cut on dat 52 or 54?

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Originally Posted by Raverthug

A few thing. First I dont want this to turn into a huge argument over maternal incubation vs artificial incubation nor if they would survive vs die due to human intervention if they had never developed the egg tooth ect. Im going to stick to my original plan of cutting when the first pips. Now when I cut (after first pip) what needs to be done to keep the Bactria out of the eggs.

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nothing the rest will be out before you have to worry about it if you wait that long. I cut my eggs very late also.

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Originally Posted by mykee

Bingo bang-O! The third option is don't cut at all, and if they are all meant to make it out on their own, they will. Cutting just weakens an already compromised ball python gene pool.
Most could care less about that fact because money money money!!!

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Excuse me, but some of us just like to see all babies survive - money or not. I certainly don't breed for profit, considering I've spent more than I've made at this point! But my last clutch was a good example of why people cut, which I did on day 55... unfortunately one baby was already tangled in his umbilicus, and I was unable to save him. Maybe if I'd cut on day 53 instead, he would have made it? :(

Anyway, it is definitely a personal choice, but please don't assume those of us who cut do it for $$$$. My snakes mean WAY more to me than that, so I find the insinuation a bit insulting. Also, as somebody said to me when I asked a similar question, "If you wanted to let nature take its course, you'd let mom incubate them in the wild." LOL