Eggs and piping assistance

Hi people,

I´m living in the southern hemisphere, the End of Breeding Season is near.

My first clutch (7 eggs) is at day 52. The average temperature was 88.2 F, but now the eggs are dent or collapsed and the temperature into egg container is 89.2 F.

I have a question, generally the "babies" start pip at the day 53-55, if this not happend I need cut eggs for pip assistance?

Thank a lot.

Gabriel

-|Sorry for my English I´m learning.|-

you can pip the eggs, but it's a very delicate operation. You have to be sure you won't cut the baby or any blood vessels.

welcome to the forums

well congrats on your babies coming!

Slitting is a delicate procedure. I did it for the first time last year (this year actually, in August) and it is a bit nerve-wracking at first. I used a very, very sharp razorblade and started by making a tiny hole. I then used surgical scissors (again, very sharp) to enlongate the slit in each egg. Care needs to be used in not touching the snake inside, or rupturing the fluid around the snake, or hitting a vein. It is really something that I'd recommend you see someone else do before doing it, in hindsight.
Is it necessary to slit in most cases? No. I had a few eggs that I slit, and the babies made holes elsewhere in the shell to get out and didn't use the holes I had made. I did it mainly because one snake pipped, but the others had not. I would personally wait until one baby slit part of the egg, but it is all up to you.

People, thank you very much!!!

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Originally Posted by gafaled

Hi people,

I´m living in the southern hemisphere, the End of Breeding Season is near.

My first clutch (7 eggs) is at day 52. The average temperature was 88.2 F, but now the eggs are dent or collapsed and the temperature into egg container is 89.2 F.

I have a question, generally the "babies" start pip at the day 53-55, if this not happend I need cut eggs for pip assistance?

Thank a lot.

Gabriel

-|Sorry for my English I´m learning.|-

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My advice would be, that if you incubated at that temperature, it is quite possible that your eggs might go to the 58-60 day range. I wouls wait until at least day 58 before debating cutting. As for the increase in temperatures, all eggs do that in their last week of incubation. It has to do with the eggs releasing water ( the reason why they dimple in). It sounds ;like you are in the right track to have some pipplings in aout a week.

Congrats,

Thank you very much.

Congrats, Post pics!:gj: