How Do I Tell If My Yellow Lab Female Is Holding Eggs In Her Mouth Or

[clay]

i have 1 male and 2 female yellow labs in my aquarium. 1 of the females has become very skinny and doesnt eat. i thought she was sick but a friend told me that they get skinny when they have eggs in their mouth. also the bottom of her mouth is puffed out a little bit. any replies would be greatly appreciated. thanks.

 

[clay]

yay i finally figured out how to post pics yay yay yay

 

[zaman]

if she is not eating and hiding, then i think yes she is holding

 

[clay]

i think she either ate the eggs or spit the babies out because she is acting just like my other female now. im going to completely rebuild the tank in about 3 days so ill look for babies then. if i dont find any then ah well nothing gained nothing lost.

 

[Auratus]

My female peacock's mouth gets very triangle shaped, like a pelican I guess is the best way to describe it. I wondered if mine was holding too then one day she was doing kind of a rolling motion with her mouth adjusting and a baby popped out! It was so exciting. Never saw any of them, I'm pretty sure they were eaten by other fish as soon as she spit them out. Ah well.

 

[helterskelter]

When their holding eggs it looks like they have a mouth full of food with the mouth and throat being puffed out all the time.
They will go upto 4 weeks with out eating, and quite often will be holding eggs again with in a week if you cant remove them to give them time for a little R & R.

Also u sure thats a yellow lab. look's more like a Pseudotropheus personalty

 

[clay]

oh that picture that i posted was just for fun i recently figured out how to post pics i found a baby cichlid in my aquarium this morning so i think she might have spit them out.