Successful MI - THEY'RE HATCHING!!! Now what?

[piedplus]

Thanks to the good information from Quiet Tempest, I have eggs hatching right under mom. Some questions for anyone with experience... Should I get the little ones out ASAP? Might mom hurt them? Should I feed mom ASAP? Or will she be off feed for a while longer? I keep peaking in and the one baby head I can see doesn't seem to be in a hurry to get out of the egg, it's just sitting there with its nose in the air. Still, I don't know if I can just go off to sleep. Seems like I should keep an eye on them. By the way, this is my first clutch ever. Does it show? (It's BP mom's first clutch too).

[piedplus]

Well, it's past midnight and no progress. Guess I'll go to bed. Why can't these things happen in the daytime? Anyway, mom seems to be doing a good job & I think everything will be ok overnight. Would still like to know if mama BP's going to be hungry right away. Goodnight.

[I-KandyReptiles]

Wish I could offer some advice, but I've never done maternal incubation.

On another note..


Pics?

[piedplus]

Wish I could offer some advice, but I've never done maternal incubation.

On another note..


Pics?

Good idea! I'm charging my camera battery now. There wasn't much progress last night. This morning I still have just one little nose poking out. And sometimes he pulls his nose back in.

[piedplus]

Got my battery charged and went to take a picture. The little guy had pulled his nose back in, so no picture yet. I'll get one asap.

[piedplus]

Here are some pictures, finally. Now I got two little noses poking out.

[DSpythons]

That is so awesome.. Im going to breed eventually and maternal incubation sounds cool and I have never really seen it done before. Is it more risky then incubating in a incubator?

[piedplus]

That is so awesome.. Im going to breed eventually and maternal incubation sounds cool and I have never really seen it done before. Is it more risky then incubating in a incubator?

The expert on the subject is Quiet Tempest. She wrote a wonderful article that's a sticky under breeding. I'm so glad I went this way. It actually seems easier to me... let the mother do all the work. I really don't have much room in my tiny place for an incubator anyway. I have one, just in case, but it's small. Since this is my first breeding season and I have no experience with incubators, I don't think it was any more risky. Hope you give it a try & good luck to you.

[BHReptiles]

Congrats! I want to try this method at some point...maybe after I get a few clutches under my belt.

BTW: I'm a nursing student...so when I saw "successful MI" I was very perplexed as to why A. you were excited and B. you had a "successful" heart attack (myocardial infarction is the medical term which is often abbreviated to MI) as opposed to an unsuccessful one. Just excuse me while I go sit in my nerd corner.

[Centexsnakes]

Really cool! And great pics!!