HELP! How do I get them to survive?

[kellifrass]

Hey guys, I can't find this answer anywhere on the internet and people who I ask won't help.
My female ball python laid eggs 63 days ago, they didn't hatch on their own and we didn't want them drown so we looked up tutorials on YouTube on how to cut them open. We got them open last night, and they're alive.
Today we checked back on them all day. None of them came out of the shells. They've moved around in the shell but not sticking their heads out. We noticed one isn't responding to anything and fear that it hasn't made it.
My question is, what do I do in order to keep the other 2 alive? I really want them to live but I don't know how. I can't find anything online about what's suppose to happen next. I really would like to know ASAP so I'm not up all night thinking about them

I'm not a breeder, I just have 3 ball pythons as pets and I've never done this before. This is my female's first 'clutch' and I didn't know she was pregnant in the first place, until the day I took her out to feed her and there was eggs.
I'll do anything for the babies to live!
Any help would be wonderful.
Thanks

[heathers*bps]

What exactly are you doing to the one that isn't responding to anything? I know when I touch babies in the egg, they will move.

It sometimes takes babies almost a week to fully come out of the egg.

Is there still a lot of fluid in the eggs? What color is the fluid? Pictures would be extremely helpful!

[purplemuffin]

Another question is how did the female get gravid in the first place? Are your snakes housed together? If so, now would be a good time to separate them, so this doesn't happen again!

I've never had eggs, but I know there are a lot of people here who have bred them successfully here who will help you!

[snakesRkewl]

It takes a day or two, they don't usually come out in the first 24 hours, although I have had them do so.
Let them be and they'll do their thing,

[kellifrass]

What exactly are you doing to the one that isn't responding to anything? I know when I touch babies in the egg, they will move.

It sometimes takes babies almost a week to fully come out of the egg.

Is there still a lot of fluid in the eggs? What color is the fluid? Pictures would be extremely helpful!

I touch them with the tip of my finger to see if they're alive.

I don't know how much fluid is in the eggs, and I don't want the snakes to dry up. I don't have an incubator and I'm not sure what the temperature for them is suppose to be at the stage they're in.
This is where they are, in my garage. I live in Florida so the temperature during the day has been around 80-85, I added the light for more heat but I don't know if the light is drying them out?
This is what it looks like:



There's only 3 eggs. There was 4 at the beginning but one rotted within the first week.

The first 2 pictures are the 2 that are still moving when I touch them.






This one is the one that isn't moving:




All 3

[kellifrass]

Another question is how did the female get gravid in the first place? Are your snakes housed together? If so, now would be a good time to separate them, so this doesn't happen again!

I've never had eggs, but I know there are a lot of people here who have bred them successfully here who will help you!

I have a big cage that my boyfriend built for me, I have 2 normal ball pythons and an albino in it. 2 are males and 1 is a female.
I wouldn't mind breeding them one day (too late) but I'm apparently under-educated in it. & I didn't think the 2 males could get her pregnant because of how small they are
I've tried to read up on as much as I can about everything that I'd need to know, but can't seem too find a source that will help me out through everything.

[heathers*bps]

Thanks for the pictures. It helped a lot!

The babies look good. I would let them be for now so they can do their own thing.

Is there a way you can get an exact temp in that tub?

[purplemuffin]

Well, first off, I would check the caresheet we have on this page for ball pythons, it will give you a better idea on how to properly house these guys. It's never suggested to house them together. Two males can combat and possible kill each other, and there have even been extremely rare cases of ball pythons eating each other! Now these are rare, but not something you want to risk. Not to mention, if one gets sick, likely they will all be sick when together in one cage. Separating them will give the poor girl a rest so she doesn't get gravid again as well as keep them as stress free as possible.

Ball python care sheet
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ius)-Caresheet

[kellifrass]

This is the temperature right now. The humidity is at 80, just forgot to take a picture of it.
I just feel like the light is going to dry them up.
I know I'm not doing the right things during this process (keeping the temp and humidity equal through out the last 2 months) but I can't afford an incubator just yet incase this happens again. I feel really terrible, but this is all I can do at the moment

[purplemuffin]

Hey! It took you by surprise, and now you will have experience and know what to do and not let it happen again until you are ready! The fact that they made it this far is awesome, and I hope they pull through for you! You'll have to take pictures when they are out, they look like they are gorgeous! I wonder who is the daddy? They could either be normals or 100% het albinos(unless the albino is the female?)