Tips for popping smaller hatchlings?

[Shey]

My first clutch hatched this week and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't excited to know who's who. I know how to pop properly and can pretty easily pop anything from 150 grams to even 2500 grams if I am patient with them about it. I have not yet been taught how to probe properly but I can look into it with a local guy if anyone would recommend probing the hatchlings instead (I've always heard popping was so easy right out of the egg!)

It just feels like my fingers are too big for these 65g babies. I don't mind waiting a few meals to sex them, but if anyone else with hitchhikers thumbs can or can't do it, I'm curious to know!



I will also be doing a separate post on these guys shortly after they shed - they were maternally incubated.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

You pop any BP the exact same way whether they are adult or out of the egg, the good thing is that it is even easier to pop them out of the egg, you need even less pressure.

[CORBIN911]

^ They have little to no control trying to hold it all in.

My 800-1000g guys all shy and hold it all in as hard as they can. Its a pain.

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^ They have little to no control trying to hold it all in.

My 800-1000g guys all shy and hold it all in as hard as they can. Its a pain.