Staggered Birth?

[Frank the Tank]

i have a pregnant variatus platy which dropped around 12 fry a week ago (saved 8 , 4 eaten ) , my platy is still defo still pregnant and pretty big and i thought that she would drop the rest a few days after she dropped the first , that was a week ago

my question is can she wait another week to drop the rest ? she defo still pregnant (graved spotted , square belly etc) and i know what she looks like after she has release all her fry so i know she is still holding onto them

 

[Peter C]

i have a pregnant variatus platy which dropped around 12 fry a week ago (saved 8 , 4 eaten ) , my platy is still defo still pregnant and pretty big and i thought that she would drop the rest a few days after she dropped the first , that was a week ago

my question is can she wait another week to drop the rest ? she defo still pregnant (graved spotted , square belly etc) and i know what she looks like after she has release all her fry so i know she is still holding onto them

My guppy is doing this and I was thinking the same!

 

[Cazgar]

They usually give birth to all their fry within a few hours.
Some get their figure back almost immediately, some stay looking still fat.
I have a guppy who gave birth just over a week ago & she still looks ready to drop.
Platys & guppys are greedy, it could be they're getting more than their fair share of food

 

[OldMan47]

Frank and Peter C, do not be surprised if you see no more fry for a period of 4 weeks after your recent fry discoveries. If you are relying on things like the color of a gravid spot or the swelling of a female, you have fallen into a trap based on poor understanding of the way to judge females. I have been doing this for ages and have never seen a reliable way to judge a female's state based on color of a gravid spot nor on the simple size of a female. I have yet to see a female withhold dropping mature fry, and that is true of almost everyone. I sometimes see stories of females holding back on fry drops but I almost always dismiss them as so much bunk. A female carrying mature fry that are ready to drop has little choice in the matter. The fry will come when they are ready, much the same as a baby will arrive in a human when it is ready, even if mom is not ready to have her baby yet. The next generation really couldn't care less how ready mom is for the new offspring. When they have matured to the right stage, they are born, period.

 

[basboi85]

Frank and Peter C, do not be surprised if you see no more fry for a period of 4 weeks after your recent fry discoveries. If you are relying on things like the color of a gravid spot or the swelling of a female, you have fallen into a trap based on poor understanding of the way to judge females. I have been doing this for ages and have never seen a reliable way to judge a female's state based on color of a gravid spot nor on the simple size of a female. I have yet to see a female withhold dropping mature fry, and that is true of almost everyone. I sometimes see stories of females holding back on fry drops but I almost always dismiss them as so much bunk. A female carrying mature fry that are ready to drop has little choice in the matter. The fry will come when they are ready, much the same as a baby will arrive in a human when it is ready, even if mom is not ready to have her baby yet. The next generation really couldn't care less how ready mom is for the new offspring. When they have matured to the right stage, they are born, period.

Does this count with Molly's aswell as this seems to be what my Molly is doing as she had 6 fry the other day and now I've found 4 more today and she's still huge

 

[OldMan47]

Mollies are another common poeciliid and have the same responses as guppies or platies. When the fry are ready, the will be dropped.