Newbie question?

I was reading the post "They hatched" and was wondering why you have to cut the eggs?

Nothing says you "have" to but some have had babies die in the egg from inability to cut their own egg..or because they were wrapped up by their umbilical cord. I clip the eggs to see whats in them. :D

I think it's just a personal preference. Most people that cut are probably just curious to see what they have.

I don't cut and prefer to let the snakes do it themselves. If most of them have already cut their own eggs and there are one or two who haven't, I'll make a small cut to help them out and make sure everything is okay.

Just massively impatient here. :oops:

Cut the first clutch to learn how to in case I needed it later on and then realised I didn't have the patience this year to wait on the eggs pipping naturally at my lower incubator temp.

Will be turning it back to normal temps for the next clutch and might manage to resist.


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Originally Posted by xdeus

I think it's just a personal preference. Most people that cut are probably just curious to see what they have.

I don't cut and prefer to let the snakes do it themselves. If most of them have already cut their own eggs and there are one or two who haven't, I'll make a small cut to help them out and make sure everything is okay.

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I am the exact same way.

I cut when most have pipped. With my clutch that is referenced here all except one had pipped so I snipped of the flaps they have already cut and then I cut the one egg to make sure it was alive and it is perfectly fine.

I cut because I can. If done properly, I don't see why it would be harmful or detrimental, and it takes away all chances that the baby can't. While I do enjoy the benefit of being able to know what is in the "present" before the big day, it is not necessary, but just the habit that some pic people pic up. We are cutters if you haven't deduced that yet.

I did cut my JCP clutch last year because their due date had come and gone and I still hadn't seen any slits. When candled I could see the babies move inside and my impatience just made me cut to check that they were okay.

I prefer to let the babies emerge on their own. I have more experience with corn clutches than pythons and many of the corn breeders I've talked to would prefer that babies unable to leave their own eggs not become part of the gene pool. It may be harsh, but I can see their point and I have never assisted a corn from its egg regardless of how "late" it is.

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Originally Posted by Quiet Tempest

I prefer to let the babies emerge on their own. I have more experience with corn clutches than pythons and many of the corn breeders I've talked to would prefer that babies unable to leave their own eggs not become part of the gene pool. It may be harsh, but I can see their point and I have never assisted a corn from its egg regardless of how "late" it is.

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I understand the whole "survival of the fittest" mindset. I just wonder how many of those people were born via C-section.