how do u know when a platy as finished givin birth

[STEVIE00]

pls help
is there a average time scale
on a platy in labour
(givin birth)

 

[Angry_Platy]

I have had platies who have birth over a 2 day period.

 

[patti_n_jojo]

my platies took 2 days aswell. now i think they may be pregnant again, i gave a prehnant 1 n a male away 2 my neighbour last nite

 

[Nuttygal! :0)]

i gave a prehnant 1 n a male away 2 my neighbour last nite

Did you give them away deliberatley knowing that the female was pregnant - or did you just do it to be generous?

 

[Kittycat]

I have the same problem. With guppies, they look "empty" after giving birth, but with my platies, it seemed like the gravid spot was still rather big afterwards, I had a hard time telling which of my females gave birth. And weird thing is, my male looks like it has a gravid spot as well, but it definitely has a gonopodium.

 

[JoyB]

Hi

What does a gravid spot look like? I don't suppose anyone's got a picture have they?

 

[vidiots]

I guess the smarta## answer would be that they are finished when the babies stop comming out. I had a platy give birth to 75 fry over a period of like 6hrs. They came out anywhere from 1 to 4 at a time. And often there would be a several minutes of none in between the groups. I've never seen them take more than a day to give birth.

The gravid spot is a darkened area at the rear of the belly on the sides near the anal fin. Look at the black spot on the guppy in the picture at this link: http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=13664