brought on by environmental stresses.
When did your female go into the trap? Could that have been the thing that got her started or has it been a while?

 

[AquaticHamster]

It sounds like you are getting a premature drop. They are not too uncommon and are sometimes brought on by environmental stresses.
When did your female go into the trap? Could that have been the thing that got her started or has it been a while?

She went into the trap around 2:30 this afternoon, when I saw her drop her first fry in her original tank (all the plants had been taken out so I could search for the other females fry and so the tank could be cleaned). So she started before I put in her in.

 

[OldMan47]

Maybe removing all the cover triggered her. It is hard to say really. Some of the fry may well survive as long as they make it until they absorb the egg sac. In the meantime be reassured that one permature drop really does not mean that there will be another.

 

[AquaticHamster]

Maybe removing all the cover triggered her. It is hard to say really. Some of the fry may well survive as long as they make it until they absorb the egg sac. In the meantime be reassured that one permature drop really does not mean that there will be another.

Mkay. Thanks for the help!

 

[sherylp]

I haven't had guppy babies yet, but I had a batch of Molly babies last week and many of them were born with the extended bellies with red dots. When I first saw one like that I thought they were deformed or something. They lay on the bottom for a while before they started swimming around. Only one of them died - the others absorbed the egg sac (I'm guessing they are egg sacs from the comments above) and are fine. My Molly was having babies pretty much all day long.

 

[OldMan47]

Thanks for that Sheryl P. As I said, any fry surviving until they no longer show an egg sac are more likely to survive than the rest of your fry.