My stingray had pups!!!

[Deano1956]

I bought this Cal. Round Ray July 10th and for some reason my wife named it Fred and it stuck. I ordered another one last week and I have to go to St. Louis and pick it up next week. We were joking around about getting Wilma for Fred so we could have Pebbles and Bambam and when I got home an hour ago i looked in the pond and saw 2 little pups so now Fred is Wilma and we have Pebbles and Bambam. Now how or what do I do to get these little rays eating as i sure would like them to survive.

 

[Deano1956]

 

[Jabba954]

WOW! Awesome!

 

[powderblutang]

Wow that is amazing this is the first story of captive birth I have heard with rays! I would some live shrimp of some type or fiddler crabs, I don't think that they will take a FT shrimp, but... you could try a krill on a feeding stick and see if you can get them to take it, according to Scott W. Michael picky or fasting eaters, which I would consider a newly born stingray as, can take foods such as live black worms, live lug worms, live segmented worms in general, live grass shrimp, fresh table shrimp, live fiddler crabs, fresh herring, live guppies, live Mollies, live Cardinalfish, and live Damsels.
If memory serves I don't think that the rays will even try to start eatting for at least 4 days to a week after being born
GOOD LUCK, I hope the little guys stay healthy!

 

[Miguel4u2]

Wow that is amazing this is the first story of captive birth I have heard with rays! I would some live shrimp of some type or fiddler crabs, I don't think that they will take a FT shrimp, but... you could try a krill on a feeding stick and see if you can get them to take it, according to Scott W. Michael picky or fasting eaters, which I would consider a newly born stingray as, can take foods such as live black worms, live lug worms, live segmented worms in general, live grass shrimp, fresh table shrimp, live fiddler crabs, fresh herring, live guppies, live Mollies, live Cardinalfish, and live Damsels.
If memory serves I don't think that the rays will even try to start eatting for at least 4 days to a week after being born
GOOD LUCK, I hope the little guys stay healthy!

What? There are a lot of people here on MFK that had rays give birth. look around

 

[DUTCHTHUGLIFE]

wow u buy 1 stingray and get 2 pups for free sweet ass deal u got
maybe u that lucky 2 with the other 1 u orderd
the 1 in am ordering will be under 14cm unless they sell adults 2

hope i one day get a pregnant shark or ray that would be sweet ass

she could have been pregnanted in the sea before they got caught

I bought this Cal. Round Ray July 10th and for some reason my wife named it Fred and it stuck. I ordered another one last week and I have to go to St. Louis and pick it up next week. We were joking around about getting Wilma for Fred so we could have Pebbles and Bambam and when I got home an hour ago i looked in the pond and saw 2 little pups so now Fred is Wilma and we have Pebbles and Bambam. Now how or what do I do to get these little rays eating as i sure would like them to survive.

 

[Zoodiver]

Don't feed them specifically right away. Right before being born, they absorb the last of the yolk sac, and will live off that for the first couple of days. After than, they'll take small things - like bloodworms or small shrimp. You can also chop up prepared foods like thawed shrimp/prawn, clam, krill, fish. You'll have to play around a bit to see what they like. Don't worry if you don't see them eating right away, it's normal.

 

[Deano1956]

Thanks zoodiver that what the lady at the Shed Aquarium said also. One guy said they might not be hungary for 4 days. I put some brine shrimp in the pond and i thought they ate some but not sure. Should i seperate them from thier mom? When I put food around them the mom takes off right to it sometimes right on top of the babies.

 

[chawk610]

!!!!!!!!!! LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!

 

[Zoodiver]

Don't worry about seperating them out unless the mother is picking on them. It's usually the males that become aggressive towards pups.