HELP with a twisted umbilical please !

[jtipton]

This is my first year breeding and my last clutch came out yesterday ( pics soon) all except one. I cut the egg open further today to find that the baby had its umbilical cord twisted around its head and had a lot of (what I assume is yolk) left. I cut the baby out of the egg and found that its umbilical was twisted up. I untwisted put it in a tub and put it back in the incubator. Can anyone tell me if I should try and let it digest what is left or do I need to tie it off and cut it? I had one that in another clutch this year that was in a egg that I thought was going to go bad but after the others from that clutch came out and it didn't I cut the egg away (because I thought that the baby was badly deformed) and found that the baby was ok but its yolk had hardened and was unable to be absorbed so I tied it off and cut it loose) and that baby is fine. But this egg did not look bad at all and the umbilical was just twisted so I don't really know about what to do in this situation. The baby seems fine and I would love to keep it that way so some more experienced opinions would be appreciated.

[grcforce327]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z84McnJQZWc

[Stewart_Reptiles]

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ight=umbilicus

Right now place the BP in a deli cup with damp paper towel to see if he absorbs it's yolk over the next 48 hours, if not you will see how to proceed in the thread above.

[jtipton]

Thanks for the links grcforce and Deborah. I think that everything is going to be fine with it though. I just checked on it and in the few hours since I untwisted it's umbilical it has absorbed a lot of it already. Thanks again.