Dec
6
2011

Pregnant again :D

Ethan had been pestering me for pets and I never agree as I dislike having those ‘things’ running around in the house. I hate cleaning up after them. I only agree to let him have fish or tortoise but he dislike tortoise. We tried taking care of tigerbarb but they died barely a week after :(

Two months ago, my neighbour gave me 8 guppies. Out of those eight, only ONE is an adult female guppy and she happens to be pregnant. I don’t know if we can call a fish pregnant, but what the heck… Two weeks after caring for those guppies, I was surprise to see baby guppies one fine morning. Some died as the bigger guppies bit them :( I quickly transferred those babies into a separate bowl. I managed to rescue 8 baby guppies. 8 + 8 and now I have 16 guppies altogether!

The cute little baby guppies :D

I am sure it was only barely a month ago she ‘gave birth’ as I posted the above pic in my FB on Nov 9 announcing that I’m now a proud Grandmother! :P

Now, three weeks after the adult female guppy became a mommy, she is heavily pregnant again!

I was looking at my guppies when I spotted her with her bulging abdomen again. I can even see eggs with fries in it! Three weeks only!! Fuiyo!!

This morning, as usual, the first thing I do when I get downstairs in the mornings is to look at my fish and feed them. I saw that the Momma Fish is no longer bloated! She has ‘given birth’ BUT so many fries have been eaten by the others :(

I rushed to take the little ones out and only managed to save 4 this time around. I counted and saw at least 6 dead baby guppies… sobs! :`(

Tags: Guppy, Pet

About the Author: Merryn Tan

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Nikel December 6, 2011 at 11:17 am

I tot you will the be who pregnant! Mana tau is yours guppy.. Haha.. Ethan was excited on that?

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vickylow December 6, 2011 at 11:18 am

Guppies are surely “subur” hor keke. Next time got to take note to transfer the guppies immediately to another jar when you notice it pregnant loh.

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Simon Har December 6, 2011 at 11:20 am

thought u r pregnant! misleading title *joking la haha*!!!

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yvon December 6, 2011 at 11:23 am

Me too, i thought u were the one who get pregnant.
Ya, Like wat Vicky said, next time transfer to another jar when u noticed it.

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ken December 6, 2011 at 11:29 am

what about hamster?

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  Merryn December 6, 2011 at 11:32 am
  
  Hamster very smelly…
  
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munkey December 6, 2011 at 11:39 am

wohooo… more baby guppies! :D

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Kiddothings December 6, 2011 at 12:00 pm

I thought you pulak yang pregnant again. Congrats to your little guppy! :)

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Rose December 6, 2011 at 12:01 pm

Yeap, not easy to save those baby guppies. I used to rear them, but they tend to fight among themselves. So got to seperate them and in the end, all died.

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Cynthia December 6, 2011 at 12:02 pm

cheh.. you pregnant la shiok… the fish preggy, aper you dapat? macam la you going to built a fish pond for sale.. isk isk isk..

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Bananazஇ December 6, 2011 at 12:04 pm

Merryn’s pregnant? haha. Yuppies reproduce quite fast and they are easy to take care no need to use those water pump gadget. Poor babies eaten alive by their brothers and sisters.

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Thara December 6, 2011 at 12:05 pm

for a moment there i thought u were pregnant! grrrr! tipah tertipuuuu!

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sheohyan December 6, 2011 at 12:10 pm

I thought Merryn shared us good news of a dragon baby.

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[SK] December 6, 2011 at 12:24 pm

fuyoh, i thot submerryn is pregnant again!! wah, congratulations huh, you are becoming great great great grandmother soon already~~ :D

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Isaac Tan December 6, 2011 at 12:43 pm

Haha, i was fooled!! Thought like the rest here, that it will be you. I was all prepared to go CONGRATULATIONS!!! :P

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Cik Lily Putih December 6, 2011 at 12:49 pm

la merryn i thought u yang pregnant… ala tertipu I ok..

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claire December 6, 2011 at 1:02 pm

Ok, real pregancy or not.. congratulations to you first… in advance.. whatever guppies or puppies.. (i thought puppies) cos i was not wearing my specs when I read this just now..

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Choi Yen December 6, 2011 at 2:23 pm

I don’t like those “things” only =.=”

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peteformation December 6, 2011 at 2:49 pm

Aiya, I thought u pregnant…….lol!

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Luciana December 6, 2011 at 5:40 pm

no matter what, congrats :D

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Chloe'sMummy December 6, 2011 at 9:22 pm

Ceh kena tipu haha. I really thought it was YOU! We reared some guppies not long ago too. However, I just kept them in a fish bowl without any oxygen supply so 1 by 1, they all died :(

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Mummy Gwen December 6, 2011 at 10:03 pm

Cheh..I tot got good news from you. When the Mummy fish is pregnant, you should separate her with the rest.

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suituapui December 7, 2011 at 7:24 am

Haiyar…not you kah?

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Alice Phua December 7, 2011 at 10:12 am

Hahaha…..your mommy guppy sure is one productive fish! ^_^

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Carolyn lil dahling December 7, 2011 at 5:33 pm

You managed to fool everyone with that title. ;) We all want to hear that you are pregnant actually..hehe.

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Qi Tyng December 7, 2011 at 10:53 pm

hey, I was just wondering that day what happened to your fishes! XD

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UmmiRosma December 11, 2011 at 8:06 am

yes guppies got pregnant easily and gives birth easily too…hahaha…

I think the bigger male guppies has to be separated for some time or add more female guppies…hehehe

My daughter is interested to have guppies as her pets too…after seeing this…ayoyoooo :P

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I am a mother to two boys; Ethan and Ayden and a wife to Darling William. I'm a stay at home mum who blogs to break the monotony of life and to avoid feeling jaded. Would love to get to know all the Super Mommies and Daddies and Babies or Singles out there with the hope that we can learn more from each other. Most of all, I am a happy person, and I hope YOU are too.