After eggs cutting question!
So I cut my eggs at day 53rd of incubating, and out of 6 eggs 5 of them you can clearly see the snake, but 1 is not visible very good - there is some kind of greyish / brownish something over the baby. Is it ok, or should I do something? It's my first time breeding.
Under this thing I can see the baby (I think it's moving ;p).
Any ideas ?
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Re: After eggs cutting question!
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Originally Posted by
GPreptiles
So I cut my eggs at day 53rd of incubating, and out of 6 eggs 5 of them you can clearly see the snake, but 1 is not visible very good - there is some kind of greyish / brownish something over the baby. Is it ok, or should I do something? It's my first time breeding.
Under this thing I can see the baby (I think it's moving ;p).
Any ideas ?
Did you cut any of the veins when you cut that egg? Have you tried flushing it out with water the same temps as the egg? to see if the stain is evenly spread or a patch of bacteria or something?
How long is it since you cut these eggs?
ETA - looking at the cloudy egg pic I wonder if it didn't die earlier before you cut and is in the process of decaying - those veins look awfully thin and faint.
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slithering house
i wouldnt mess with it bein when you cut eggs i cut mine yesterday at day 49 they were dimpling too much the baby has to be mature enough to breath air and if you puncture the embriotic sac too early you can kill the baby i would just leave it alone and wait till it pokes its head out im sure its fine i have one like that it just isnt big like the others
You can't kill the baby by cutting the membrane - but you can make it a lot easier for infections, fungus etc to get in.
Re: After eggs cutting question!
Hi,
I keep a water sprayer in the incubator and just gently spray into the egg. I also use cotton buds if there is anything I see that needs removing like substrate, fungus etc.
Are you sure the snake inside is moving ok? Does it seem the same size as the rest?
dr del
Re: After eggs cutting question!
Should be fine.. just let it be.. that happened to me one time..