Guppys Pregnant?

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DiddleBug

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I have 3 female guppies.  I got them 2 weeks ago and I'm pretty sure they're pregnant.  They don't seem to have gotten very big though since I've had them.  I have had plenty of guppies in the past... I'd just like your opinion.  I hadn't fed them yet so they weren't all fat from food.
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Saturn: http://s1283.photobucket.com/user/Passamaquatty/media/IMG_1837_zps13bb9eb4.mp4.html?sort=3&o=0
 
Dulce: http://s1283.photobucket.com/user/Passamaquatty/media/IMG_1841_zps65468012.mp4.html?sort=3&o=1
 
Venus: http://s1283.photobucket.com/user/Passamaquatty/media/IMG_1842_zps4ee5d16f.mp4.html?sort=3&o=2
 
Do any of them seem very pregnant?  Because if they were when I got them they'd have to be at least 2 weeks along now.     
 
I found 7 fry in the tank about 3 hours after I posted this.  :/ None of the females are acting weird or looking visibly different.  So I'm guessing Dulce-the one with the smallest stomach-was the momma.  
 
Do you think i couldn't see any signs because this was her first batch?  Because 7 fry would make sense for a first timer and she wasn't even that big.  
 
first time mothers often have a higher mortality rate and have less fry and are somewhat smaller than muture mamamas
 
UNLESS...................she ate some. My guppy just gave live birth yesterday and I watched for a few mins. All of a sudden....gulp!!!!
omg..
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..i gave her food and she still went after hers and ate it. Much hours later, i found out she ate most of her babies. I saved 5 and two are still spinning in a circle(not sure why) in a nesting box. 
 
becketlady said:
UNLESS...................she ate some. My guppy just gave live birth yesterday and I watched for a few mins. All of a sudden....gulp!!!!
omg..
shout.gif
..i gave her food and she still went after hers and ate it. Much hours later, i found out she ate most of her babies. I saved 5 and two are still spinning in a circle(not sure why) in a nesting box. 
yea guppies love to eat there young, they dont hesitate they love it.
 
Yeah, i know. :p The 7 fry were just swimming around as happy as can be in the tank.  i only have a females and them 3 young corys in there.  So I don't think she ate any.  Plus she hardly even looked pregnant before she had them. :)  Other wise i'd have moved her or kept better tabs on her if I'd seen she was going to have babies soon. 
 

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