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I toss them in the freezer.

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Originally Posted by mykee

I toss them in the freezer.

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The other poster asked for a humane method of euthanasia. Freezing is not one of them. It's one of the most cruel euthanasia practices for reptiles or any animal for the matter....

Instantaneous brain destruction should be used when putting down a snake at home. If taken to a vet, they will either do an overdose of anesthesia or cardiac puncture to the heart if veins cannot be located.





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I think there is another piece of info that could be useful. I'd like to know, if there was a problem during incubation, at what point during the incubation did the problem occur?

I think that information such as this is extremely useful. While no one wants there to be temperature issues with their incubation, knowing what developmental stage the eggs are in at the time of a temp spike etc. Can help us prepare for possible issues with hatchlings. This being said, some things are genetic, some are just anomalies. Thanks everyone for sharing their experiences. As someone who plans on breeding in the next few years, these are helpful topics.

IMO, as a future breeder this information is very helpful & definately important! Thank you for starting this thread! :gj:

We have had our own issues in the past with deformed snakes. I feel like it's likely due to incubation problems, but everytime we've checked our temperatures have been stable. Our first year we had a piebald that never formed properly and had to be culled. this year we have had a few snakes dead in the egg, but fully formed, and a few caramels with major deformations that had to be culled. We also just hatched a piebald clutch without eyes. The majority of the snakes we've bred have been 100% healthy and beautiful, but every year we do have something pop up. I think it's time for us to get a new incubator, or modify the one we have. Anyway, here's pictures of the two one-eyed pieds we just got. We'll have pictures of the rest of the clutch on our website when they are out.

http://allballedup.com/uploads/3/0/7...809776.jpg?340
http://allballedup.com/uploads/3/0/7...922963.jpg?340

From the plethorous amount of reading I've done regarding embryonic development and the breeders I've spoken to over the years, it seems that we can draw a line right down the middle in terms of temp spikes doing damage to eggs: first 30 days; issues will arise, final 30 days generally fair alright.

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Originally Posted by mykee

I toss them in the freezer.

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I hope you are talking about after they are culled humanely?? :confusd:

Acurite Thermometers have a very useful "Max" and "Min" display so you can see how your eggbox temperatures fare throughout incubation. So long as you check the min/max display daily it's very easy to pinpoint when temperature fluctuations occur to pickup some possibly helpful data for this thread.

i hope i don't have to post to this thread with any of my three clutches, but great thread regardless