Thanks for the help...im not gonna do anything unless i have too....just wanted to make sure i have the right stuff incase i need it....Thanks again Richie Boo
05-15-2012, 12:20 PM
AK907
I've always wondered the same thing. I know you can buy straight saline, but its kind of hard to come by around our parts, but you can find the saline that was made for contacts that have a few extra ingredients anywhere, like the stuff the OP posted. There have been a handful of times I've had to top off and/or clean a few eggs and I always just played it safe and used distilled water. Now I know. This makes me feel better because I always have a bottle or two of that laying around. :gj:
05-15-2012, 12:35 PM
4Ballz
so, what's the deal here? (haven't heard of this before) as I haven't bred any snakes yet. any info would be great, thanks.
05-15-2012, 01:20 PM
AK907
Re: Saline
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Originally Posted by 4Ballz
so, what's the deal here? (haven't heard of this before) as I haven't bred any snakes yet. any info would be great, thanks.
Sometimes when we cut eggs open or they pip on their own or whatever other reason you can imagine where the babies are still inside the eggs and haven't emerged on their own where they are exposed to the outside world for longer than normal period of time. Being that a sealed egg protects them from bacteria and keeps fluids locked in, an open egg can collect bacteria and/or dry out. We use stuff like saline or distilled water to flush out bacteria and replenish the fluids lost due to drying out. Hope that made sense. :gj:
