Does this need a visit to a Vet?

I just came home to find one of my egg from my first clutch had hatched and the little wiggler had a little sack dragging behind him. Since it's my first hatching I'm not sure if it's simply a bit of yolk sack that just need to be left alone to be reabsorbed on it's own, or it's something that need an intervention. The "belly button" seems to still be opened a centimeter or a bit less with a little fleshy protuberance about the size of a green pea. It does not seems to be bleeding.

For now I have put it in a small tub with moist paper towels under him so it would not dry or rip. I would like to know if/ what I need to do to ensure my new python health.

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Yes, he will absorb that on his own.
Give it a day or two on moist paper towels and he'll be just fine.
Congrats on the hatchlings!

That is just whats left of the yolk sac. It looks like almost all of yolk has been absorbed.
Just keep him/her on the moist paper towels and it should fall off within the next few days.

Congrats on your first hatchling!:gj:

Thanks for the replies, I'm really relieved to hear that. I'm sorry about the lateness of the reply but after reading your posts, I headed back in my herp room where I got distracted(watering/feeding the geckos, spot cleaning, etc). Before heading out to work this morning it was doing good(reacted to the lights being turned on, looking around and even crawling to the other side of it's tub) so it's all good.

wet paper towels like everyone else said. if the sac is still a desent size, I put the wet paper towel in a small deli cup to keep the hatchling from moving around as much. you don't want them to rupture it.

I wouldn't mind seeing a picture of him belly up, just to see how bad the opening is. If it's really big and not closing it will need to be stitched, but you can do that yourself. As for what to do, I would put him in a smaller container with wet paper towels, something he can't crawl around in, like a small tupperware dish or one of those deli cups people ship them in.