New Babies!

So I just had my first clutch this season! The question I have is, can I keep a separate tub with the snakes that have come out of the egg in the incubator? Or do they need to be taken out of the incubator when they come out of the eggs? Only four have come out of the eggs the other four are only sticking their heads out.

I set them up individually as they exit the egg

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I think either way they should be fine. We let all of ours come out the egg before we place them in individual tubs.

we take them out as they come out of their eggs. Damp papertowels as substrate till they shed and a waterbowl in each tub. Till they shed!! Good luck

But can I leave the babies in the incubator. Or do they need to go straight to the hatchling rack

I know at least several breeders (Ralph Davis comes to mind as the 'biggest' that I know about) leave all the babies in the incubator until everybody's out.

Cool I was just worried they wouldn't be able to get enough fresh air in the incubator...

It's up to you. personally I like to take them out as they exit the egg. I have a tub set up in the hatchling rack that I keep the entire clutch in until they've had their first shed and add them to the tub one at a time as they come out of the egg. I do this so the babies don't knock around the unhatched eggs and so they don't get coated in the perlite that I use as an incubation medium (they're kind of sticky and slimey when they first come out). But really it probably doesn't matter that much which way you decide to do it.

Ideal situation... Place a separate tub in the bator and move the babies into that tub as they exit the eggs, once everyone's out, remove them from the bator...

Tada!!!!....

pictures or it didn't happen ;)