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jim barry said:
Hey Giles, good to hear from you!
Thanks for the comment. I'm not sure what to do now though as i am baffled as to when she could have been bred. It's only been one month max since the male left her alone and she started eating again after nearly one month of starvation.. I would have thought it would take longer than 4 weeks to start seeing pup movement, or am i wrong? how long into the pregnancy would you start seeing movement?
I guess she must be more than one month pregnant?
Also the male is still paying a fair bit of attention to her and she is not healing fully from her battle wounds. I am thinking i should seperate her now but don't want to seperate too soon as thet hate being seperated, tried it before and she got out from behind the divider twice. I can make the divider more robust but don't want to seperate unless i really have to because once seperated she will have to stay that way until she pops.
But on the other hand i am thinking if i seperate now maybe the male will turn his attention back to the Pearl which is the ray i thought was pregnant in the first place! Lol, funny old game.
What do you think mate?
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If you seeing movement Jim she will be at least 8-10 weeks ,when ever ive had alot of rays in the same tank at one time, ive always liked to seperate if possible to reduce stress,and also to stop other females eating the new born pups when they arrive,ive had that happen and is a very sad sight.Alot of people dont seperate and have no problems at all,but i always think it's a gamble ,its down to choice ive had no problems in the past when haven't seperated but had the odd disaster aswell!if she is still not healed fully will be beneficial for her that's for sure and reduce her stress .
 
Thanks for the feedback Trev and Giles. I seperated her last night and this morning she was sulking in the corner and you can see where she has been trying to get out and the male has been trying to get in, sand moved all over the place. But she came over to me and had some pellets for breakfast so i am hoping she will settle in the next couple of days and take a well deserved rest! Heres to those pups in a month or so.
 
Well she been seperated for about a week now, and she finally settled after a couple of days sulking. But she eating like a champ and loads of movement on her back, not sure how many pups she carrying? The male is constantly at the divider trying to get to her. I will try to get some updated pics when i get a chance.
 
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