Is this normal?

So this is only my second clutch ever, with my first I incubated at 87 an all the babies were out at day 52, this clutch again I incubated at 87 an by day 61 not even one had pipped so after tons of reading I made a slit in each of the eggs after the first day one had died which made me feel horrible but after I took it out of its egg I realized it was really small an completely wrapped around in its umbilical cord so I figured thats why it died, then the next day a baby came out (a beautiful pastel) but it stol had a huge yolk sack attached so I put it in a tub with paper towls just like I read but he died a couple hours later. So here it is day 64 an no other babies have come out not even poked their heads out :( I'm like completely stressed out thinking there all going to die because I didn't wait for them to come out on their own plus I'm 35 wks pregnant so its not helping my stress level. So is this normal? any advice is so welcome.

I had almost the same thing happen. My first clutch this year came out around day 53. Second clutch went to around 58. I've got a clutch of 11 that one has emerged,but the rest are still in the egg and it is day 62. The best advice I can give you is to wait and watch. Ball Pythons do not have a satellite updated internal clock that breaks them out of the egg on day 60. Some come early, some late.

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I had almost the same thing happen. My first clutch this year came out around day 53. Second clutch went to around 58. I've got a clutch of 11 that one has emerged,but the rest are still in the egg and it is day 62. The best advice I can give you is to wait and watch. Ball Pythons do not have a satellite updated internal clock that breaks them out of the egg on day 60. Some come early, some late.

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Thanks :) I hope the rest are ok next year I'm so waiting.

OK, so today is day 63 and I was getting tired of waiting. I took the eggs (cut) out of the egg box and put them in a 6 qt tupperware tub with a wet paper towel on the bottom. Within hours, they started coming out of the eggs. I've got five out in the rack but four are still in the egg.

These little guys work on their own schedule, so give them time. Waiting is the hardest part.